Title: Communications Intern
Organization: Equality Texas Foundation/Equality Texas
Reports to: Communications Director
Location: Austin, TX
Hours and Compensation: Hours are based on selected candidate’s availability. Ideally, applicants should be able to commit to at least 10 hours a week from January – June 2025 and hold a predetermined schedule to be agreed upon during onboarding. Interns will be paid $16/hr.

Candidate MUST LIVE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS and be able to travel to our Austin office for onboarding.

THE POSITION:

Equality Texas is seeking a Communications Intern to work with the Communications Team. Reporting directly to the Communications Director and working collaboratively with other colleagues across the organization, the Communications Intern will support the overall digital communications program including administration/organization, social media, email, web content, webinars, video editing, and basic graphic design.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Organizing files, tracking media engagement
• Drafting and copy-editing emails, blogs
• Creating social media, and web content
• Editing webinar videos, footage from press conferences and testimony
• Capturing content at events as needed
• Researching up-and-coming influencers, celebrities, etc.

CANDIDATE SKILL PROFILE/REQUIREMENTS:

Preferred Qualifications/Experience:

• Demonstrated commitment to achieving full legal and lived equality for LGBTQ+ people in Texas
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion
• Pursuing degree or higher with a focus in journalism, communications, public relations, public policy, marketing, or related field
• Strong writing and communications skills
• Experience working with social media including Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook
• Innovative, imaginative, and able to turn ideas into reality
• Familiarity with Adobe Create Suite or similar software used to create print and digital images
• Positive attitude and eagerness to learn about communications

Learning Objectives:

• Improve skills to develop mission-related social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn) collateral such as video editing, images and photography
• Strengthen knowledge in nonprofit communications
• Learn copy editing skills
• Learn to how support various departments with photo and video filming, editing

ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW:

Equality Texas envisions a Texas where all LGBTQ+ people and their families have full equality in the hearts and minds of their fellow Texans and in all areas of the law. Headquartered in Austin, Equality Texas is dedicated to securing full legal and lived equality for LGBTQ+ Texans through political action, education, community organizing, and collaboration. With tens of thousands of members across the state, Equality Texas is the state’s leading state-wide organizing and advocacy organization for LGBTQ+ Texans.

Today’s Equality Texas is comprised of two nonprofit organizations:

• Equality Texas Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that provides educational programming on LGBTQ+ issues and conducts campaigns to build public support for equal rights, and
• Equality Texas, a 501(c)4 organization that conducts direct lobbying and advocacy efforts to advance pro-LGBTQ+ legislation and candidates and to defeat anti-LGBTQ+ legislation.

Each organization is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors; these Boards have 33 members in total who represent a cross-section of LGBTQ community, business, and philanthropic leaders and allies.

Equality Texas values the leadership of BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ individuals, and strongly encourages people of all traditionally underrepresented identities to apply.

No applicant will be discriminated against because of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition, or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federal laws.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

Please email your resume and cover letter detailing how your experience prepares you to assume the responsibilities and expectations of the Communications Intern role at Equality Texas to internships@equalitytexas.org with subject line: EQTX Communications Intern.