US Summer Audience Engagement Internship
The Financial Times is one of the world’s leading business news organizations, recognized internationally for its authority, integrity, and accuracy. The FT has a record paying readership of over one million, three-quarters of which are digital subscriptions. It is part of Nikkei Inc., which provides a broad range of information, news, and services for the global business community. We have offices in more than 35 cities, including London, New York, Hong Kong, Beijing, Manila, Sofia, San Francisco, and Tokyo.
Our Internships
We are looking for a passionate and motivated candidate who is interested in pursuing a career in journalism to join our team! This is a paid, ten-week summer internship taking place June-August 2024.
Applications will be accepted through November 17, 2023.
Our interns are active members of our team. They make meaningful contributions and learn a lot during their time with us. The US AE internship is designed to give you experience in all aspects of audience engagement, from social media to SEO to community journalism and data analysis. The role will be partly day-to-day experiences like helping with breaking news and our social channels, and long term projects related to your interests.
The Role
The FT is looking for a talented and ambitious person pursuing a career in journalism to work with the FT’s Audience Engagement team in New York. Our team helps FT journalism reach and engage with its audience – by producing original content for social media, directly engaging with readers on site, managing engagement projects, monitoring analytics, and advising editors and reporters on best practices.
We are looking for candidates with a proven interest in social media, multimedia production, community engagement or digital journalism in general. Knowledge of business and economics is helpful but not necessary. You’ll have an opportunity to help conceive, shape and execute engagement strategies and experiments as well as take part in our daily audience engagement activities.
What You’ll Work On:
Helping develop original ideas, experiments and engagement/social media strategies around planned news events, breaking news and special projects
Assisting the social media team in producing posts and keeping our channels up to date and on the news agenda
Producing original content specifically for social media to help promote FT journalism (this could include charts, social cards, videos, etc.)
Assisting with direct reader engagement through reader participation/community projects
Using data and insights to analyze audience signals and help inform our journalism
Providing SEO and social trends guidance from social and web listening tools
The schedule involves a five day working week, with the days and hours dependent on newsroom demands. The team is in a hybrid work environment, with the intern expected to be in the office three days a week.
About You:
Experience in journalism
(a student publication counts!), and good news judgement
Experience with design (Adobe Suite or similar) and video editing a plus
Good writing and editing skills
Good communication skills, organized, curious, and able to balance multiple projects at once
You are interested in making FT journalism accessible to a broader audience across various platforms
To apply, please attach:
Resume
Cover letter stating why you want to work at the FT and explaining your interest in audience engagement
This internship is paid $16 per hour, for 40 hours per week Monday-Friday.
All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the USA.