Advertising Fellowship - Social Justice Communications Agency

Advertising Fellowship

Build your career in advertising and make the world a better place!

Come join us at Fenton as a Summer Fellow and apply your love for advertising to meaningful projects that help build a more just, equitable and sustainable world.

We are a fully integrated communications agency with expertise in both earned and paid media. Our clients are non-profit organizations, political advocacy groups, foundations, and social purpose companies. And we help them achieve their missions to bring justice to the world in the fields of human rights, social and economic justice, environment, education, and public health and more…

Check us out at Fenton.com!

If you have prior experience in advertising either through past internships or academic studies, let’s hear from you.

Fellowship dates: May 19, 2025 - August 29, 2025 (start dates are flexible)

Application deadline: April 4, 2025

Fellowship position: Advertising

Compensation: $20/hr

Hours: 9-6, Monday - Friday

Location: Hybrid/NY, DC, LA, SF

Position description: See below

Advertising Fellow

Description of duties include, but are not limited to:

Trafficking and Media Deployment

• Assist with trafficking advertising campaigns
• Assist with updates to trafficking spreadsheets to ensure internal and external alignment.
• Coordinate creative production across teams
• Review creative assets for correct specifications

Research and Reporting

• Assist with researching publicly available information regarding demographics and attitudes of audiences.
• Assist with collating reporting from vendors and platforms weekly and monthly.

Digital Marketing

• Assist with installing Google Tag Manager on agency-developed websites.
• Assist with the development and tracking of UTM codes for ad source attribution.
• Assist with compiling email and SMS reporting for direct response campaigns.
• Assist with copywriting and content development of email, SMS, or social media campaigns as needed
• Assist with loading email and SMS campaign sends, including quality assurance and launch.
• Conduct basic QA checks on landing page

Administrative

• Serve as a principal note-taker on internal and external calls.
• Schedule meetings with agency and client teams
• Support in preparing client presentation decks

Client Relations and Project Management

• Assist with the preparation of and/or review of activity reports and status reports for clients
• Track creative deadlines and maintain organizational systems set up by team project manager

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Bachelor’s degree or related experience; non-traditional educational paths are welcome!
• Has an affinity for advertising and marketing and the creative/production process of communication materials
• Demonstrated writing and research skills
• Passion for communications (what gets clicks, why words matter and so much more)
• Ability to work on multiple projects and effectively pivot from one to the next in a fast-paced environment
• Attention to detail and organization
• Interested in social issues
• Working knowledge of Google Analytics and other insight/ traffic tools
• Experience with Email CRMs like Action Network, EveryAction, Mailchimp, Customer.IO a plus

Capstone Presentation

With guidance and mentorship from your Fellow advisor, you will develop a 5-10 minute presentation at the completion of the fellowship to Fenton staff outlining your role on a client project you learned from and want to share. The presentation will include conveying the strategies, tools and tactics used to approach the project, as well as results you were able to achieve and what was learned.

Fenton is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to represent the diverse community reflected in our client work. People of color, members of the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities and women are strongly encouraged to apply. We are committed to building and nurturing a diverse and inclusive staff. We believe that our firm’s continued success is driven by hiring and retaining high-caliber staff from all backgrounds, experiences, identities, and orientations. We are committed to supporting our staff in growing their careers.