Job Description

Rational 360 is hiring a Digital Intern to support its digital marketing, public affairs, advocacy, and fundraising team during the spring semester.

Rational 360 represents a wide variety of clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to trade associations, advocacy groups, and high-profile individuals. Interns play an integral role in the daily functioning of the firm.

About Rational 360

The Rational Way: All in Partners

Rational 360 is a leading full-service strategic communications and digital agency, with offices and staff located across the country. We recognize that communications and public affairs rarely take place in a vacuum, and our work is always crafted using the best data analysis to support organization-wide strategic objectives for our clients.

From public relations and public affairs to crisis communications and new media strategy, our experienced team takes an innovative, active approach to advancing your mission-critical goals. We understand the unique opportunities and challenges of the 21st century media landscape and operate as an extension of your own communications and leadership teams.

The Rational Approach: Integrated Campaigns

We create custom campaigns that are integrated with communication, policy, or business goals an organization may have and we measure our campaigns on their ability to deliver outcomes and results. Our creative and relentless approach inspires hearts and minds, turns data into action, opens commercial markets, and drives impactful outcomes that win.

The Rational Difference: Connected Where it Matters.

Our bipartisan team members have worked at every level of business and government and our networks extend deep into the Halls of Congress, the White House, and Fortune 500 boardrooms across the country. We have the pulse of mission-critical conversations and implement campaigns when and where it matters most – and measure success at every point in the process.

Requirements

Job Requirements

• Daily monitoring of client advocacy campaigns, including online advertising, email and SMS marketing, and social media.
• Monitoring of trending social media conversations for reporting and noting timely opportunities
• for client participation
• Assistance with social media, email, website, and SMS content creation for various clients
• Execution of daily content across various online platforms including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and email marketing campaigns

Qualifications

• Knowledge of social media platforms

• Interest in politics and public affairs

• Knowledge and experience with common monitoring and reporting tools for social media and PR (e.g. Crimson Hexagon, Digimind, Hootsuite, Sprout Social, etc.)

• Can be a recent graduate or a currently enrolled college student with a focus in journalism, digital marketing, political science, PR or communications

• Strong writing skills

• Energetic and creative mind

• Must be available to work part-time

Benefits

The Rational 360 Digital Internship program is a semester-long paid program in our Washington, DC office. Interns are expected to work at least 40 hours per week and earn $17.50/hour. 

Interns have the opportunity to grow their digital and communication skills through professional development trainings hosted weekly in the Rational 360 office. Additionally, a member of the digital team will be paired with each intern to mentor and train them throughout the duration of the internship.

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