Purpose
The Housing Collective is seeking a Communications and Content Intern to support our work in Connecticut. This is a paid part-time internship, for winter and spring 2025 with the option to extend to summer. You will be responsible for supporting the Housing Collective’s Communications Team by developing content across multiple platforms and helping to maintain the organization’s digital presence. You will have the opportunity to improve your content creation and content management skills in a supportive environment while collaborating with an interdisciplinary staff of affordable housing and homelessness experts.
Status: Part-time, Hybrid (1-day per week in office)
Location: Bridgeport, CT
Compensation: $20 per hour
Responsibilities
- Help maintain social media channels for the Housing Collective, and the Centers for Housing Opportunity, including Instagram, LinkedIn, X, Facebook, TikTok, BlueSky
- Develop original posts and draft posts for content provided to you in a social media calendar
- Track and publicize local public meetings about housing and zoning
- Produce graphics on Canva, Figma or Adobe using an existing brand kit and templates
- Produce and send emails on Constant Contact using templates
- Upload content to our website using Craft content management system
- Assist with additional administrative tasks, like updating documents and non-profit databases
Qualifications
- Current student or recent graduate in a Bachelor’s or Master’s program in a relevant field, such as communications, marketing, public policy, urban planning, political science, or geography
- Experience in digital communications including social media, web production, email marketing
- Strong writer: you can adapt your writing to different platforms
- Strong social media skills: you know how to create engaging content
- Basic design skills: you can work in programs like Canva, Figma, or Adobe
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Ability to produce content with rapid turnaround times (2-24 hours)
Work Environment
- Hybrid position, including one day in our office in Bridgeport, CT
- Occasional need to appear at events to take photos, capture content
- You will receive training for tools and programs you’re not familiar with
- 12-15 hours per week, approx. half of which should be during business hours (9:00am-5:00pm)
The Housing Collective
The Housing Collective is a CT-based nonprofit agency that applies a Collective Impact framework to deliver solutions to the most pressing housing problems. Focused on ending homelessness and creating equitable housing opportunities for all, the Housing Collective provides the leadership and support that enables productive, regional collaboration across organizations and sectors, and drives systems change.
Formerly known as Supportive Housing Works, we have worked since 2004 to align communities and resources around collaborative regional responses to homelessness and housing affordability. Our two core initiatives, Opening Doors and the Centers for Housing Opportunity, provide leadership and facilitate the strategic coordination of hundreds of housing and homelessness organizations in multiple geographies, forming a “backbone” for the housing system throughout Western CT.
