Social Engagement Summer Intern

Join our social engagement team this summer. You'll work from the brand new Digital Operations Center, learning how social engagement works within a large nonprofit organization. Over the course of the summer you will:

* Help launch a brand new social engagement certification course

* Help manage our brand new digital disaster volunteers

* Learn how to use Radian6, be responsible for creating the daily social media update

* Engage with Red Cross stakeholders via the social web

* Create and curate content for the 9 official social platforms Red Cross participates in.

Are you right for this internship?

* Can demonstrate good judgment, interpersonal skills

* Aptitude for mastering new software platforms quickly

* Experience with database management

* Has basic knowledge of Red Cross mission, service areas

* Participates in social communities personally

* Ability to stay organized while handling several projects at once

Contact Wendy Harman at wendy.harman@redcross.org, include your resume, links to your social presence, and a short note about how your qualifications match our needs. We are not able to offer a stipend or housing.

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Things that are funny about this:
1. Facebook has a fax machine
2. They alerted me to a change in number via the United States Postal Service.

I am a professional listener, online community member, and social web explorer. I create and execute all social media strategy for American Red Cross National Headquarters, which means I figure out how to use new technologies and communities to fulfill the mission. I endeavor to educate and empower 686 Red Cross chapters, 36 blood regions, 700,000 volunteers, millions of donors and the public to work together to become more efficient and raise awareness about preventing, preparing for and responding to emergencies.

I feel incredibly lucky to have the opportunity to “play” everyday in fun spaces like Twitter and Facebook with the goal of making our collective lives better and easier. I’m lucky to have been able to meet and collaborate with so many smart people who have the same goal.

I started working for the American Red Cross the day after Thanksgiving in 2006. Below is how I came to this opportunity. We all have our own paths- this one’s mine.

I graduated from Emory College with a BA in English and Psychology in 1998. I worked for a music management company during college and the year after college where I participated in the traditional music business machine with a major label, booking agency, publicity agency, radio promoters, etc. At the same time, the effects of the 1996 Telecommunications Act and peer-to-peer file-sharing technology were taking off. The game was fundamentally changing. Again. I noticed everyone who was able to affect change or resist change was an attorney. I wanted to be one of those people so I went to Northeastern University School of Law and graduated in 2002. I concentrated on intellectual property, specifically copyright law.

From 2002 to 2006 I worked and volunteered for several branches of Lawyers for the Arts, ran my own artist management firm, and worked for Future of Music Coalition here in DC. All of this means I had a front seat when artists bypassed traditional gatekeepers with social media tools. After seeing this fundamental shift in our culture, I caught on to the bigger picture of how intimate and utilitarian these tools could become for every kind of enterprise.

I can’t wait to see what’s next.