ABOUT ECOATHLETES
An experienced team of athletes and academics, climate scientists and ecopreneurs, green business leaders and journalists, devoted to finding the Jackie Robinsons and the Megan Rapinoes of climate change and getting them to join the fight.
If you would like to join the #ClimateComeback, scroll down to the bottom of the page to the CAREERS section.
Executive Team
LEW BLAUSTEIN
PRESIDENT
Founder of GreenSportsBlog. Sports Sustainability marketing, communications and business development consultant and thought leader.
KRISTEN FULMER
STRATEGIC ADVISOR
Founder of Recipric, visualizing and implementing sustainability and wellbeing strategies.
BRITTANY CARMON
DIGITAL CONTENT STRATEGIST
Energy and Environment Legislative Policy Professional.
Advisory Board
LINDA GIULIANO
AllianceBernstein
Senior Advisor
ELYSA HAMMOND
Clif Bar
Environmental Stewardship
JOEL MAKOWER
Green Biz
Founder
DR. MICHAEL MANN
Penn State
Director, Earth System Science Center
DR. MADELEINE ORR
Sport Ecology Group
Founder
CLAIRE
POOLE
Sport Positive Summit
Founder
ALEXANDRA RICKHAM
Team GB
Medal-winning Paralympic Sailor
BRENT
SUTER
Milwaukee Brewers
Pitcher
JENNY
VRENTAS
Sports Illustrated
Sr. Reporter
Careers
Unpaid Internship: Digital Content Strategist
Job Summary: Develop, implement and manage EcoAthletes’ social media efforts. Interact directly with EcoAthletes founder Lew Blaustein and the team.
Time: 5-8 hours per week, unpaid
Internship Description
- Create weekly social media post language, graphics, and calendars (Instagram, Twitter), leveraging popular hashtags and trending topics
- Track Instagram and Twitter traffic, providing weekly updates
- Manage EcoAthletes’ Instagram, including all posts, stories, etc. (Lew Blaustein manages Twitter as well as Facebook, and LinkedIn). This is where we interact with athletes and recruit new EcoAthletes Champions, our global network of climate-minded athletes! You will be expected to manage the Instagram account with at least 3 sessions of 10 minutes on the account per day,including interacting with followers and posting/reposting additional stories
- Occasional research projects, sometimes taking up to 10 hours per week, but typically less than 5 hours per week
- Occasional tech support for 1-2x quarterly EcoAthletes virtual events, including sharing a screen during a Zoom conversation, or conducting sound and video checks
- Attend weekly update calls/Zooms with EcoAthletes staff (~45 minutes)
Additional skills: Video editing & graphic design expertise is a plus
646-675-6656
