Communications Intern

Position: Communications Intern
Department: Member Relations
Service / Unit: Communications

Who are we?

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) is the world’s leading alliance of public service media, with 112 member organizations in 56 countries. It is headquartered in Geneva. The EBU Brussels office represents the interests and promotes the role of public service media with European policy makers. The Brussels office is part of the EBU Legal & Policy Department. We work closely with EBU Member representatives to develop common views and strategies to address upcoming EU policy developments.

The EBU Communications Team is a busy multi-skilled department that delivers corporate communications, media relations, direct marketing, digital communications including the EBU website, social media and much, much more. We serve the whole of the EBU with first-class communications content, working with a range of departments and units including News, Sport, Music, Radio, TV, Digital, and Young Audiences.

Pr incipal responsibilities of the position

The Communications Intern will provide support for a wide range of communications tasks, working under the direction of the Communications Manager, Legal and Policy; EU and Institutional Affairs. This role is varied and will work both with the Brussels team and also remotely with the Geneva-based team. The tasks will include:

Support with Media Relations: press cuttings service; mailing lists

1. Maintain relationship with the press cuttings service (Meltwater), brief them on the department’s main stories, collate cuttings as required, create media searches
2. Update current mailing lists; create new mailing lists for specific projects (as directed); research new media contacts
3. Using the department mailing tool, Cision, help with distribution of press releases, internally and externally

Web and social media

1. Upload articles to ebu.ch as directed; research suitable photographs; update web content
2. Draft social media posts for the different EBU HQ social media feeds (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn); research social media handles; maintain lists on Twitter; manage video content including uploads to YouTube; create links on Bitly
3. Work with the Team’s supporting digital tools – Spark, Canva etc – to make basic assets for social media, from quote posts to infographics and video.
4. On occasion, take photographs of EBU events for use on social  media platforms, internal communications etc

Other Tasks

1. Check [email protected] mailbox and alert Comms colleagues to emails that need addressing; maintenance of the comms inbox and filing queries according to ‘answered; follow up’ etc
2. Maintenance and administration of digital tools for evaluation purposes
3. Follow up queries as directed from Members, internal departments, members of the public (occasionally)

Requirements

• University degree
• Excellent communications skills in English. Knowledge of other EU languages is welcome 
• Good social and organizational skills
• Permission to work in the EU
• Ideally already based in Brussels

We offer

• A paid contract (1200 EUR per month) as a trainee under Belgian law (“convention d’immersion professionnelle”) for a duration of 6 months, starting on 23 September 2024
• Great opportunity to gain work experience in a large European association

Please send your CV (2-page max) and cover letter to [email protected] with the subject line Communications Intern application by Wednesday 10 July 2024 EOB .

Only short-listed candidates will be invited for interviews.