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Call for Applications: Public Fellowship with Democratic Women’s Club of Santa Cruz County (DWC) — Digital Marketing and Operations Intern, 2024-2025

Application Deadline: April 28, 2024

The Humanities Division is excited to announce an experiential learning opportunity for Humanities undergraduates at UC Santa Cruz to work with Democratic Women's Club of Santa Cruz County. Humanities Public Fellowships are internships that connect undergraduate majors and minors to projects in the community, with the aim of mutually benefiting students and organizations. Students gain practical experience, professional training, and learn about positions outside of the university that build on their studies in the Humanities. At the same time, community organizations benefit from students’ assistance and academic expertise. 

About the Democratic Women’s Club of Santa Cruz County.

The Democratic Women’s Club was created more than 50 years ago to give women a chance to directly participate in the Democratic Party.  An independent, chartered club of the California Democratic Party, the Democratic Women’s Club of Santa Cruz County welcomes everyone interested in political activism and the election of Democrats through local, statewide and federal elections.  We share our democratic ideals through monthly newsletters, discussion of controversial topics, and social networking.  Meetings include programs on a variety of social, political, legislative, and electoral issues.

Position Description: Digital Marketing and Operations Internship

This internship involves documenting and formalizing existing procedures within the organization, which often rely on institutional knowledge of its members. Responsibilities include collaboratively developing templates, drafting, and finalizing procedures while conducting interviews with knowledgeable board members to capture critical insights. Additionally, the role entails contributing to the development and enhancement of database systems to improve organizational efficiency and effectiveness.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND EXPECTATIONS 

Communications (50%): 

  • Update the Squarespace website
  • Help post on social media channels (including designing social media graphics, writing captions, and monitoring comments as appropriate). 
  • Propose ideas and help develop strategy for increasing social media presence

Operations (50%): 

  • Develop an internal process to document procedures (hybrid/in person)
  • Ongoing monitoring of social media 
  • Ongoing posting on our social media (stories, posts, polls, etc
  • Assist in developing a digital template to document procedures; assist in interviewing people who know the procedures to gather information. (Information will come from rough drafts submitted by Board members, and on occasion, via Zoom.)
  • Develop new and/or recommend improvements in existing database systems  

Required Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities

  • You are a declared major or minor in a department in the Humanities Division, and you are in good academic standing. If you are currently proposed, you are able to declare by the end of the 2024-2025 academic year in June. [required] 
  • You are enrolled in classes Fall 2024 and Winter 2025 quarters. [required]
  • You are knowledgeable about social media, including strategies to grow an audience on Facebook and Instagram. You have experience with creating, developing, and monitoring social media on diverse platforms. Bonus points if you have experience running social media for a club, organization, or business. 
  • You are very comfortable with word processing, presentation, and spreadsheet programs (Microsoft Word/Powerpoint/Excel or Google Docs/Slides/Sheets, etc) 
  • You are able to meet deadlines that are co-created with the DWC president. 
  • You communicate proactively. You know how to ask supervisors for clarification or help. 
  • You have experience with and/or time-management discipline to handle a remote role with flexible hours. 
  • You have some experience with graphic design. 
  • You have some experience with web page and content development 
  • You are organized, and you can maintain a clear log of your hours worked along with activities/tasks completed, for payment purposes. 

What you’ll gain:

  • Experience working with a well-respected 70-year old organization focused on electing Democrats and to supporting democratic ideals on a local level
  • Experience working with other community organizations that support goals and work on DWC – build your network! 
  • Gain an understanding of what makes a successful community organization. 

Internship Term: Fall Quarter 2024–Winter Quarter 2025 (September-March) 

Hours: 10 hours/week

Compensation: $20/hour depending on experience 

Location: This is a hybrid role. A majority of the work will be virtual via Zoom and email. 1-2 hours/month will be in person in downtown Santa Cruz at 740 Front St #165, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Reports to: Peggy Flynn – DWC Co-President. Peggy has over 30 years’ professional management experience, from Fortune 500 corporations to tech start-ups to community organizations. She has supervised professional teams and interns in a variety of settings, and is prepared to make the time needed to supervise, guide, and mentor the DWC intern. 

HOW TO APPLY

Apply by submitting your resume and a short cover letter (no more than one page) answering these questions: Why are you interested in this position? What makes you a good fit for it? And why do you believe this is the right time for you to pursue this opportunity to learn more about local politics and civic engagement?

Once the application window closes on April 28, there will be a virtual interview process with top candidates. Expect interviews to take place in early/mid May. The candidate will be selected by June 14, 2024.

APPLY NOW

Please contact Experiential Learning Coordinator Kylie Rachwalski at hum-experiential-learning@ucsc.edu with any questions.

This undergraduate internship is generously supported by The Mellon Foundation.