Intern job description: Marketing and Communications Intern – Multimedia

At the Wake Forest University School of Business, our mission is to shape the whole person. We help businesses create a better world through developing passionate, ethical business leaders who get results with integrity and thought leadership that is visible and positively impacts the practice of business.

We seek dynamic self-starters to assist communications and marketing efforts for the School of Business. This internship is an excellent opportunity to experience various aspects of communications and marketing.

Responsibilities:

• Create and curate visually engaging content
• Photography/videography at events (Some events may occasionally occur in the evening or on a weekend)
• Provide cutline/social media post information for events for web and social media platforms
• Interview business students, faculty, staff, and alumni
• Brainstorm appealing and visual ways to connect with target audiences
• Assist with content calendar and brainstorm ideas for new and innovative multimedia campaigns on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
• Organize and edit videos to meet the needs of the marketing department
• Create online photo galleries
• Aid in organizing media for WFUSB archives
• Assist in managing YouTube/Vimeo social media platform
• Assist the staff in preparing visual social media posts
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Strong photography, editing, and organizational skills
• Ability to gather accurate information for cutlines and social media posts
• Strong desire to learn along with professional drive
• Deadline and detail oriented
• Ability to multitask and manage competing deadlines
• Excellent Photoshop, iMovie/Adobe Premiere skills
• Efficiency at MS Office, Google Docs/Drive
• Ability to create simple graphics using Canva, Adobe Spark or other comparable design services (InDesign is a plus, but not required)
• Web publishing skills
• Minimum 2.5 GPA

Compensation:

Course credit is given in accordance with departmental guidelines (major or minor).

As a result of the internship, selected students will develop a range of skill sets expected of entry-level job candidates after college

Application process:

Please submit a cover letter, resume, and 3-5 relevant photo/video samples to Stephanie Skordas at Skordas@wfu.edu. Finalist interviews will be scheduled around candidate’s schedules.

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