Summer Fellow

As a Trilogy Interactive Summer Fellow, you will play a crucial role on our team as we manage, develop, and launch digital communications strategies for our political and nonprofit clients. Trilogy's staff will also work with you to improve your skills and understanding of political communications and online organizing.

 

Trilogy offers full-time (30 hours per week), paid summer fellowships at its Berkeley and D.C. offices. Ideal candidates will have an interest and familiarity in electoral politics and campaigning, in particular those interested in the rapidly evolving field of digital marketing.

 

Candidates must have strong communication and quantitative skills, strict attention to detail, a sense of curiosity, and a willingness to explore new ideas.

 

Internships are available in the following departments (see the bottom of this listing for descriptions of each department) -- please indicate in the cover letter which department you would like to be considered for:

While each department will have its own related responsibilities, all fellowships will include the following duties:

 

 

Trilogy Interactive is a leading digital consulting firm focused on helping progressive political causes and non-profit organizations succeed by maximizing opportunities in digital marketing, online fundraising, and online advocacy.

 

Clients include or have included Senators Patrick Leahy (VT), Chuck Schumer (NY), and Maria Cantwell (WA); gubernatorial campaigns like Jay Inslee (WA); congressional campaigns like Dean Phillips (MN-3); party organizations, such as the California Democratic Party; unions like SEIU, AFSCME, and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters; environmental groups including the League of Conservation Voters and the Arctic Refuge Defense Campaign, and advocacy organizations like World War Zero and Patients for Affordable Drugs. 

 

If you are interested, please submit your cover letter and résumé through this listing, with your preferred department noted in the cover letter. Cover letters should address what interests you about Trilogy and why you think you would be an exceptional fit for our summer program; we strongly urge you to refrain from sending generic or "fill-in-the-blank" cover letters. Applications for Summer 2020 fellowships are due no later than February 29, 2020.

 

This position is available for summer at either our D.C. or Berkeley office. Please indicate in your application which location you prefer.

 

Fellows will be paid the prevailing minimum wage for their location (Berkeley: $15.59/hour; DC: $15.00/hour), with paid sick leave benefits. 

 

As a production fellow at Trilogy Interactive, you'll work with members of the strategy team, from production to project leads. Interns will assist in QA, writing and building emails, developing and posting social media content, updating client websites, pulling stats, and analyzing data. 

As a Media Fellow (intern) at Trilogy Interactive, you will be closely involved with our team’s day-to-day advertising tasks such as reporting, trafficking, quality assurance, and research tasks. It will be an opportunity for you to learn the ins and outs of digital media buying; working with key technology platforms such as Facebook, Google, and Roku. You will primarily work on electoral, non-profit, and public affairs campaigns in a dynamic and highly collaborative environment with periods of intense and exciting work.

As a Copywriting Fellow at Trilogy Interactive, you’ll work with members of our strategy and creative teams to write clear, concise messages that inspire people to take action. You’ll bring a knack for persuasive writing — and proficiency with Google Docs, AP style, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram — and leave with experience creating effective email and social media campaigns for a variety of progressive causes.

 

As a Design Fellow (intern) at Trilogy Interactive, you will be working with our creative team to keep projects moving through the creative pipeline. You’ll see how digital marketing design comes together, including considerations for effective trafficking, best practices for visual content on social media networks, and how design elements work across a campaign as a whole. If you have a passion for design and possess solid organization/time-management skills, join us and help produce innovative digital assets for our political and nonprofit clients.