{"id":1773,"date":"2009-06-17T22:39:31","date_gmt":"2009-06-17T18:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2009\/06\/17\/jobinternship-campaignersstrategists-for-international-movement-team-nyc\/"},"modified":"2009-06-17T22:39:31","modified_gmt":"2009-06-17T18:39:31","slug":"jobinternship-campaignersstrategists-for-international-movement-team-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2009\/06\/17\/jobinternship-campaignersstrategists-for-international-movement-team-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"[JOB\/INTERNSHIP] Campaigners\/Strategists for International Movement Team (NYC)"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/span><\/b><\/font><\/div>\n
Senior Campaigners\/Strategists for Intern=
\national Movement Team<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

(Internships also ava=
\nilable)<\/font>
Purpose
\nCampaigns is an international team based in New York that builds
\ncutting-edge social and political movements. Our principals David
\nMadden and Jeremy Heimans co-founded GetUp.org – an Australian online
\npolitical movement that is now larger than all Australia's political
\nparties put together and Avaaz.org, the world's largest online
\npolitical community with more than 3.3 million members (a partnership
\nwith MoveOn.org).=A0Another principal, Douglas Atkin, is the author of
\n"The Culting of Brands" (Penguin, 2004), helped launch cult brand=
\ns like
\nJetBlue, and was most recently Chief Community Officer of Meetup.com,
\nthe world's largest network of community groups.<\/p>\n

Purpose
\nCampaigns is currently advising advocacy groups and progressive
\ncompanies around the world and is also incubating new issue-based
\nmovements.=A0<\/font>We're a n=
\new, unusual and evolving combination of an agency and a home for political a=
\nnd social entrepreneurship.
<\/font><\/b>
\nPurpose
\nCampaigns has advised GlobalZero.org – a new global campaign for a
\nworld without nuclear weapons spearheaded by Richard Branson, Queen
\nNoor, Jimmy Carter and Mikhail Gorbachev; the 2007 presidential
\ncampaign of Segolene Royal, the first woman to win a major party
\nnomination for President of France; the Australian and US labor
\nmovements and is now building a global anti-cancer movement for the
\nLance Armstrong Foundation\/Livestrong, among others.<\/font><\/p>\n


<\/font><\/div>\n
We're
\nnow helping progressive brands champion issues and causes and market
\nthemselves in exciting new ways that go much further than traditional
\nCSR or tokenistic "1% of every product sold helps save the rainforests=
\n"
\ndrivel.<\/p>\n

<\/font>We're l=
\nooking to expand our team.=A0<\/font><\/b>We have some immediate project-based work available, and we're also l=
\nooking for new, senior, full-time team members.<\/font><\/div>\n


<\/font><\/div>\n
Our
\nideal candidate is an experienced campaigner, social entrepreneur or
\nagency type with strong strategy, project management and client
\nrelationship skills, who is excited by the prospect of joining a global
\nteam focused on building innovative social and political movements, as
\nwell as helping progressive companies get their message out in entirely
\nnew ways.=A0<\/b><\/font><\/div>\n

<\/b><\/font><\/div>\n
Here are s=
\nome of the qualities we're looking for:<\/font><\/div>\n


\n—
\nBrilliant online organizers, campaigners and strategists who have the
\nability to creatively apply that set of skills across different issues
\nand causes, and for different types of advocacy groups and companies.
\nWe're thinking about questions like how to build a mass consumer
\nmovement for electric cars — if you are too, we should talk.
—
\nPeople who can combine high-level strategy with tactical creativity —
\ndeploying online organizing, social media and content in innovative
\nways to build movements<\/font><\/p>\n

-=
\n– People with demonstrated experience building and managing client relations=
\nhips
— Experienced team and project managers<\/font><\/div>\n
— Experience in advertising\/branding and cause=
\n-related marketing is a plus
\n— A sophisticated understanding of technology (including social media) and=
\n any technical experience is a plus
— Great writers, political communica=
\ntors and message-makers
— A global sensibility, foreign language skills,=
\n global policy expertise and global work experience are all a big plus
\n— Design skills and sensibility are a plus<\/p>\n

<\/font>If
\nyou're interested in finding out more, please send a short CV and brief
\ncover note ASAP outlining your relevant experience to jeremy at purposecampaigns.com. Pa=
\ny will be competitive and based on experience.<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

We
\nhave a strong preference for candidates based in New York City or
\nwilling to relocate, but if you think you might be a strong fit, we'd
\nlike to hear from you anyway.<\/p>\n

*** Summer internships or
\npositions requiring less experience are also available. If you're
\ninterested in those roles, let us know in your cover note.<\/font><\/div>\n

—
\n459ffd6927690e6c1@lists.nyu.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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