Multimedia Intern

Summer Multimedia Intern

Foreign Policy magazine (FP) is recruiting a summer multimedia intern. The intern will assist our social media and creative teams. Work will include drafting copy for FP’s social media accounts, editing video, selecting photos, and collaborating with both teams on editorial projects. The intern’s duties may also include occasional collaboration with FP Live, our live journalism platform, for pre-interview research and social clips. Previous video experience is required.

We are a collaborative team; candidates should work well with others and be committed to FP’s mission—explaining Washington to the world, and the world to Americans.

This is a part-time paid internship, with a preference for candidates based in Washington, D.C., New York, or Seattle, although remote applicants will be considered.

Previous Foreign Policy interns have gone on to full-time roles at prestigious media organizations around the world. This is a terrific opportunity to learn more about journalism, geopolitics, and new media. Successful candidates will be passionate, curious, and collaborative.

Requirements:

• Demonstrated interest in social media with the ability to synthesize complex information into engaging social posts
• Experience in video production and editing with a strong understanding of the Adobe Creative Suite, especially Adobe Premiere Pro
• Background in visual communication; the ability to follow brand guidelines, including typography use and image selection, is a plus
• Solid understanding of international relations and politics
• Enrolled in or recently graduated from a bachelor’s or master’s program

The salary for this role is $18.00 per hour. We will read applications on a rolling basis.

Foreign Policy is a global affairs magazine and website. Founded in 1970, its editors set out to create a platform for alternative views about American foreign policy in a way that was “serious but not scholarly, lively but not glib.” Today, FP continues to be serious, lively, and non-partisan, but also global and diverse. It is a forum for new ideas and debate on international politics and economics, drawing on a team of in-house reporters as well as writers who are experts or practitioners of foreign policy and based around the world. FP has also grown to include podcasts, live audio and video journalism, research and analytics, and events.

Key skills/competency

• Social Media Marketing
• Video Editing
• Content Creation
• Adobe Premiere Pro
• Visual Communication
• Journalism
• International Relations
• Geopolitics
• Research
• Adobe Creative Suite