Events & Communications Internship (unpaid)

Middle East Institute•Washington, DC

208d

About The Position

The Events & Communications Department manages MEI’s media relations, website content, social media marketing, and multimedia production. The team regularly engages with MEI’s scholars and departments to bring their work to key target audiences and the general public. The Communications Department seeks an intern to assist with promoting MEI's products through strategic and creative digital marketing, especially on social media. The intern will also support the creation of promotional materials, content editing and media tracking.

Requirements

Currently enrolled or recent graduate from a Bachelor’s program in International Relations, Political Science, Middle East Studies, Communications, Journalism or similar.
Strong and demonstrated interest in the Middle East.
Writing and communications skills as well as technologically savvy and strong attention to detail

Nice To Haves

Experience in journalism, multimedia production, and/or graphic design is a big plus, as are experience or interest in photography, videography, and Adobe Creative Cloud.

Responsibilities

Track MEI scholars’ media appearances and publications and monitor breaking stories and the journalists writing about them.
Identify and create engaging, concise, and clear content based on MEI’s events and scholarly work and post it to MEI’s social media platforms.
Use Canva and Adobe Premiere Pro to produce MEI’s social media content.
Photograph MEI’s public events, edit videos in Adobe Premiere Pro, and post them to YouTube and MEI’s website.
Assist in the production of MEI podcasts, informational videos, and promotional materials.