The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas in the School of Journalism at UT Austin is looking for a social media intern for Summer 2021. The intern will assist with the Center's social media accounts on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. They will create posts and graphics to promote our online journalism courses (JournalismCourses.org), our original stories (LatAm Journalism Review) and other headlines about journalism in Latin America from around the internet. They will also monitor the Facebook groups for our online courses and contribute to a "social media standards" internal document created by previous social media managers and interns. Interns may also be asked to assist with administrative tasks associated with the distance learning courses.
They will have access to our free and paid online courses through our platform, JournalismCourses.org. They will also have the opportunity to write for our trilingual site that covers journalism innovation and press freedom in Latin America, LatAm Journalism Review.
Preference will be given to candidates who are fluent in English and Spanish (and/or Portuguese) and who can speak, and clearly write in, these languages. Previous social media experience is also preferred.
Their primary contact will be Teresa Mioli, online content coordinator, who will check-in with the intern on a daily basis to layout tasks for the day and week ahead, and review jobs well-done and areas that need improvement. Interns will also be invited to weekly editorial meetings, where they'll be encouraged to share ideas related to editorial content and social media.
Career Competencies Gained:
• Articulate thoughts and ideas clearly and effectively in written and oral forms to persons inside and outside of the organization
• Leverage existing digital technologies ethically and efficiently to solve problems, complete tasks, and accomplish goals
• Demonstrate originality and inventiveness