Fall/Winter Social Media Intern for mental health non-profit

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We are seeking a Social Media Intern (or dedicated volunteer) for the remainder of 2017. We're a mental health awareness organization (http://www.thisismybrave.org) and are gearing up for another year of amazing growth. Our estimate is this role requires 5-10 hours of work per week, with slightly more hours around our busy seasons (May-June and Sept-Oct).

This Is My Brave, Inc. provides a platform and a community for people affected by mental illness to share their stories through theater programs and community events. Our mission as a new non-profit organization is to ignite and actively promote a positive, national conversation on mental illness to end the stigma surrounding mental health disorders. We believe that every time we share a story, there's another crack helping to break down the stigma of mental illness.

We are seeking a Social Media college intern (or volunteer)- ideally someone studying psychology or social work, or even marketing with an interest in mental health - to help us with various projects. This is an unpaid internship, but offers excellent experience in a non-profit entreprenuerial environment with the opportunity to contribute your ideas and have your voice heard as a valuable contributor to the team.

Our physical location is Ashburn, Virginia, but we work out of home offices so this will be a work-from-home opportunity, with meetings in person (or via Skype) every other week to go over work and set new assignments.

Requirements:

• Local to the DC metro area
• Social media savvy (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Google+, YouTube)
• Ability to travel to Ashburn, VA bi-weekly (or do Skype meetings)
• 5-10 hours a week
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Must work well independently
• Creative thinker, not afraid to offer up ideas for new and unique ways to reach our target audience
• Video production skills (live video for social media mainly) a plus

This is an exciting chance to get involved - and have a voice - with an organization which is on the leading edge of social change when it comes to the way society views mental illness.

This will be a volunteer position starting in October and running through December, with the potential to be a year-long internship for the right candidate. Would love to speak with anyone who might be interested in learning more! To apply, please email: jennifer(at)thisismybrave.org and submit your resume and a video clip (can be shot on your smartphone or using a computer's webcam) telling us why you're interested in joining our team.