Communications and Public Affairs Intern

Position Title
Communications and Public Affairs Intern – digital media focus

Position Overview
Shaw Yoder Antwih Schmelzer & Lange (SYASL) is seeking an energetic, passionate Communications Intern who excels in a fast-paced, collaborative, and creative work environment. This role supports the external public affairs and communications services for our Sacramento-based advocacy, public affairs, and association management firm.

The Intern will work with the Communications and Public Affairs team, reporting to its director. This team is responsible for all aspects of the firm's public affairs, communications, and marketing for association management and lobbying clients.

The intern will focus primarily on helping refine and revamp our clients’ social media presence across all platforms, with the focus on utilizing current trends and metrics to drive audience growth and amplify the various associations core mission. The intern will gain firsthand experience on daily social media programming, metrics tracking, basic graphics and video usage for effective digital media campaigns and daily outreach.

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
Following are representative skills, knowledge, and abilities required for the position:

1. Excellent communication (verbal and written) and organizational skills.
2. Experience and/or coursework in communications, marketing, media, journalism, or related field.
3. Proficiency in technical execution of social media programming.
4. Passion for creative visually appealing storytelling via video (iPhone) and graphical elements.
5. Ability to develop content for social media and event marketing
6. A working knowledge of Canva or Adobe Creative products (Photoshop, Illustrator, or similar photo editing program).
7. Experience working in Microsoft Office, specifically Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
8. Interest social media analytics.
9. Meticulous attention to detail is required.

Other Position Requirements
This is a paid, part-time position with a 3+ month commitment of 20-28 hours/week, starting in fall 2024 (this date is flexible, and we will be flexible with academic coursework
demands). Interested applicants please send resume, cover letter, and work samples or links to:
melissa@SYASLpartners.com

Functions
Following are representative functions of the internship, in general priority order:

1. Social Media: Support director of communications and public affairs with issues related to social media content development and page management for clients. This includes populating content calendars, assistance with graphics and video development, comment moderation, evaluation of analytics, and reporting. Experience with Sprout Social and adobe products a plus.
2. Communications/Marketing/Public Affairs Support: Support in various tasks associated with communications, marketing, and public affairs projects, as needed. This may include maintaining media lists, coordinating meetings, graphics support, interaction with outside vendors, and other duties as needed.

About Shaw Yoder Antwih Schmelzer & Lange
Shaw Yoder Antwih Schmelzer & Lange (SYASL) is a Sacramento-based firm that provides advocacy, public affairs, and association management services, under individual contracts, to a wide variety of public, private, and non-profit entities, including to several non-profit trade and professional membership organizations. This position is employed by SYASL. 

For more information on SYASL, please visit www.SYASLpartners.com