Social Media Intern

This unpaid internship is located in the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva. The intern will assist in planning, creating, and curating social media content, attending press conferences, and conducting media monitoring and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Use UNIS Trello Boards to plan, create, and curate social media content on a daily basis, maintain and update weekly editorial calendars, collect and collate multimedia information from different departments and organizations.
• Draft posts for X, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
• Monitor various sources for new content and information about what is happening in and around the UN any given week.
• Edit and subtitle news videos for UN Geneva social media channels, using Adobe Premiere Pro; create visuals, quote cards and other materials as requested using online tools (such as Canva or Adobe Photoshop).
• Attend press conferences and events at UN Geneva to gather quotes, take photos and videos which can be used in social media posts.
• Take photographs and make short videos at various events at UN Geneva and beyond.
• Research trends and posts from partners and suggest reposts; monitor social media accounts for followers' comments and questions, and flag them to the Press Officer.
• Conduct weekly and monthly analyses of @UNGeneva social media performance.
• Attend biweekly press briefings, and prepare summaries of such briefings in English.
• Attend meetings of human rights treaty bodies, the Human Rights Council, and other events.
• Contribute to the daily media monitoring of Swiss newspapers (in French, German, Italian, and English).
• Carry out any other tasks as requested by the United Nations Information Service.

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).
• Applicants to the UN Internship Programme are not required to have professional work experience.
• A field of study closely related to the type of internship applied for is required.
• Applicants must be a student in the final year of the first university degree (bachelor or equivalent), Master’s or Ph.D. Programme or equivalent, or have completed a Bachelor’s, Master’s or Ph.D. Programme.
• Written and spoken fluency in English is required.
• Knowledge of French, any other official UN language, Italian, or German is an advantage.
• List any training, education, advance course work or practical skills that would help in the role of the Social Media Intern.
• List all communication and social media campaign related projects worked on, and any photo or video editing software familiarity.

Skills

• Social Media Content Creation
• Social Media Campaigning
• Media Monitoring
• Media Analysis
• Press Conference Support
• Photo Editing
• Video Editing
• Written Communication
• Spoken Communication
• English Fluency

Languages

English, French, Italian, German