Public Relations Intern

Vail, CO 81657

Join the Government & Public Relations team at Eagle River Water & Sanitation District to help amplify our water conservation message and engage the community through compelling content and visuals. This internship is ideal for a creative, detail-oriented individual passionate about environmental stewardship and communications. You’ll gain hands-on experience in social media strategy, photo asset management, outreach, and analytics, all while supporting critical conservation initiatives. This is an opportunity to play a direct role in connecting people to the essential water services that keep our community thriving.

The Day-to-Day

  • Photography: Capture, collect, and organize photos across departments, with a focus on water conservation activities. Build and maintain a structured photo catalog in SharePoint or comparable software.
  • Content Creation & Media Support: Assist in content creation for PowerPoint presentations, newsletters, and editing projects. Draft and schedule social media posts, reels, and videos. Support basic video production to help bring conservation messaging to life visually and creatively.
  • Website & Analytics Support: Assist with website updates, architecture audit, and content refreshes. Learn and apply Google Analytics (GA4) to track engagement and support data-informed communications decisions.
  • Outreach & Community Engagement: Attend local events, support conservation outreach efforts, and assist with research. Help connect residents to water-saving resources through thoughtful, approachable communication.
  • Government Relations Assistance: Support the Government relations team with board meetings and research tasks when needed.  
  • High school diploma or GED equivalent. Current enrollment or recent completion of coursework in Communications, Public Relations, Marketing, Environmental Studies, or a related field preferred. An environmental or water-focused background is a plus.
  • Strong writing and editing skills with familiarity across social media platforms.
  • Basic photography skills are required; experience with photo editing tools is preferred.
  • Comfort learning digital platforms such as SharePoint, Google Analytics, website content management systems, and design tools like Canva or PowerPoint.
  • Motivated, organized, and comfortable working both independently and collaboratively.
  • Ability to respectfully engage with community members and represent ERWSD professionally at public events.

The Schedule

This position will work up to a maximum of 1,000 hours or six months. We prefer a candidate who is available to work 30 or more hours a week for a six-month time period from May through October but will consider alternative schedules. This will be a hybrid internship with the expectation to work onsite 2-3 days per week.

Pay Range and Benefits

This role is a paid internship with the pay range of $23.96 - $33.55/hour. We value life-work balance and are leaders in the industry with our seasonal employee benefits package, which includes but is not limited to: 

  • $522 Employee Housing Stipend 
  • Wellness program 
  • 457 Retirement savings plans 
  • Paid Holidays and PTO
  • $800 Annual Recreation Benefit

All District employees must submit to a pre-employment drug screen and extensive background check.

For a full classification specification, email erwsdjobs@erwsd.org.

All applicants must apply online by March 15 in order to be considered.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer
We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Selection decisions are based on job-related factors.

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