US Audience Engagement Summer Intern

Company Information

We are looking for a talented and ambitious person pursuing a career in journalism to work with our Audience Engagement team in New York. Our team helps FT journalism reach a broader audience – by producing original content for social media, directly engaging with our readers, managing engagement projects, monitoring analytics, and advising editors and reporters on best practices.

We are looking for candidates with a proven interest in social media, multimedia production, community engagement or digital journalism in general. Knowledge of business and economics is helpful, but not necessary. You’ll have the opportunity to help conceive, shape and execute engagement strategies and experiments as well as take part in our daily audience engagement activities. 

Qualifications

• Experience in journalism (a student publication counts), and good news judgement
• Experience with design (Adobe Suite or similar) and video editing a plus
• Good writing and editing skills
• Good communication skills, organised, curious, and able to balance multiple projects at once
• You are interested in making FT journalism accessible to a broader audience across various platforms

Duties

• Helping develop original ideas, experiments and engagement/social media strategies around planned news events, breaking news and special projects
• Assisting the social media team in producing posts and keeping our channels up to date and on the news agenda
• Producing original content specifically for social media to help promote FT journalism (this could include charts, social cards, videos, etc.)
• Assisting with direct reader engagement through reader participation/community projects
• Using data and insights to analyse audience behaviour and help inform our journalism
• Providing SEO and social trends guidance from social and web listening tools

How to Apply

To apply, use the external application link

Application Deadline

January 6th, 2025

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