Intern, Copywriting
US DC Main Office
Internship
Hybrid
$15/hr - $37.50/hr
Intern Level
The American Bankers Association (ABA) is a banking trade association seeking a Copywriting Intern for the summer. The role involves contributing to marketing campaigns, drafting copy, and providing editorial support across various communications.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to conceptualizing and executing creative messaging and compelling content to help achieve the association’s marketing and business goals.
- Draft ad & editorial copy for advocacy, membership and marketing campaigns.
- Contribute article(s) or editorial services to the association’s flagship magazine, ABA Banking Journal.
- Ensure quality control and brand compliance by copy editing and/or proofreading various member-facing, public-facing and internal-facing collateral and communications.
- Provide cross-functional support to the entire Member Communications Department through marketing copywriting, email newsletters such as ABA Daily Newsbytes, website content creation and publishing, speechwriting research, ABA publications/operations and other projects as assigned.
- Participate in departmental meetings, team meetings, divisional meetings, all-staff meetings, project-based meetings and other ad-hoc meetings that arise.
- Curate commemorative scrapbook that is presented to outgoing ABA Chair at end of their term as a thank you gift.
Qualification
Required
- Meticulous editing and proofreading skills as well as command of AP style.
- Ability to prioritize assignments, juggle various types of work and manage multiple deadlines simultaneously.
- A collaborative spirit and problem solver who puts team above self and works quickly without sacrificing precision.
- Adept with office technology, including: Zoom, Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, Teams, Excel, SharePoint and other process management tools.
- Rising Sophomore/Junior/Senior standing with a major in Journalism, Marketing, Communications, Public Relations, Marketing or Media Studies or related major.
- Minimum 3.0 GPA
Preferred
- Previous experience as a published writer preferred but not required (please provide bylined links/clips/portfolio if available).
- Desire to pursue a career in marketing/communications is preferred but not required.
- Experience using the project management software Adobe Workfront is preferred but not required.
- Experience using a content management system (such as WordPress or Sitecore) is preferred but not required.
- Experience using a CRM (such as Salesforce Marketing Cloud) or an email marketing platform (such as rasa.io) is preferred but not required.
- Interest in the financial services sector is preferred but not required.