Internship: Communications Department - PT/NB

City of Athens, GA•Athens, GA

38d•$16 - $16

About The Position

Duties will vary, but include assisting the Communications Department with a variety of responsibilities related to public and internal employee communications. The ideal candidate will be flexible, open to learning new ideas and skills, and interested in serving the community.

Requirements

Regular and predictable attendance is required.
Must work cooperatively with others.
When requirements include vehicle operation, responsible for the safety, readiness and operation of the vehicle and must abide by the ACCGov safe driving policy.
Interns should be an undergraduate or graduate student.

Nice To Haves

Preferably currently enrolled programs that lend themselves to government, public interest, marketing, communications, public information, media studies, or a related field.
Writing and/or editing content for a variety of outlets
Customer service
Graphic design experience, particularly with Canva and/or Adobe Creative Suite's Photoshop and/or InDesign applications

Responsibilities

designing content for ACTV, the government access channel, and public digital display systems
newsletter distribution & production
website and newsletter content updates
social media content creation
research
general office work (copying, filing, phones, etc.)
assisting the public with information inquiries
writing content for publication in a variety of outlets
media release writing
information collection and distribution
special events
informational booth tabling
distribution of information to various display locations
special projects
other tasks as assigned