Communications & Public Engagement Intern

Buncombe County • Asheville, NC

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

Buncombe County is seeking a motivated, creative, and detail-oriented intern to support their social media and content creation efforts. The ideal candidate will take initiative, manage tasks independently, and produce high-quality visual and written content. This role focuses heavily on social media graphic creation, phone-camera content production, and social media storytelling. The purpose of this internship is to provide on-the-job training and experience focused on content creation for social media, print, video, and physical elements. This position engages in a variety of social media management, graphic design, and video production projects of varying complexity, structured to enable the individual to gain the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform at a professional level. This position receives training and mentorship in planning and carrying out all assignments.

Requirements

• Pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in Communications, Graphic Design, Public Relations, Marketing, or related field.
• Experience with design software such as Adobe Creative Suite, Canva or other visual and video editing software.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Social Media preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides entry- to intermediate-level content creation services, under supervision of County Creative Services staff, as appropriate to the day-to-day operating objectives of the Communications and Public Engagement department.
• Participates in planning, design/filming, editing, and publishing of creative content projects aligned to the needs of the organization.
• Interacts directly with colleagues and/or other internal or external departments in development of engaging content published across various social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
• Generates new ideas and concepts for graphic design and video content that resonate with Buncombe County residents and visitors.
• Receives guidance, training, and mentoring from the Creative Services Team in planning and carrying out activities and assignments.
• Uses analytics to measure effectiveness of digital campaigns.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern