ITS America Position Openings

Current Openings

Membership Recruiter

This position is the lead contact within the Membership Team for generating new organizational member prospects for the Society, and works across all department staff to identify, recruit and engage potential new members.

Essential Functions

High Dollar Proven Sales experience, including cold calling plus, excellent relationship building skills required.
Must know how to close sales & confirm mutual understandings.
Ability and willingness to contact prospective members by email, phone, or meetings at conferences to present membership opportunities.
Communicate the value and benefits of membership to prospective members, through emails, letters, promotional pieces, and in person contacts.
Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and effectively with a broad range of individuals and groups.
Ability to work with high impact volunteers, board members, ambassadors and senior level staff
Actively pursue potential members through all means available, including motivating the volunteers, while monitoring their results and developing systems and procedures that are helpful to the volunteer sales force.
Develop and implement membership recruitment and strategies.
Execute promotional campaigns through CRM.
Increase membership growth by communicating and promoting the value and benefits to prospective members.
Commitment to goal attainment, high degree of initiative, and ability to motivate and engage high level volunteers and donors
Demonstrated ability to work with high degree of autonomy and accountability and to be a team player
Excellent organizational skills with ability to flexibly respond to changing needs and priorities, shift attention among simultaneous activities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
Excellent time management and prioritization skills
Demonstrated ability to write clearly and concisely with correct grammar, spelling and punctuation; verbally communicate in an accurate and effective manner Strong attention to detail
Ability to travel 10%

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Communications and Public Affairs Summer Internship

The Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America) has an opening for a communications intern for the summer in ITS America’s Washington, D.C. office. The communications intern will provide support to the Communications & Public Affairs Department and report directly to the Communications Specialist.

Primary Responsibilities:

Write and edit multiple communications materials including but not limited to: press releases, media advisories, blogs, Op-ed’s, executive presentations, website content, social media content, and letters to the editor.
Write, edit, and summarize articles for ITS America’s weekly Transportation Technology Newsletter.
Assist in the development of a weekly content editorial calendar for ITS America’s social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr and LinkedIn).
Assist in the development of an ITS America YouTube channel.
Produce weekly social media impact reports for ITS America senior management.
Assist with content uploading for the ITS America website.
Occasionally attend hearings and meetings on Capitol Hill, the U.S. Department of Transportation, and other relevant federal agencies and industry groups and write recaps for ITS America’s membership.
Update media lists as needed.
Provide research assistance and writing on policy position pagers, FAQs and backgrounders for ITS America’s membership, Congress, federal agencies and ITS state chapters.
Assist with special event projects (board meeting preparation, Annual Meeting preparation, congressional roundtables, panel events, data entry, mass mailings, etc.).
Compile daily news clips.
Other responsibilities based on intern’s area of interest and the association's needs.

Requirements:

Completed or working towards an undergraduate degree in Communications, Public Affairs, Journalism, Marketing, or a related field. Graduate students preferred.
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Interest in intelligent transportation issues
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
Excellent knowledge of social media platforms and campaign management applications such as Hootsuite
Working knowledge of Joomla CMS
Ability to conduct relevant and timely Internet research
Comfortable working independently and as part of a team
Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously and proactively follow up
Excellent organizational skills with acute attention to detail
Open to feedback, with strong desire to develop professional skills
Knowledge of AP writing style strongly preferred

Additional Information:

This internship is unpaid. College credit is available.
Internship will require a 15-25 hour weekly commitment (Mon. - Fri. 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.)
ITS America provides a travel stipend.

Please send your resume and one writing sample to Eliana Velez at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

This position is an unpaid internship but may earn college credit.

The Intelligent Transportation Society of America is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability or veteran status. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. All applications are treated confidentially.

Internship

The Intelligent Transportation Society of America has a full-time internship available. The internship is ideal for students interested in transportation, public policy, environment, and nonprofit organizations and associations. Internships are offered on a part-time or full-time basis. This internship is non-paid, however ideal for students who want to work for school credit.

ITS America is a nonprofit organization established to foster the use of advanced technologies in surface transportation systems. We are the leading advocate for technologies that improve the safety, security and efficiency of the nation’s surface transportation system.

Responsibilities:

Conduct research on legislative and government affairs as it relates to transportation and sustainability

Communication with members of ITS America and assisting membership staff in outreach

Coordination with the meetings and program staff to prepare national and international conferences on technology and transportation

General administrative tasks and office duties including database management

Requirements:

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Detailed oriented and good problem-solving skills

Strong organization skills and ability to handle multiple tasks

Able to work well in a team environment

Basic knowledge of Windows Operating Systems, and familiarity with MS Word and Excel

Professional appearance

Minimum GPA of 3.0 (preferred)

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To be considered for an opening:

Include a cover letter with salary requirements
Attach resume as either a MS Word document or PDF
E-mail cover letter and resume to the ITS America contact listed in the announcement and This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it