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Form of workThe American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is the nation's leading cancer advocacy organization. Together with our charitable partner, the American Cancer Society, we work in Congress, state legislatures and local jurisdictions to support evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem.
The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) makes cancer a top priority for policymakers at every level of government. ACS CAN empowers volunteers across the country to make their voices heard to influence evidence-based public policy change that saves lives. We believe everyone should have a fair and just opportunity to prevent, find, treat, and survive cancer. Since 2001, as the American Cancer Society's nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate, ACS CAN has successfully advocated for billions of dollars in cancer research funding, expanded access to quality affordable health care, and made workplaces, including restaurants and bars, smoke-free. The Journalism Residency student would ideally be interested in pursuing a career in communications, social media and/or marketing, particularly in the non-profit and/or health policy world. The student will develop and draft Executive Communications and social media content to support ACS CAN's senior leadership team with a focus on strengthening and elevating thought leadership.
The Advocacy Communications team is led by Vice President, Advocacy Communications and Policy, She leads policy, media Advocacy and communications strategy and oversees functions joined by the shared goal of creating accessible and impactful information for lawmakers, volunteers, media and the general public. The JR student will be managed by the Senior Media Advocacy Program and Executive Communications Manager for ACS CAN.
Duties include:
- Help maintain social media content and engagement for members of ACS CAN's leadership.
- Research and draft content and graphics for social media.
- Identify key reporters, lawmakers, influencers and creators on social media and support engagement with those key audiences.
- Support engagement with ACS CAN state social media pages and create and archive photos/content from those pages.
- Engage with other relevant content across platforms.
- Keep a pulse on the latest platform trends and propose ideas to propel engagement.
- Analyze performance and growth metrics to adjust creative for optimizing posts.
- Participate in larger social media brainstorms and content ideation.
- Support drafting of talking points, letters and other communications for ACS CAN leadership team.
- Research content, pull data and relevant information and draft copy and correspondence.
- Review, update and/or create Wikipedia page profiles for key leaders.
- Identify a need and create a project to support Executive Communications and social media to be completed and presented by the end of the internship.
- Other duties as assigned.
KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS
- Must be actively enrolled and majoring in journalism, communications, public relations, or a related field, with an Understanding of the basic principles of social media, public relations and/or marketing.
- The JR student must also have strong oral, written and computer skills, be a team player, handle multiple projects effectively, demonstrate attention to detail and have an interest in communications, public policy and/or health care issues.
- Experience with video production is a plus.
The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network has adopted a vaccination policy that requires all staff, regardless of position or work location, to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (except where prohibited by state law).
ACS CAN provides staff a generous paid time off policy; medical, dental, retirement benefits, wellness programs, and professional development programs to enhance staff skills. Further details on our benefits can be found on our careers site at: jobs.cancer.org/benefits. We are a proud equal opportunity employer.
