Job Description

Company Description

PETA Asia is dedicated to establishing and protecting the rights of all animals. We operate under the simple principle that animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or use for entertainment. PETA focuses its attention on the four areas in which the largest numbers of animals suffer the most intensely for the longest periods of time: in factory farms, laboratories, the clothing trade, and the entertainment industry.

PETA Asia works through public education, cruelty investigations, research, animal rescue, legislation, special events, celebrity involvement, and protest campaigns.

Job Description

• Develop and manage cutting-edge campaigns against companies and industries that abuse animals
• Organize and attend street-theater-style protests in Asia
• Coordinate campaigns and projects within the Asia office, liaising with PETA affiliates around the world to generate support for our campaigns
• Work to create attention-grabbing viral videos, Web sites, and other interactive online campaigns in order to increase awareness of animal rights issues
• Work to create provocative ad campaigns and other materials that further animal rights or push companies to change
• Work to generate media coverage of our efforts through protests, celebrity support, and more
• Act as a PETA spokesperson by helping with interviews with local and regional television outlets, radio stations, newspapers, and magazines across Asia

Qualifications

• Passion for fighting cruelty to animals and a commitment to PETA’s objectives (applicant must be vegan)
• Desire and willingness to participate in provocative campaigns
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Outgoing and personable manner
• Supportive position vis-à-vis PETA Asia’s philosophy and the ability to professionally advocate PETA Asia’s positions on issues
• Ability and willingness to travel internationally
• Excellent organizational skills
• Ability to multitask
• Thorough knowledge of animal rights issues preferred
• Ability to deal patiently with the media
• Located in an Asian time zone to be able to work effectively with team