Editorial Communications Research Assistant

About the Communications Research Assistants:

Are you interested in communications? The BKC communications team is seeking one or more creative, highly motivated candidates to work on a range of writing, project management, and digital media tasks that help tell the Berkman Klein story to the public and target audiences. You may be asked to help with any aspect of BKC’s communications activities, including writing and editing website and social media content, liaising with project teams, promoting events, and curating content for BKC’s newsletters, social media, and website. The right candidate is sharp, independent, and reliable; has knowledge of or an interest in the field of public interest technology, and can produce well-written, insightful content, with a quick turnaround.

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About this position:

• Drafts and curates BKC’s newsletters.
• Drafts content for BKC’s social media channels, including X, LinkedIn, Instagram, etc.
• Helps maintain and update BKC websites.
• Ensures all deliverables adhere to brand and editorial standards, exhibiting extraordinary attention to detail and consistency.
• Project manages editorial standardization across the organization, such as updating a style guide and rewriting a wiki.
• Refines internal communications materials for how to work with the communications team.
• Works with stakeholders on and off campus, including staff, faculty, visiting scholars, fellows, students, and other subject matter experts.

Eligibility/Other information

• This position is currently hybrid. To be eligible for this position, you must be a currently enrolled undergraduate or graduate student at Harvard University. In-person attendance at certain events will be required.
• The time commitment would range between 7-14 hours per week.
• The ideal start date for this position is as soon as possible.
• Unless otherwise noted, the hourly wage for this position is $21 per hour.
• No other benefits are provided.
• We do not have the ability to provide authorization to work in the U.S.

To Apply

Applications will be collected through this application form. The form will be closed when applications are no longer being accepted.

Required materials for all applicants include:

• A current resume or CV.
• A brief cover letter describing your skills, interests, and what brought you to Berkman Klein Center.
• A portfolio of 3-5 examples of your graphic design work, including at least 3 samples produced for social media. If you have never done this before, just give it a try! We are all learning. 

All materials will be collected as shareable links via the application form linked above.

Commitment to Diversity:

The work and well-being of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society are profoundly strengthened by the diversity of our network and our differences in background, culture, experience, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, ability, and more. We actively seek and welcome applications from people of color including members of Black, Indigenous, Asian, Latinx, and other communities; women, members of the LGBTQIA+ community; people with disabilities; and people at the intersections of these identities, from across the spectrum of disciplines and methods. For more information about accessibility at Harvard for applying to this or other positions, we encourage you to look for more resources online (note that many of these resources are only available to HLS students). If you are not an HLS student and have further questions regarding accessibility with respect to research assistant applications, please reach out to us at comms@cyber.harvard.edu. 

About the Berkman Klein Center:

Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society is a University-wide research center and one of the largest and most influential conveners and accelerators of scholars, technologists, activists and makers working on cyberspace and related law and public policy matters in the public interest.