Are you passionate about fighting climate change and want to make a difference NOW? Do you want to help our local government and community in a quest to reduce carbon emissions? The Naperville Environment & Sustainability Task Force (NEST) is seeking volunteers to help with managing social media. The goal of this position is to grow NEST’s audience to educate and inform the Naperville government and community.
This is a great volunteer opportunity for students in the fields of environmental science, biology, public policy, public relations, social media marketing, and communications.
This volunteer will
- Create and publish content on Facebook and Twitter to publicize NEST events and viewpoints
- Assist in initiative to use Instagram
- Provide suggestions on improvements to the NEST FB page and its use, and implement them
- Interact with other NEST volunteers to collect information for creating content
- Attend the monthly NEST Community Engagement Committee virtual meeting, and occasional other meetings if needed
Knowledge and skills
- Experience creating and publishing content on Facebook and Instagram
- Ability to write persuasively and concisely
- Simple graphic design skills on Canva, etc. would be helpful
- Basic familiarity with environmental issues, including climate change, CO2 emissions, energy efficiency, electric vehicles, etc. is good but not required
