Growth & Engagement Intern: Social Media & Analytics (Summer)

Aboutus Ft; New York; On-site; GBP 7,540,000 - 10,739,000; Full time

Job summary

Financial Times in the US is offering a paid, ten-week summer internship for students interested in pursuing a career in media and journalism. You will be in the office at least three days a week and collaborate across the FT network to develop ideas, present to US leadership, and gain valuable insights from across the business.

The internship runs June 7, 2027 to Aug 13, 2027. It pays $22 per hour for 40 hours per week and requires eligibility to work in the US.

Qualifications

• Experience in journalism (a student publication counts).
• Experience with design (Adobe Suite or similar) and video editing a plus.
• Good writing and editing skills.
• Good communication skills, organised, curious, and able to balance multiple projects at once.
• You are interested in making FT journalism accessible to a broader audience across various platforms.

Responsibilities

• 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 analyse audience behaviour and help inform our journalism
• Providing SEO and social trends guidance from social and web listening tools
• Producing panels to promote our stories on Google Showcase

Skills

Journalism experience

Design experience

Writing and editing

Communication skills

Audience engagement interest

Tools

Adobe Suite

Video editing

Job description

Financial Times in the US is offering a paid, ten-week summer internship for students interested in pursuing a career in media and journalism. You will be in the office at least three days a week and collaborate across the FT network to develop ideas, present to US leadership, and gain valuable insights from across the business.

The internship runs June 7, 2027 to Aug 13, 2027. It pays $22 per hour for 40 hours per week and requires eligibility to work in the US.