TIP Internship Program

The Israel Project (TIP) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. that works to strengthen Israel's image in the media with the means of strategic communication. TIP is currently working in the United States, Europe and Israel.

Strategic Communications Interns

The Israel Project in DC is offering an internship opportunity for graduate students in journalism, communications, international relations, political science, Middle East studies or related subjects.

Interns will benefit from this unique opportunity which is based on substantive contacts with leading journalists and communications professionals and practical experience that gives participants broad, out-of-classroom experience. During the program, TIP interns have the opportunity to develop long-term career-building relationships with reporters and experts on the Middle East.

Interns will work according to an individually arranged schedule. You will research background information, write short papers and fact sheets, assist with media events, conduct extensive research on the Internet and update our website. Interns of European origin will work mainly for our European brand which focuses strongly on Iran and its nuclear program.

The internship is unpaid. Office space and equipment will be provided.

Requirements:

• Work commitment: 15 hours/week or more for at least 3 months (negotiable)
• BA degree or equivalent
• Interest in Israel and the Middle East and commitment to work in an Israel advocacy organization
• Ability to work independently, self organized and reliable
• Good skills in Microsoft office programs
• Good English skills

Preferred:

• Language skills in Spanish, French, Russian, German or Arabic
• Experience in journalism or PR
• Skills in Content Management Systems (CMS) and website formatting
• Knowledge of European and international media

Please send your application with resume, motivation explanation, your preferred work time and your contact information to interns@theisraelproject.org. If you have questions please call to 202 857 6644. 

Web Intern

Web Internship – seeking candidates for an unpaid and/or hours for credit internship.  Successful intern(s) will work out of The Israel Project’s Washington D.C. office. 

Under the supervision of the Senior Associate, Web Advocacy and Outreach, the Web-Intern will be responsible to help build, develop and maintain an accurate and up-to-date website (www.theisraelproject.org).

Duties will include maintaining a clean and updated online contact database of activists and journalists (adding/updating/deleting records, etc…), reviewing all website pages for accuracy and currency, working with content owners to revise content using our Kintera-based CMS, and if needed format TIP pieces to send them out and post them on our website. Additional duties could involve working with graphic, video and audio files, maintain/expand TIP’s presence on blogs, and social networking and video-sharing websites, and help maintain an updated Activist section on TIP’s website.

Excellent attention to detail, copyediting/proofreading and web software skills is a plus. Will train in our database software, but experience with Access, MySQL, and database cleaning software are preferred.

Excellent writing, editing and proof-reading skills as well as Microsoft Office and web software skills (CMS) are preferred.