Communications Intern Edinburgh, Scotland
Job description
Grade UE04, £22,630 - £24,715, per annum, pro-rata
Edinburgh Global
Fixed-term - 3 months - 7 hours per week for 15 weeks from September to January (start date negotiable)
We are hiring a Communications Intern to work in our communications team at Edinburgh Global. The successful candidate will support a specific communications project; the annual Student Photography Competition and Exhibition. The focus will be on the administration and promotion of the competition, including monitoring entries, and creating assets and posts for digital publication. The successful candidate may also complete similar communications tasks for other projects as required. You will be expected to work on campus in the central area for some of the role.
The Opportunity:
The successful candidate will work (with mentorship from the Senior Communications Assistant) to:
- Monitor and administer competition entries.
- Create digital assets to promote the competition and exhibition; using Facebook, Instagram, and other digital channels.
- Prepare social media posts for publishing (i.e. produce, proof, and schedule content)
- Undertake other appropriate duties in relation to other Communications projects as directed by the line manager.
- Prioritise own workload using project management software with support from colleagues in the team.
- Liaise with Edinburgh Global staff; share and receive project information.
- Develop skills and undertake training as needed for the role.
Your skills and attributes for success:
- Educated to at least Higher, SVQ 2/3, National Certificate or equivalent level, with relevant work experience.
- Professional IT skills: MS Office, and familiarity with Adobe Creative Cloud or other creative software.
- Ability to work in a team and independently, working to deadlines and adhering to brand and house style.
- Good understanding of social media, including writing copy, and preparing, scheduling and proofing content/posts.
- Good personal communication skills; able to listen and understand the needs of projects, able to be clear and concise in written and verbal communications.
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Additional information:
As a valued member of our team, you can expect:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme , staff discounts, family friendly initiatives , flexible working and much more. Access our staff benefits page for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.
Interviews will be held in September 2023.
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