Social Media Intern

This internship is located at the United Nations Regional Information Centre (UNRIC) in Brussels within the Department of Global Communications. The intern will assist in planning, creating, and curating social media content, monitoring social media accounts, attending events, and supporting communications activities to promote the United Nations' work.

Responsibilities

• Use the UNRIC Trello Boards to assist in planning, creating, and curating content ahead of time.
• Assist in collecting and collating multimedia information from different departments and organizations.
• Assist in monitoring various sources for new content and information about what is happening in and around the UN on a given week.
• Assist in editing and subtitling news videos for UNRIC’s social media channels, using dedicated software such as Adobe Premiere Pro or Canva.
• Assist in creating visuals, quote cards and other materials as requested using online tools such as Canva or Adobe Photoshop.
• Attend press conferences, meetings and events in Brussels to gather quotes and take photos and videos which may be used in social media posts.
• Assist in drafting posts for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
• Research trends and posts from partners and suggest retweets/reposts; assist in monitoring social media accounts for followers' comments and questions, and flagging them to the team.
• Take an active role in the live coverage of events taking place in Brussels.
• Assist in drafting monthly reports reflecting performance of the UNRIC’s social media accounts.
• Carry out other tasks as requested.

Requirements

• Be enrolled in, or have completed, a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher); or be enrolled in, or have completed, the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum bachelor's level or equivalent).
• Be computer literate in standard software applications.
• Have a demonstrated keen interest in the work of the United Nations and have a personal commitment to the ideals of the UN Charter.
• Have a demonstrated ability to successfully interact with individuals of different cultural backgrounds and beliefs, including willingness to try and understand and be tolerant of differing opinions and views.
• Applicants must have good knowledge of graphic and video editing software, including but not limited to Canva, Adobe Suite Products, CapCut and similar software.
• Ability to draft news articles and/or social media posts is desirable.
• Ability to provide photo and video coverage is desirable.
• Fluency in oral and written English is required.
• Fluency in one or more of the following languages is desirable: Danish, Dutch, French, Finnish, German, Greek, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish.

Skills

• Graphic Editing
• Video Editing
• Canva
• Adobe Suite
• CapCut
• Social Media Content Creation
• Social Media Monitoring
• News Article Drafting
• Social Media Post Drafting
• Photo Coverage
• Video Coverage
• Computer Literacy
• Multicultural Interaction

Languages

English, French, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Greek, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish