Video / TikTok Intern: Sustainable Technology

We think tech should be designed to last. Join our Designed to Last campaign as an intern working remotely or in our Boston office 10-15 hours a week helping script, record, edit, and post TikToks and videos advocating for sustainable and longer-lasting technology. We just convinced Google to make laptops that last 10 years. Join our campaign and apply now.

We generate way too much waste, and companies use their power in the marketplace to push us to replace tech that still works. This disposable treadmill that has us replacing our phones, laptops, and appliances is driven by obsolescence. The amount of waste and global warming pollution the tech industry creates is not sustainable. 

PIRG’s Designed to Last campaign is working to pass legislation to reduce waste and increase repair. Help us stand up to tech giants who would prefer we just throw out devices and not repair them, as we coordinate our affiliates in a number of target states to pass legislation.

Get hands-on experience managing TikTok, writing video scripts, recording and acting in videos, and working with the media. Working directly with the Campaign Director, your internship will involve:

• Recording TikTok videos: Build a following by writing scripts, recording, editing, and posting videos advocating for products designed to last.
• Social Media: Help us design materials, shareable images and social media content, for coordinated distribution by our campaign team,
• Writing and research: Create and distribute blog entries, press releases, and issue fact sheets.

Company Description

PIRG is an advocate for the public interest, working to win concrete results on real problems that affect millions of lives, and standing up for the public against powerful interests when they push the other way.

The problems we face don’t care if you’re a liberal or a conservative, or if you live in a red or blue state — they affect each and every one of us. That’s why, for decades, we’ve taken a non-partisan, fact-driven, results-oriented approach to our work. And with your help, we can take on the difficult challenges ahead.

Qualifications and Essential Skills

• Experience producing video in any format required. A sample will be required as part of your application.
• Reading and writing skills.
• Ability to work independently.
• Graduated or enrolled in a bachelor’s or associate's degree program in film, communications, journalism, political science, public relations or a technology-related field such as computer science, engineering or another closely related field preferred, but not required.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. The application process includes submitting your resume and a sample video you’ve produced. You’ll receive our decision after a video interview and conditional work test.

This internship is unpaid, but course-credit may be eligible through your school.