Digital Marketing Intern

Overview

Direct Persuasion is actively recruiting a highly motivated individual to join our dynamic and ambitious Republican marketing team in Washington, D.C. As an intern, you will have the opportunity to learn and assist with implementing digital marketing strategies for prominent political campaigns, national committees, faith-based nonprofits, and conservative-minded organizations. This position offers exposure to diverse marketing platforms and campaigns, enabling you to make a significant impact on digital fundraising, voter outreach, and persuasion initiatives alongside a lively, hungry team.

Responsibilities

• Understand client brand and provide recommendations for design, messaging, and outreach cadence to support their following objectives
• Help with client copywriting and creative production to help encourage audiences to engage through text, email, and ad campaigns
• Create and optimize website landing pages to collect client audience data and capture fundraising information
• Learn the basics of SEO and audit client websites to improve their search rankings for people seeking their offerings
• Build and execute organic social media plans to help boost client presence online
• Assist in building and executing client text and email marketing campaigns to support Advertising Operations team
• Support the overall team by assisting with miscellaneous office and business tasks as needed

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred, but not required
• Passion for Republican politics
• Background in marketing or advertising preferred, but not required
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Excel and/or Google Sheets
• Ability to manage multiple task deadlines
• Organized, flexible, and able to work both independently and with the team

The type of person who thrives at Direct Persuasion

• Self-starter
• Adaptable
• Organized
• Enthusiastic
• Competitive
• Learner
• Responsible
• Ambitious
• Independent

Culture

We are a next-generation digital agency with a passion for Republican politics and issue advocacy. Whether it’s converting a user to a donor or a citizen to a voter, we will find our client's audience anywhere on the Internet. We can transform their digital campaigns to drive cost efficiency and significant growth by providing a new age full-funnel media solution. As part of this mission, our agency believes in sourcing, training, and empowering only the best humans to help us achieve success. Our friends in the industry have called us fast, iterative, scrappy, and willing and able to try new things, all while remaining smart, kind, and humble amongst all levels of the team. To show our appreciation for our incredible staff, we have generous vacation policies, WFH flex days, commute budgets, team bonding events, and wellness gifts, all which are available to interns should they choose to stay with us in either an in-person or virtual role following graduation. All that being said, we're so excited to welcome new talent and can't wait to start meeting and greeting applicants soon!

Benefits

• Monthly Stipend
• Work-from-Home Mondays & Fridays
• Dog-Friendly Office
• Complimentary Headshots
• Assistance with Resumes & Interviewing Post Internship

Additional Perks

• Monthly team bondings and vendor outings
• Weekly networking with others in the Republican digital space
• Exposure to colleagues at technology platforms, news publishers, and data partners