Marketing & Communications Intern

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All legitimate communication from our recruitment team will come from an official calstart.org email address via email, we will not text you about a role you have not applied to or shown interest in. We will not perform any interviews via text or Zoom chat.

CALSTART does not ask for any fees or personal information such as social security numbers or bank details during the recruitment process.

About Us:

CALSTART is a mission-driven industry organization focused on transportation decarbonization and clean air for all.

For over 30 years, it’s been CALSTART’s mission to develop, assess, and implement large-scale, zero-emission transportation solutions to mitigate climate change and support economic growth. CALSTART works with businesses, organizations, governments, and communities to create real-life impact toward clean air and equitable access to clean transportation for all. CALSTART provides scientific, technical and policy support for regulatory development and clean technology and infrastructure acceleration.

• Assist with updating marketing benchmarks, processes, systems, reporting, and related documentation.
• Gather, analyze, clean, and organize data used in digital marketing and communication efforts.
• Research and planning assistance for a variety of campaign work that spans all CALSTART’s activities and initiatives.
• Additional opportunities to learn as marketing and communication tasks are assigned, depending on your interest and skills.

• Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in Marketing or Communications.
• Willingness to move in the fast-paced marketing environment.
• Strong time management skills.
• A creative mindset with the ability to think outside the box to complex situations.
• Be able to measure the effectiveness of strategies through analytics.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills – able to simplify complex topics in a friendly and approachable manner.
• Ability to work with diverse teams.
• You have knowledge of / experience with some of the following areas and programs: social media (Buffer, Hootsuite, native applications), email marketing/CRMs (MailChimp, Salesforce, Marketing Cloud), website analytics (Google Analytics 4, LogRocket), digital advertising (Feathr, Google Ads).

We understand that not everyone will match the above qualifications 100%. If your background isn't perfectly aligned but you feel you would be a great addition to the team, we'd love to hear from you.

We're a tight-knit team of world-class innovators, business minds, and change agents who believe passionately in our mission and put our team ahead of self. We are committed to the continued development and growth of our employees and invest in your success!

We care about your personal well being as much as your professional success and offer generous benefits to full time employees including: 100% company paid comprehensive health benefits for Medical, Dental, Vision, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability and Life Insurance, Retirement plan with generous company contributions, FSA for Health and Dependent Care, 3 weeks of vacation time in the first year of employment, 11 paid company holidays, paid sick time, paid family leave, and more!

Our inclusive environment focuses on making decisions based on merit without regard to race, color, hair texture, gender, religion, age, nationality, social or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, LGBTQIA+ status, marital status, pregnancy, disability, genetics, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.