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  • 8/11/2019 HRW - Comms Digital Internship NYC

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    INTERNSHIP OPENINGCommunications Division (Digital Team)New Yor O!ce " #all $%&'l* Imme+iatel*

    Interns,i Descrition- The Communications division of Human Rights Watch

    (HRW) is currently seeking a graduate or undergraduate student with exerienceand an interest in we! technology and communications to intern in its "ew #ork o$ce%&nder the suervision of the 'enior We! Communications anager the intern willlearn how to create digital communications roducts for the we!site analy*e data!asecontent develo a weekly newsletter and !rainstorm other ways to imrove thedigital resentation of our information% +ther ro,ects can !e assigned as they ariseand match the alicant-s interests and a!ilities% .deally the student would !eavaila!le to intern two days a week for a minimum of three months%

    .nternshis are unaid% 'tudents are often a!le to arrange academic credit as HRWinternshis often o/er direct exosure to the workings of an international humanrights organi*ation close suervision !y the HRW sta/ interaction with other &' and

    international organi*ations and foreign and domestic government o$cials andoortunities to attend lectures trainings and secial events relating to human rights%'tudents should check with their individual academic institutions for re0uirements%

    .uali/cations1 .nterns must !e enrolled students for the duration of the internshi%2luency in a Windows environment is re0uired% HT3 coding skills 4hotosho skillsand familiarity with 5rual or another content management system is highly desira!le%6licants should have strong analytical skills and !e comforta!le using we!7!asedtechnologies as well as social media (2ace!ook Twitter etc%)% 6n attention to detailand tenacity to ro!lem solve is also highly valued% 3anguage skills are advantageous!ut not re0uired%

    How to l*- 4lease aly immediately (no calls or email inquiries, please) !yemailing a letter of interest r8sum8 contact information for two references and a!rief unedited writing samle (of no more than two ages) to [email protected]% 4lease use5igital .nternshi 6lication as the su!,ect of your email% +nly comletealications will !e reviewed% 5ue to the large num!er of alications only short7listed candidates will !e contacted further%

    Human Rights Watch is an equal opportunity employer that does not

    discriminate in its hiring practices and, in order to build the strongest

    possible workforce, actively seeks a diverse applicant pool. Human Rig,ts

    0atc, is an international human rights monitoring and advocacy organi*ation known

    for its in7deth investigations its incisive and timely reorting its innovative and high7

    ro9le advocacy camaigns and its success in changing the human rights7related

    olicies and ractices of in:uential governments and international institutions%

    mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]