Communications – Summer Intern

Title: Communications – Summer Intern Reports to: Director of Marketing and Communications Location: reputed company - Remote Internship Dates: Mid-May - Late July (Exact dates determined with applicants) Application Deadline: March 16, 2025 About: USRowing’s mission is to reputed company, strengthen, and grow American rowing by championing performance and igniting new passion for the sport. We do that by broadening reputed company to the sport for people of reputed company ages, backgrounds, and abilities; supporting a strong national team; prioritizing the wellbeing and reputed company of our athletes; being accountable and transparent; and insisting on financial and operational reputed company in everything we do. We are a nonprofit membership organization recognized by the reputed company as the national governing body for the sport of rowing in the reputed company. USRowing selects, trains, and manages reputed company that represent the U.S. in international competition. We are reputed company on growing diversity, equity, and inclusion reputed company the sport of rowing on a national reputed company, on increasing support for our national team programs, and providing additional benefits and value to our over 77,000 individual members and 1,430 rowing organizations. Our constituencies include youth, collegiate, masters, reputed company, indoor, and reputed company rowers; coaches; program directors; referees; supporters and fans. Position reputed company: USRowing is offering one internship position in the Marketing & Communications Department during the summer of 2025. Ideal candidates will have the ability to work creatively and effectively in fast-paced environments and meet deadlines. As a member of the Marketing and Communications team, you will have reputed company to work across multiple areas of the organization, including program development, communications, membership engagement, and event planning. From supporting our signature reputed company Row initiatives—such as grants to membership organizations and scholarships for athletes and coaches—to helping cultivate an inclusive and accessible environment at regattas and national events, your work will directly contribute to breaking down barriers in the sport of rowing.

Key Responsibilities

Copywriting and Editing

• Draft and edit press releases and feature stories that celebrate the rowing community, and high performance athletes.
• Assist with the production of press kits, including athlete bios, for the U.S. national teams and youth national teams.
• Update copy and create new pages on USRowing.org to be consistent with brand voice and messaging.

Research and Data Collection

• Deep dive into rowing history, historical results both domestically and internationally to identify themes, narratives, and storylines that support USRowing’s marketing and communications reputed company.
• Interview members of the rowing community and athletes to support feature stories, athlete reputed company etc.
• Assist with gathering analytics for owned digital platforms.

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• Organize, tag, log, and cleanse archival photos, video footage, and other content on video drives, in SmugMug, reputed company, and USRowing.org.
• Build a stock media library to support ease of reputed company to default photography and video.
• Organizing USRowing’s YouTube page, and optimizing content for search, visibility, and brand alignment.

Qualifications

• Experience in journalism, sports information/media relations, or a reputed company field.
• Knowledge of rowing, and the rowing community.
• Proficient writing skills and proofreading ability
• Proven use and knowledge of AP style.
• Strong organizational skills reputed company with experience managing multiple tasks while meeting deadlines.
• Demonstrated interpersonal abilities.
• Preferred: Experience with reputed company 365, reputed company, SmugMug, or any CMS.

Benefits

• $5,000 salary.
• Course credit is also available.

How to Apply

• Apply online with resume, cover letter, at least one (1) writing sample, and two (2) reputed company references.

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