NOTE: These positions are only open to current Yale University students (grad and undergrad). Preference is given to YSE students. YPCCC supports a diverse and inclusive workplace and climate change movement. Women and people of color are especially encouraged to apply. To apply, send a cover letter and resume to the corresponding contact person listed below with the title of the position you’re applying to within the subject line.
Yale Climate Connections is a nonpartisan, multimedia service providing daily broadcast radio programming and original web-based reporting about climate change. We’re looking for a student to promote the service on social media and engage the current audience with an eye toward growth and deeper interaction.
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Individuals with a strong interest in content marketing, visual storytelling, or non-profit journalism, especially those passionate for finding new ways to communicate the reality of climate change through design.
Hrs per week: 3-5
Summer position with the expectation for staying on through the 2022-2023 academic year.
This role is established to be both a partner to our social media manager and the chief editor on our post graphics. This role is ideal for first-year F&ES students who are interested in helping develop YPCCC’s brand and identity.
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Visually-minded communicators who are passionate about editing, with an interest in growing as managers and leaders.
Hrs per week: 8-10
Summer position with the expectation for staying on through the 2022-2023 academic year.
This role is established to be both a partner to our Deputy Social Media Manager and the chief editor on our posts. This role is ideal for second-year F&ES students who are interested in helping develop YPCCC’s brand and identity.
Tasks:
Preferred Skills:
Ideal for:
Copy-minded communicators who are passionate about editing, with an interest in growing as managers and leaders.
Hrs per week: 8-10
Summer position with the expectation for staying on through the 2022-2023 academic year.
This team suggests and drafts posts about climate change for large social media audiences on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. YPCCC research is relevant to many categories of current events, from renewable energy to extreme weather, and our social media producers help put the news of the day in context.
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Somebody with less time on their hands who still wants to contribute to the YPCCC program. Those who are plugged into the news on climate change and eager to help show how our work relates. Digital novices who want to learn by doing.
Hrs per week: 3-5
Summer position with the expectation for staying on through the 2022-2023 academic year.
We’re looking for a team member to help develop our presence on IG.
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Preferred Skills:
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Visually-minded communicators interested in exploring how we can tell the story of climate change through imagery
Hrs per week: 3-5
Summer position with the expectation for staying on through the 2022-2023 academic year.
YPCCC maintains a presence on multiple digital platforms, from Instagram to Twitter. We are looking for someone to help create and foster digital relationships on these channels.
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Hrs per week: 5-8
Summer position with the expectation for staying on through the 2022-2023 academic year.
We’re looking for a team member to help create, develop, and maintain a presence on TikTok.
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Preferred Skills:
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Visually-minded communicators interested in exploring how we can tell the story of climate change through TikTok. Enterprising climate advocates interested in helping communicators better understand the platform’s role in climate.
Hrs per week: 4-6
Summer position with the expectation for staying on through the 2022-2023 academic year.
To apply to the above positions, please send cover letter and resume to cynthia.norrie@yale.edu.
This role will support the development and execution of a Yale Center for Environmental Communication speaker series that brings in inspiring practitioners of environmental communication that 1) model how to build public and political will to address environmental challenges and 2) equips students with the skills to engage in strategic communication themselves to solve environmental problems. Potential topics for the series will include: transformational organizing; data visualization; strategic campaigning; digital strategies; translating cutting edge environmental scholarship for a public interested in solutions. The student will contribute to shaping the series’ direction.
This student will assist in the development of this workshop or speaker series by contributing to the shaping of the series’ theme, identifying & recruiting speakers and workshop leaders, drafting copy for and conducting advertising to recruit audiences at Yale and externally, coordinating logistics for in-person and online events, and writing and posting articles that capture the takeaways from each event. Please direct any questions about this opportunity to lisa.fernandez@yale.edu.
Hrs per week: 5-8
Summer position with the expectation for staying on through the 2022-2023 academic year.
Please direct any questions about this opportunity to lisa.fernandez@yale.edu.
This role is largely editorial in nature and requires excellent writing and an understanding of and interest in climate change. The student will:
Hrs per week: 3-5
Summer position with the expectation for staying on through the 2022-2023 academic year.
Please direct any questions about this opportunity to lisa.fernandez@yale.edu.