Aug 1, 2011 in INTERNSHIPS
Switchboard, A Mobile Health Nonprofit, Seeks Public Relations Intern
contact CRAIG EDELMAN
Switchboard is a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization that uses mobile phones to network health professionals in developing countries. With our main program MDNet, we have networked nearly 100% of physicians working in Ghana and Liberia, allowing every doctor in the country to call or text any other doctor for free - with over 3 million calls made so far. The more doctors collaborate, the better patients are served.
We would like a highly self-motivated individual with experience in communications and public relations to join our small team at our office in San Francisco. We were recently featured in the World Health Organization’s mobile health report -- one of the biggest mHealth publications of the year.
You will be helping us launch and manage the press, blog, twitter, and other media campaigns of our new identity and website (launching August 5th, 2011). This is a very exciting transition for our organization, and we would love a PR and communications guru who is interested in international development, global health, and/or mobile health to come help grow something big.
We would like a highly self-motivated individual with experience in communications and public relations to join our small team at our office in San Francisco. We were recently featured in the World Health Organization’s mobile health report -- one of the biggest mHealth publications of the year.
You will be helping us launch and manage the press, blog, twitter, and other media campaigns of our new identity and website (launching August 5th, 2011). This is a very exciting transition for our organization, and we would love a PR and communications guru who is interested in international development, global health, and/or mobile health to come help grow something big.
Specific Requirements
Interested candidates should send a cover letter and resume to the team@switchboardhealth.org
- Have at least 2 years of university completed (degrees in communications, public relations, journalism, or related area from an accredited college/university is highly preferred)
- Great writing ability (You’ll be writing press releases, blog articles, contacting large media outlets, (all in iambic pentameter), etc)
- Great organizational and task management ability (Excel is a must)
- Self-motivated (Can work without continued direction)
- Personal interest in international development, global health, and/or mobile health is a great plus
- Be able to provide at 5-10 hours per week
- 2 days per week in our Dogpatch office is strongly preferred
- Minimum 10-week commitment
- Start date: ASAP
- Compensation: unpaid, but tons of great experience in a small team.
Interested candidates should send a cover letter and resume to the team@switchboardhealth.org
We will follow-up with further instructions.
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