The Independence Institute was incorporated in Colorado in 1985 and was issued an IRS determination letter in 1985 recognizing it as tax-exempt under the Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3). The Institute remains a highly respected voice in the non-profit community today.
We are looking for an ambitious young intern seeking experience in developing, creating, and distributing social media content and campaigns. This internship will give you a chance to stretch your creative muscles and use high-end equipment and software to bring your ideas to life.
The Creative Lab Internship involves utilizing social media to distribute the various articles and research produced by Independence Institute staff. Within this task, you will be given ample creative leeway to express the work of our staff in a way that you think will grab the attention of audiences.
Alongside our Creative Labs staff, you will be engaging in numerous brainstorming sessions. We will encourage you to put forth, and accept constructive criticism on, your own content ideas. This experience in the collaborative creative process will be invaluable to you in your future creative endeavors.
You will also be asked to develop a series of informational social media posts on a topic of particular importance to Colorado politics. This project will help focus your creativity to engage and inform an audience on a particular subject. With the help of our Creative Labs team, you will incorporate multiple media formats including video, animation, graphic design, etc.
Overall, this internship provides you the experience of spreading a client’s message and body of work and using your own creativity. This is a skill that is of great value to any that wishes to impact culture in a meaningful way, and it’s a skill that is sorely lacking among the liberty-minded community.
Supervisor: Vanessa Rutledge
Program: In-person only for the summer 2025 internship