Communications Intern

AIDS Healthcare Foundation

Mar 20

Applications are closed

Internship
Full-time
Starts on Jun 05
Summer Internship
Marketing
Los Angeles

Requirements

Must be a fulltime student at an accredited 4-year college or post graduate
Must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher majoring in Marketing/Communications or related field
Must commit to the full duration of the program and full time hours
Must have exceptional computer skills

Responsibilities

The Communications Intern contributes to AHF's mission by helping the Associate Director of Social Media in requested areas of communications and media relations. In this role, your main focus will be assisting in the development and implementation of overall communications and media relations efforts and strategies on behalf of AHF. Helping our social media team develop and execute creative projects, track trends, write captions.
The objective in this role is to ensure that AHF remains on the cutting-edge in communicating its public and internal messaging as well as thoughtful stewardship of AHF’s overall media image.
As a primary area of contribution, the individual in this role will help with drafting and editing of press releases, news advisories and online web content, planning and staging press events, creation and execution of content for, and participation in advocacy campaigns as well as other communications efforts.
You will need to have a high level of creativity, ability to incorporate constructive feedback, and finely-honed writing and communications skills with the ability to identify, and then focus on achieving key goals in order to develop our AHF and communications ‘voice,’ including our online, print, electronic and digital identity.
This role will help focus on creating and/or identifying content to share and promote through AHF’s various digital platforms across the many AHF brands or business lines.
The Communications/Socia Media team will be enhanced by the Intern’s innovation on programs and experience, which builds the Foundation’s presence. This role will also help team members, clients and external stakeholders understanding of AHF’s programs, projects and positions across AHF’s multiple business lines.

AIDS Healthcare Foundation

Make More Than a Living. Make a Difference.

Science & Healthcare

Industry

5001-10,000

Employees

1987

Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is the largest global AIDS organization in the world. AHF provides care and treatment to over 1,750,000 individuals in 45 countries and counting. To learn more about AHF, please visit our website, www.aidshealth.org, find us on Facebook, www.facebook.com/aidshealth, and follow us on Twitter, @aidshealthcare. AHF’s mission of providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy regardless of ability to pay is supported through its various business lines. AHF Pharmacies, Out of the Closet thrift stores, healthcare contracts, and other strategic partnerships generate funding that help AHF provide life-saving services to the thousands of people it cares for. The hallmark of AHF’s success is generating and defining new, innovative ways to provide HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention, and advocacy. AHF has embarked on a mass testing initiative to identify and treat the 25 million people worldwide who don’t know they are infected. It will take 1 billion tests annually to achieve this goal. AHF is advocating for mass testing models in hopes of eliminating older, more time-consuming methods. Since 1987, AHF has cared for thousands of people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide. As AHF creates and implements its unparalleled programs in new communities in the U.S. and abroad, they expand delivery of healthcare and influence over policy with the sole aim of saving more lives.