Intern, Communications

Making Cents International is currently seeking a Communications Intern to support communications activities for our company, a social enterprise that advances the social and economic well-being of youth and adults globally. This is an opportunity to turn your knowledge into viable work experience! Use your excellent writing skills to draft engaging content for social media and to tell impactful stories through blogs and articles. Learn how to review communications for consistent tone and voice and compliance with branding and marketing guidelines. To succeed in this role, you must work well in a virtual, deadline-driven, independent environment, and be able to balance more than one task at a time.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in creating content for external messaging, including for social media (LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, etc), blogs, articles, and more
• Help coordinate social media content
• Support the organization of the internal photo library
• Research and recommend credible resources for our audience
• Assist in maintaining and updating website content
• Help design and aggregate content for newsletters
• Provide virtual event support, as needed, for webinars, discussions, and other live events
• Complete other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Aged 18 or over
• High School Diploma
• 1 year of experience creating content for various social media platforms
• Access to computer, internet and telephone
• Ability to work independently
• Bonus: Familiarity with the Microsoft 365 environment, including SharePoint and Teams
• Bonus: Grasp of visual design and experience with photo curation

Skills Acquired:

As a Making Cents intern, you will have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience and learning from experts in a wide range of international development disciplines. You will be exposed to a breadth of expertise, knowledge, and procedures through participation in company-wide meetings and initiative-specific activities. Dedicated time will be set aside to ensure you are able to learn about subject matters of interest to you, and to participate in professional development activities.

• Introduction to communication strategies.
• Introduction to digital content strategy.
• Basic editorial/content and dissemination planning skills.
• Digital communications management skills.
• Content aggregation.
• Remote working basics.

Working Conditions:

This position is eligible for either full-time telework (remote work arrangement) or part-time telework (hybrid work arrangement). Making Cents’ corporate office is located in Washington, DC. This intern may work up to a total of six contiguous calendar months

Making Cents International is a certified B Corporation, founded on the principles of social entrepreneurship. Since 1999, we have supported the well-being of youth and adults globally through high-impact programs that bolster those who serve people living in vulnerable contexts in low- and middle-income countries. As a purpose-driven small business, we have implemented more than 130 projects in over 60 countries and are a trusted partner to public- and private-sector clients who benefit from our expertise and broad industry exposure.

Making Cents International is an equal opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and does not discriminate in its selection and employment practices. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, age, or other legally protected characteristics.