Editorial Engagement and Growth Summer Intern
Financial Times
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About the Role
The Editorial Engagement and Growth Summer Intern will join the US reach and subscriber engagement team, which aims to expand the reach of FT journalism by producing original content for social media, directly engaging with readers, managing engagement projects, monitoring analytics, and advising editors and reporters on best practices.
Key Responsibilities
- Help develop original ideas, experiments, and engagement/social media strategies for planned news events, breaking news, and special projects.
- Assist the social media team in producing posts and keeping channels updated with the news agenda.
- Produce original content for social media to promote FT journalism, including charts, social cards, and videos.
- Assist with direct reader engagement through reader participation and community projects.
- Analyze audience behavior using data and insights to inform journalism.
- Provide SEO and social trends guidance based on social and web listening tools.
- Produce panels to promote stories on Google Showcase.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Proven interest in social media, multimedia production, community engagement, or digital journalism.
- Interest in making FT journalism accessible to a broader audience across various platforms.
- Journalism experience (student publication experience counts).
- Good news judgment.
- Good writing and editing skills.
- Good communication skills.
- Organized, curious, and able to balance multiple projects.
- Design experience (Adobe Suite or similar) and video editing are a plus.
- Knowledge of business and economics is helpful, but not vital.
Qualifications
- Students interested in pursuing a career in media.
- Must be available for the internship dates: June 7, 2027 - August 13, 2027.
- Authorized to work in the US.
- Applicants must refrain from using AI in writing tests or written materials submitted during the application process.
This is a paid, ten-week summer internship.
Interns are expected to be in the office a minimum of three days a week.
The internship pays $22 per hour for 40 hours per week.