Desired Skills:
- Knowledge of Adobe products: Illustrator, Photoshop, and Flash
- Excellent organization and interpersonal skills
- Able to work independently and as part of a team
- Must be organized, very motivated and enthusiastic
- Basic understanding of email
The kind of projects / tasks they will be undertaking will include:
- Interviewing writers for the website
- Contributing to the writing for the website development, newsletters, and Featured Article section of the website.
- Assisting in adding new contacts to our database.
- Website: Update content and events on our website
- Facebook: monitoring and updating our Facebook page
- Twitter: monitoring and updating our Twitter page
- Write press releases on current events.
- Other events – helping out where required.
- Uploading stories to the website.
- Sending out newsletters to our members.
- Updating databases with key contacts
Duties include but not limited to:
- Daily communication with PR and marketing professionals.
- Help manage and create online blog and social media content for Facebook and Twitter
- Aid in editing articles that will be posted on the website.
- Building our writing team
- Conduct interviews with potential writers for the website.
- Improve website development
- Assist in designing various types of brochures, ads, and flyers on a project-to-project basis
- Working as a team with other interns to assure office communication and organization
- Completing long-term projects assigned by hierarchy
By the end of this training the trainee will have learned to:
- Add real world experience to their educational credentials
- Write articles for a national website
- Work on a strict deadline
- Create content to be used for advertisements, i.e. events, brochures, and flyers.
- Participate as part of a team, on shared assignments and projects
- Compile a portfolio of completed assignments at the end of the internship
- Better understanding of the organizational structure of a company
- Strengthen relationships through various networking opportunities
- Demonstrate valuableleadership and teamwork skills
Length Requirement:
The position is open for as long as the student would like, but a minimum length of 12 weeks, 21 to 35 hours/week is required to receive a Certificate of Completion and a Letter of Recommendation.
Specifications:
This position is open to students enrolled at any college or university or a graduate looking for real world experience. The students’ interests must lie in journalism.
College Credit:
While this is an UNPAID internship, student interns will have an opportunity to receive college credit. Contact your undergraduate advising officer for more information on academic credit.
Apply:
Students wishing to apply for the internship should email resumes to interns@familyreunionusa.org. For more information, please call 1-661-829-6847.