Content Writer

Posted Apr 14

Job Description

World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization that is fighting for change that lasts, right here in the U.S. and across the globe. We bring sustainable solutions to the world’s greatest problems – disasters, extreme poverty, violence, oppression, and mass displacement. The organization is approximately 75 years old and has worked in over 100 countries around the world since its founding. In the United States, we come alongside local churches, community organizations and hundreds of individual volunteers to support newly arriving refugee and other immigrant families. Today, we are proud to partner with over 6,000 local churches, and 95,000 volunteers globally to bring hope, healing and transformation to the most vulnerable.

Position Summary

Are you a person of compassion? An advocate for justice? Someone who stands up for the rights of the vulnerable and speaks out for the marginalized, the exploited and the forgotten? Do you believe in our calling as Christians to welcome the least of these and love our neighbor?

If you answered ‘yes’, to any of the above, World Relief, and millions of people around the world need you.

World Relief is seeking a Content Writer intern to join our Content Team this summer. Do you have a knack for storytelling and a keen eye for grammar? Do you want to grow as a writer and editor while making a difference in the world? If so, then an internship with World Relief’s Content Team might be for you! The Content Intern will support our team of writers in developing social media copy, writing emails, editing stories from our local offices and more. You’ll gain marketable experience as both a writer and an editor while getting an inside look at what it's like to work for a global non-profit marketing team alongside supportive and fun colleagues.

Role & Responsibilities

  • Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Report to the Sr. Content Writer, this person will assist with writing projects including social media copy, email campaigns, editing and developing raw stories for publication across various platforms
  • Research and organize information for potential content opportunities
  • Learn and utilize the Storybrand framework for sales content writing
  • Provide a fresh viewpoint for reaching new target audiences through storytelling
  • Be a responsible self-starter, able to develop original copy as well as work in collaboration with the rest of the Marketing Team
  • Effectively manage schedule and competing deadlines
  • Communicate in a clear and timely manner in regard to project updates

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Creative and innovative thinker and planner
  • Ability to work independently or as an active member of a team
  • Able to multitask, prioritize, and manage time efficiently
  • Curious learner with the willingness to ask questions and the follow through to tackle new tasks and sharpen existing skills
  • Ability to manage time and priorities amid multiple projects and competing deadlines
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Writing samples must be submitted with application

Requirements

  • Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief
  • Open to students in their last year of an associate’s degree or the last 2 years of a bachelor’s degree. Also open to recent graduates, or others with under 1 year of professional writing experience
  • Online portfolio of recent work or 3 samples of writing submitted with application
  • Proficient computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel) and Google Docs
  • Eager to learn and proactive about improving and pursuing professional development

$16 - $18 an hour

Temporary Employees and Paid Interns have access to the following World Relief benefits:

  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

World Relief Discounts (Immediately Eligible):

  • Verizon
  • Pet Insurance through Nationwide
  • Home and Auto insurance through Liberty Mutual
  • Working Advantage Discount Program

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to have ordinary ambulatory skills sufficient to visit other locations
  • The ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and manipulate (lift, carry, move) light to medium weights of 10-15 pounds.
  • Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm, hand and finger dexterity, including ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard, operate equipment and read application information.
  • The employee frequently is required to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear. 

Work Environment 

  • General office setting. World Relief also offers hybrid and remote schedules for limited positions.
  • Great lengths of time working on computer, reading from computer screen, entering information, standing at copier or fax machine, and some time on the phone or in virtual meetings may be required.
  • Year-end archiving activities involve repeated lifting and bending.
  • Physical, emotional and intellectual demands
  • Equipment used: Employee computer (desktop or laptop), printer, and copier.

All of the above duties and responsibilities are essential job functions subject to reasonable accommodation. All job requirements listed indicate the minimum level of knowledge, skills and/or ability deemed necessary to perform the job proficiently. This job description is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements. Individuals may be required to perform any other job-related instructions as requested by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation. This position description is not all-inclusive and is always under review.  We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V.

For World Relief staff, strong commitment to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief is essential, and Christian faith is a prerequisite for employment, based upon United States federal guidelines provided in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 

Legal Background in the United States

World Relief is both an equal opportunity employer and a faith-based religious organization. World Relief strictly prohibits and does not tolerate unlawful discrimination against employees on the basis of person’s race, color, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law, which does not conflict with the protections afforded World Relief as a faith-based employer.   In addition, physical or mental limitations will not be a factor in the application of World Relief's employment policies or employee practices, except for those situations in which occupational requirement make consideration of such factors necessary.  Pursuant to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 702 (42 U.S.C. 2000e 1(a) World Relief has the right to, and does, hire only candidates who agree with World Relief’s Statement of Faith.