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The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is the nation’s most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science, and the support of more than three million members and activists to protect the planet’s wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things. Founded in 1970, NRDC staff helped write some of America’s bedrock environmental laws. Today, our staff of more than 600 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy and communications experts, and others, works to protect and create environmental progress from offices in New York; Washington, DC; Chicago; Los Angeles; San Francisco; Bozeman, Montana; and Beijing.
Position Summary:
NRDC is seeking a Program Assistant in our Chicago office to work with two Nature attorneys, Senior Attorney with the Sustainable FERC Project, and Attorney with Clean Vehicles & Fuels Project. This is an administrative position: The candidate must be able to efficiently handle administrative tasks such as: scheduling and coordinating internal and external meetings, coordinating and booking travel, processing expenses, managing budgets, performing basic research, proofreading and preparing written materials.
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Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is the nation's most effective environmental action group, combining the power of more than two million members and online activists with the expertise of nearly 500 scientists, lawyers, policy advocates, and other professionals across the globe ensure the rights of all people to the air, the water, and the wild. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our staff helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act, and many of the implementing regulations; our water enforcement cases played a major role shaping current water policy throughout the country. Today, our staff – a force for nature - work out of offices in New York, Washington DC, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Bozeman, Montana and Beijing.
Position Summary:
NRDC is seeking a full-time, paid summer intern to work with the Healthy People & Thriving Communities Program and Science Center for 10 – 12 weeks in our Washington, D.C. office.
The Increasing Diversity Equity and Access in STEM policy at NRDC (IDEAS@NRDC) program aims to support the culture of diversity at NRDC by providing supervised summer research experiences for young scientists (junior/senior-level undergraduate, post-baccalaureate, early graduate students) from traditionally underrepresented groups in the sciences (including underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, individuals with disabilities, and individuals from socially, culturally, economically, or educationally disadvantaged backgrounds). The IDEAS@NRDC program will increase exposure of young, traditionally underrepresented scientists to the legal, policy, and scientific work at NRDC, will increase the talent pipeline available for current positions within the organization, and enhance the perspectives of current staff by expanding the talent palette utilized to find effective solutions to environmental problems.
For the summer 2018 position, the IDEAS@NRDC intern will be collaborating with and supporting our work in the Strong, Prosperous, and Resilient Communities Challenge (SPARCC) project.
The SPARCC project is a three-year, multi-region initiative that seeks to change the systems that shape the built environment and create climate-smart, opportunity-rich places that allow marginalized communities – particularly low-income people and communities of color – to work, play, and thrive. The project is a collaboration between four intervening partners – NRDC, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Low Income Investment Fund, and Enterprise Community Partners – and uses a model of regionally-based collaborative tables to improve regional equity. SPARCC uses the three core lenses of racial equity, health, and climate working together with regional partners to identify one or two major systems changes that will permanently alter the physical form of specific sites in the region and shift the mechanisms by which the built environment is shaped.
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The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is the nation’s most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science, and the support of more than three million members and activists to protect the planet’s wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things. Founded in 1970, NRDC staff helped write some of America’s bedrock environmental laws. Today, our staff of more than 600 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy and communications experts, and others, works to protect and create environmental progress from offices in New York; Washington, DC; Chicago; Los Angeles; San Francisco; Bozeman, Montana; and Beijing.
NRDC is seeking an Advocate to work with the Sustainable FERC Project team, preferably in our Washington, DC office. The Project is an initiative housed in NRDC’s Climate & Clean Energy Program that represents many national and regional environmental organizations on issues related to the nation’s wholesale energy markets and bulk transmission system. We advocate for policies that will accelerate the deployment of renewable energy, demand response, energy efficiency, and energy storage.
The Project’s current priorities include creating renewables-friendly FERC-regulated wholesale power markets (and opposing markets frameworks that provide unnecessary support to fossil fuels and/or frustrate state clean energy policies), improving grid planning for high levels of wind and solar resources, integrating rooftop solar and other customer-owned resources into FERC-regulated markets, and reforming FERC’s review process for natural gas pipelines. To read more about our recent work, visit www.sustainableferc.org/blog.
The Project Advocate position calls for a combination of leadership and written and oral advocacy skills coupled with the flexibility, diplomacy, organizational and communication skills necessary for successful collaboration across teams and organizations. The Advocate will play an important role in our advocacy on issues implicating billions of dollars in investments and having potentially vast consequences for clean energy. The position is open to individuals with 2-10 years of relevant experience, and can be tailored to some extent to the selected candidate’s seniority and background.
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The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is the nation's most effective environmental action group, combining the grassroots power of more than 3 million members and online activists with the courtroom clout and expertise of more than 600 lawyers, scientists and other professionals to fight for the planet and its people in the halls of Congress, communities across the country, and nations around the globe. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our staff helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act, and many of the implementing regulations; our water enforcement cases played a major role shaping current water policy throughout the country. Today, our staff work out of offices in New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Bozeman, Montana and Beijing.
NRDC’s Litigation Team seeks a Litigation Assistant to work in its Chicago, Illinois office. The Litigation Team is a group of approximately thirty attorneys and six Litigation Assistants who work out of and collaborate across several NRDC offices. The Team pursues litigation across a broad range of environmental, public health, and environmental justice issues. For example, the Team has brought lawsuits resisting the Trump Administration’s efforts to dismantle environmental protections, including cases defending National Monuments and challenging the suspension of the Clean Water Rule. In recent years, the Team has also brought cases to safeguard the people of Flint, Michigan from continued exposure to lead in drinking water; remediate toxic pollution in the Penobscot River; and abate mold in New York City public housing for residents with asthma. The Litigation Assistants provide administrative and litigation support for Litigation Team attorneys, and collaborate with the Litigation Assistants in the other offices that support branches of the Litigation Team.
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The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our staff helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act, and many of the implementing regulations; our water enforcement cases played a major role shaping current water policy throughout the country. Today, our staff of more than 500 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy and communications experts, and others, work out of offices in New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Bozeman, Montana and Beijing.
Position Summary:
NRDC Action Fund is seeking Program Assistant to support the Executive Director and work with our team in NRDC’s Washington, DC office. The NRDC Action Fund is an affiliated but separate organization from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Our mission is to build political support in the United States for protecting the planet and its people. In addition to holding elected officials accountable for their votes and lobbying political leaders to implement the Clean Power Plan, we have endorsed a presidential candidate for the first time, as well as a powerful list of environmental champions for the U.S. Senate. This year will be pivotal in our fight to protect our nation’s environmental legacy.
The Program Assistant will bring a high level of organization and initiative to supporting the Executive Director and the six-member staff, as well as their interactions with the Action Fund board and the NRDC staff. This position offers the opportunity to learn/gain exposure to political advocacy strategy and management early in their career while also supporting the Executive Director.
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The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our staff helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act, and many of the implementing regulations; our water enforcement cases played a major role shaping current water policy throughout the country. Today, our staff of more than 500 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy and communications experts, and others, work out of offices in New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Bozeman, Montana and Beijing.
Position Summary:
NRDC is seeking an experienced, full-time attorney to advance the work of its Pacific Ocean Initiative, part of the Oceans Division of the Nature Program. This Attorney will focus primarily on promoting sustainable fisheries, opposing destructive fishing practices, both on the West Coast and nationally. There may also be opportunities for work on other oceans issues, such as promoting seafood traceability and fighting illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, through U.S. or international policy. The Attorney will represent NRDC before agencies and management bodies, in court, and in federal and state legislatures. While the Attorney may have opportunities to litigate in pursuit of Oceans Division goals, this position is primarily a program attorney position, with a focus on advocacy and policy work. The position will be based in NRDC’s San Francisco, CA office and reports to the Director of the Pacific Ocean Initiative. As appropriate, the Attorney may have the opportunity to work on other ocean conservation issues in the Pacific.
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Place matters. Where we live has profound implications for our health and well-being. But for far too many people, particularly low-income households and people of color, these places are contributing to their growing inequity in economic opportunity, climate vulnerability and health outcomes. The Strong, Prosperous, and Resilient Communities Challenge (SPARCC) is a transformative effort to create healthy, climate-smart, and opportunity-rich places where low-income people and people of color can thrive. SPARCC supports collaborative and racially-inclusive leadership tables in six metropolitan regions; Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Memphis and the San Francisco Bay Area, with a focus on changing the underlying systems that shape the built environment. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has partnered with Enterprise Community Partners, the Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF) and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (together, the SPARCC partners) to implement this bold initiative. Each partner contributes to staffing the initiative, with NRDC responsible for the policy, capacity and systems change components.
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is a national environmental non-profit dedicated to safeguarding the earth – its’s people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends. NRDC’s Resilient Communities division works to produce strong, just and resilient communities without contributing to climate change, by providing the support necessary for urban areas to find, fund and implement integrated, equitable and replicable policy and market strategies. Each Resilient Communities initiative builds strategic national and local partnerships, produces toolkits with vetted strategy options and supporting materials, structures learning networks with technical experts and peers, and provides on-site capacity with financial support.
The position
NRDC seeks a Learning Community Coordinator to manage SPARCC’s Learning Community, the platform for interaction, technical assistance, shared-learning, and best practices for activities that help build capacity in six regions across the country to achieve greater racial, health and climate equity. The Coordinator will work deeply with the six SPARCC locations (referred to as sites), NRDC’s SPARCC Director, and broader SPARCC team, to manage and implement learning community activities. We seek a creative, strategic thinker with demonstrated imagination and flexibility.
The Learning Community Coordinator will report directly to the NRDC SPARCC Director, who is based in Denver, CO. The position would ideally be located in Washington DC, but can be considered in New York, Denver or other NRDC office locations.
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The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our staff helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act, and many of the implementing regulations; our water enforcement cases played a major role shaping current water policy throughout the country. Today, our staff of more than 500 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy and communications experts, and others, work out of offices in New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Bozeman, Montana and Beijing.
Position Summary:
Our Human Resources team is committed to nurturing a work environment where our people thrive and work together to achieve our mission. We are looking for a talented and motivated intern to join our team and work with the data analytics function, enabling the process of turning unquantified data and processes into metrics, measurements, and graphics-based reports that support the Human Resources aspects of an organization. This position could be based in either NY or Chicago and reports to ether the HR Generalist in Chicago or the Chief Human Resources Officer in New York. The position starts in the Summer of 2018.
This internship is designed to be both educational and practical. In this position, the intern will learn how to take skills she or he may have acquired in school, and apply them in a professional setting. He or she will gain a better understanding of the role that Human Resources can play in a non-for-profit setting, and be better prepared to work in the arena of Human Resources.
This is a paid Internship, requires a minimum work schedule of five (5) days a week and offers flexible hours.
The Human Resources Intern will directly assist on a wide range of projects related to HR data analysis.
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The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our staff helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act, and many of the implementing regulations; our water enforcement cases played a major role shaping current water policy throughout the country. Today, our staff of more than 500 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy and communications experts, and others, work out of offices in New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Bozeman, Montana and Beijing.
Position Summary:
NRDC is seeking a summer intern to work with the Environmental Justice team in our New York office. The intern will be involved in advocacy and research related to fighting the build-out of fossil fuel infrastructure in the Northeast, as well as projects to facilitate greater alignment with grassroots and environmental justice organizations across the United States. This role involves drafting memos which will be incorporated into NRDC’s advocacy. The intern will have the opportunity to gain firsthand experience in a fast-paced advocacy environment. The position will last mid-June through August, with flexibility on exact start and end dates. This is a stipended position.
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The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our staff helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act, and many of the implementing regulations; our water enforcement cases played a major role shaping current water policy throughout the country. Today, our staff of more than 500 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy and communications experts, and others, work out of offices in New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Bozeman, Montana and Beijing.
Position Summary:
NRDC is seeking a legal intern to work with the Nature Program’s Dirty Energy Team in our Washington, D.C. office. This legal internship will support the Nature Program’s legal and advocacy work pertaining to federal fossil fuel regulation and policy and public lands defense. This work includes protecting public lands, wild places, and communities from the impacts of fossil fuel development utilizing advocacy, administrative processes, and litigation. Please note that this internship will include a variety of responsibilities, such as legal research, data analysis, and legislative and policy analysis.
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The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our staff helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act, and many of the implementing regulations; our water enforcement cases played a major role shaping current water policy throughout the country. Today, our staff of more than 500 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy and communications experts, and others, work out of offices in New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Bozeman, Montana and Beijing.
Position Summary:
NRDC is seeking a legal intern to work with the Nature Program’s Dirty Energy Team in our Washington, D.C. office. This legal internship will support the Nature Program’s legal and advocacy work pertaining to federal fossil fuel regulation and policy and public lands defense. This work includes protecting public lands, wild places, and communities from the impacts of fossil fuel development utilizing advocacy, administrative processes, and litigation. Please note that this internship will include a variety of responsibilities, such as legal research, data analysis, and legislative and policy analysis.
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The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is seeking a full-time Program Assistant for our Energy and Climate team to be based in NRDC’s Beijing office.
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is an international nonprofit environmental organization with more than 3 million members and online supporters. Since 1970, our lawyers, scientists, and other environmental specialists have worked to protect the world's natural resources, public health, and the environment. NRDC works in countries and regions including the United States, China, India, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Costa Rica, and the European Union.
For two decades, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has been a thought leader and trusted adviser to our partners in China. With a highly effective team of more than 40 based in our Beijing office, we have worked hard at both the national and local levels to recommend, develop, and help implement innovative laws, policies, technologies, and market tools that curb pollution and accelerate China’s transition to a clean, low-carbon economy. NRDC's Beijing Representative Office is registered under the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau and supervised by the State Forestry and Grassland Administration of China.
Position Summary:
The China Coal Policy Project Program Assistant (PA) will be responsible for helping the project team with project administration and subgrantee management. The PA will help with project administration including organization of project research meetings and conferences, collection and organization of project progress and financial reports from research partners, oral and written communications with research partners, processing of invoices, and tracking of project expenditures. The PA will also assist in relevant policy research and translation and developing materials to communicate project research results.
The Program Assistant will be based in NRDC’s Beijing office and will be an integral part of the NRDC China climate and energy team.
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The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is seeking a full-time Communications Consultant for our Energy and Climate team to be based in NRDC’s Beijing office.
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is an international nonprofit environmental organization with more than 3 million members and online supporters. Since 1970, our lawyers, scientists, and other environmental specialists have worked to protect the world's natural resources, public health, and the environment. NRDC works in countries and regions including the United States, China, India, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Costa Rica, and the European Union.
For two decades, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has been a thought leader and trusted adviser to our partners in China. With a highly effective team of more than 40 based in our Beijing office, we have worked hard at both the national and local levels to recommend, develop, and help implement innovative laws, policies, technologies, and market tools that curb pollution and accelerate China’s transition to a clean, low-carbon economy. NRDC's Beijing Representative Office is registered under the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau and supervised by the State Forestry and Grassland Administration of China.
Position Summary:
The Communications Consultant will be responsible for leading communications of the project research and findings to external stakeholders, media and the public, including policymakers, industry representatives, academics and NGOs, and traditional and social media. The Communications Consultant will develop a strategy for communicating the project findings and insights for maximum impact, develop factsheets and other materials needed to communicate project findings, and manage the development of media pieces on energy-related issues.
The Communications Consultant will be based in NRDC’s Beijing office and will be an integral part of the NRDC China climate and energy team and communications team, reporting to the China Communications Director. The initial term will be one year, with possibility for renewal.
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The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our staff helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act, and many of the implementing regulations; our water enforcement cases played a major role shaping current water policy throughout the country. Today, our staff of more than 500 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy and communications experts, and others, work out of offices in New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Bozeman, Montana and Beijing.
Position Summary:
NRDC is seeking an intern to work with the Digital Advocacy & Fundraising team in our New York office. We are looking for candidates who are interested in pursuing a career in the growing online advocacy or fundraising field and who are looking to get in on the ground floor to develop these skills.
(If applicable NRDC seeks candidates who are eligible for academic credit, or outside funding such as law school work-study or postgraduate fellowship funding, to support their externship work. NRDC will work with successful candidates to complete any paperwork necessary to help secure available credit or funding
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Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is the nation's most effective environmental action group, combining the power of more than two million members and online activists with the expertise of nearly 500 scientists, lawyers, policy advocates, and other professionals across the globe ensure the rights of all people to the air, the water, and the wild. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our staff helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act, and many of the implementing regulations; our water enforcement cases played a major role shaping current water policy throughout the country. Today, our staff – a force for nature - work out of offices in New York, Washington DC, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Bozeman, Montana and Beijing.
Position Summary:
Natural Resources Defense Council is seeking an experienced full-time Video Editor to join its multimedia team in New York City. The successful candidate will be responsible for editing a wide range of original content from ten-second animated GIFs to ten-minute documentaries on a variety of environmental topics. The video editor must be able to research and assemble footage into rough, fine and final cuts, increasing the quality of the video by adding music, dialogue, text and graphics. The video editor must be able to implement feedback from the producer, senior leadership, and project stakeholders to deliver a final product that is of the highest professional quality and within brand guidelines of NRDC.
Knowledge of NRDC’s core missions is a priority and the successful candidate must have a broad knowledge and curiosity about environmental justice. The multimedia team supports all sections of the organization by producing compelling visual content daily to advance NRDC’s mission to safeguard the Earth, its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends.
This is a hands-on position for a versatile professional who is eager to take on a variety of challenges. The position isn’t limited to just video editing and the successful candidate could be involved in shooting assets for video productions, editing audio for podcasts, and art directing animation. The ability to solve problems independently in a fast-paced environment is a must.
This editorial communications position reports directly to the Multimedia Managing Editor of Video.
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The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our staff helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act, and many of the implementing regulations; our water enforcement cases played a major role shaping current water policy throughout the country. Today, our staff of more than 500 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy and communications experts, and others, work out of offices in New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Bozeman, Montana and Beijing.
Position Summary:
NRDC is seeking an unpaid intern to work with the Urban Water Management and Environmental Justice teams in our Chicago office. The intern must receive academic credit for the work, and a small stipend is available to help with travel and transit costs; the intern is expected to work between 20 and 35 hours per week for 8 to 10 weeks, depending on the intern’s school’s requirements for credit. We will also consider candidates who have access to external sources of funding, with certain minimums that apply. NRDC will work with successful candidates to complete any paperwork necessary to help secure available credit or funding
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The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our staff helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act, and many of the implementing regulations; our water enforcement cases played a major role shaping current water policy throughout the country. Today, our staff of more than 600 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy and communications experts, and others, work out of offices in New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Bozeman, Montana and Beijing.
Position Summary:
NRDC is seeking a Multimedia Intern to work with the Communications team in our New York office. This is a full-time paid internship, beginning June 18, 2018 and concluding August 3, 2018.
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The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our staff helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act, and many of the implementing regulations; our water enforcement cases played a major role shaping current water policy throughout the country. Today, our staff of more than 500 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy and communications experts, and others, work out of offices in New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Bozeman, Montana and Beijing.
Position Summary:
Natural Resources Defense Council is seeking a Senior Photo Editor for its multimedia department in New York City. This is a hands-on position for an experienced professional. We’re seeking a proven visual leader who can nimbly research photography for a wide variety of projects, coordinate all aspects of photo production and photo selection, manage relationships with internal and external partners, and if applicant has relevant experience, manage a small team photo editors. The qualified candidate must have sophisticated visual storytelling abilities in order to research, select, license and produce visual content for social media, editorial and advocacy websites, as well as print media.
Knowledge of NRDC’s core missions is a must and the successful candidate will have a broad knowledge and curiosity about the environment. The multimedia team supports all sections of the organization by producing compelling visual content daily to advance NRDC’s mission to safeguard the Earth, its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends.
Exacting attention to detail, high ethical standards, and effective communication skills are necessary. The Senior Photo Editor must have experience tracking large and small projects from conception to completion insuring key stakeholders are informed throughout the process.
This position isn’t limited to photography and the successful candidate will also be involved in producing combination photo and video shoots, providing stills for videos, and commissioning and art directing illustration. The individual should have experience developing budgets, hiring freelance photographers, illustrators, and production crews. In addition, they should have experience with copyright law as it pertains to photo licensing, as well as a working knowledge of contracts for a variety of projects. An innovative spirit, passion for digital media, and the ability to solve problems independently in a fast-paced environment is highly desirable.
This editorial communications position reports directly to the Multimedia Director.
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The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our staff helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act, and many of the implementing regulations; our water enforcement cases played a major role shaping current water policy throughout the country. Today, our staff of more than 500 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy and communications experts, and others, work out of offices in New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Bozeman, Montana and Beijing.
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The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is one of the nation’s most effective environmental action organizations. We use law, science, and the support of some 3 million members and activists to protect human health and the environment which supports it, as well as the planet’s wildlife and wild places. Founded in 1970, NRDC staff helped write some of America’s bedrock environmental laws. Today, our staff of nearly 600 passionate environmental advocates – including lawyers, scientists, economists, policy and communications experts, the development team and others – work to protect and create environmental progress at home and abroad from offices in New York, Washington, DC, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Bozeman, Montana, and Beijing.
Position Summary:
Our fast-paced communications team is seeking a Chicago-based assistant to support our media team members across the country. The Media Relations Assistant will provide administrative support in a variety of capacities, including invoice and expense processing, budget accounting, and travel arrangements. The Media Relations Assistant will also work on research, list building, writing, copy editing, media strategy, and pitching reporters on stories. The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, with strong written and verbal communications skills and the ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment with overlapping tasks and deadlines. Experience with media/PR a plus.