Intern, Copywriting
Washington, DC
Internship
Hybrid
Intern/New Grad
ABA is a banking trade association of community, regional, and money center banks. They are seeking an intern in copywriting to contribute to creative messaging and content aimed at achieving the association’s marketing and business goals, while also providing support across various projects within the Member Communications Department.
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 Word, PowerPoint, Teams, Excel, SharePoint and other process management tools.
Preferred
- Previous experience as a published writer is 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.