Editorial/Publishing Assistant

We are looking for energetic, forward-thinking individuals to join our nonprofit organization and advance our mission. Under the supervision of Director/Founder Mika Marzette, the interns will support the research and administrative activities of the Program/Grants or the Event/Social Media team. In this role, they are expected to achieve the following outcomes:

• Understand the organization, its culture, mission, and goals. 
• Understand the current issues, trends, and changes that affect the nonprofit.
• Apply knowledge and skills such as time management and analytical thinking to their assigned projects.
• Identify areas of personal and professional growth and demonstrate improvement in these areas.
• Reflect on their service experience, connecting classroom and community-based learning. 
• Develop skills to affect and impact positive change.
• Feel prepared and more confident in a professional position.

YOUR ROLE

You'll assist and support the ASCENDtials editorial staff in the team's mission to enhance critical consciousness by offering intelligent, all-encompassing educational tools, materials, and training courses that are preventative, prepare, inculcate, and reinforce a greater sense of self and community, a Oneness that increases capacity, and environmental care.

To succeed in this role, you'll need to be a detail-oriented person who is able to work independently on a variety of responsibilities with both short-term and long-term deadlines. Tasks include optimizing hyperlinks in published content, collecting and inputting information into Google spreadsheets, and assisting with the publication process.

The ideal candidate should be comfortable working in a CMS and able to assemble and publish content. They should have strong writing skills in the event that content needs to be adjusted or updated. Also required: a love of learning and an eagerness to contribute to the team.

Intern work will be conducted under the mentorship of ASCENDtials Founder Mika Marzette, bringing 25+ years of experience. The requested time commitment is no more than 20 hours a week. 

SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

• Assisting with the daily process of publishing new content - formatting posts, creating and/or adding images/charts/visuals/HTML tables, and getting to hit the publish button!
• Updating published content for accuracy, SEO, and reader experience
• Ensuring disclosures and compliance requirements are applied to new and existing content
• Assisting with the development and maintenance of documentation for our team
• Helping with some fact checking and copyediting
• Working closely with the Copyediting team to improve your knowledge and skills through their feedback
• Growing and fostering the ASCENDtials brand as a top destination for personal growth and social change

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

• Experience working with the publication of online content in some capacity
• Successfully worked remotely in previous position(s)
• An ability to work and make decisions independently
• Relentless attention to detail, organization, and a strong ability to follow through on projects
• Experience working with Google Docs and Sheets
• Experience working within a CRM, (WordPress, etc.)
• Familiarity with Asana (or another project management system like Airtable or Trello)
• Basic familiarity with The Chicago Manual of Style 
• Basic knowledge of HTML and/or SEO are a plus

This opportunity provides students an avenue to earn credit, yet the experience ultimately benefits more than their academic education. As a nonprofit focused on self-development and enhancing critical consciousness, interns will learn practical methods they can use to solve problems in their everyday lives. The intern opportunities run concurrently with each school semester.