Editorial Growth Intern: Social Engagement (Summer)

Aboutus Ft; New York; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid internship

Buddy mentorship

Cross-team collaboration

US/Global exposure

Job summary

The Financial Times is seeking passionate students for a paid summer internship in the US. You’ll join the US reach and subscriber engagement team to develop social media content and engagement strategies, working across FT teams.

The internship runs for ten weeks (June 7, 2027 – Aug 13, 2027) and pays $22 per hour for 40 hours weekly, with a dedicated Buddy for mentorship. Applicants must be authorized to work in the US.

Qualifications

• Experience in journalism (a student publication counts).
• Good news judgement.
• Experience with design (Adobe Suite or similar) and video editing a plus.
• Good writing and editing skills.
• Good communication, organized, curious, and able to balance multiple projects.
• Interested in making FT journalism accessible across platforms.

Responsibilities

• Develop original ideas, experiments and engagement/social media strategies around planned events and projects.
• Assist the social media team in producing posts and keeping channels up to date.
• Produce original social content (charts, social cards, videos) to promote FT journalism.
• Assist with direct reader engagement through reader participation/community projects.
• Use data and insights to analyse audience behaviour and inform our journalism.
• Provide SEO and social trends guidance from social and web listening tools.
• Produce panels to promote our stories on Google Showcase.

Skills

Journalism

News judgement

Writing & editing

Communication

Project management

Tools

Adobe Suite

Video editing

Job description

The Financial Times is seeking passionate students for a paid summer internship in the US. You’ll join the US reach and subscriber engagement team to develop social media content and engagement strategies, working across FT teams.

The internship runs for ten weeks (June 7, 2027 – Aug 13, 2027) and pays $22 per hour for 40 hours weekly, with a dedicated Buddy for mentorship. Applicants must be authorized to work in the US.