Global Communications & Journalism Intern: Content & Video

Meridian International; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

Meridian International is seeking a Global Communications & Journalism Intern to support our communications and marketing initiatives in Washington, DC. You will create editorial and multimedia content, manage newsletters, and help grow engagement across digital platforms.

As part of the team, you will gain experience in content marketing, branding, data analytics, and event support, with the potential for partial remote work as Meridian adjusts arrangements.

Qualifications

• Current undergraduate or graduate student in the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism
• Commit 16-20 hours per week to the internship
• Any combination of training, education, and experience that demonstrates the ability to perform the essential functions of the position
• Familiarity with multimedia production and editing, photography, Canon products, copywriting and editing, social media content presentation and delivery, Salesforce, Pardot, and basic HTML preferred

Responsibilities

• Generate original content for the website, blog, monthly newsletter, email marketing and social media, among other editorial or marketing materials
• Storyboard and edit short, compelling videos for distribution on social media and newsletters and website
• Curate news articles and stories relevant to Meridian’s mission to post on social media platforms and invite conversation and interaction with our online community
• Support live coverage of events, including but not limited to Facebook, Instagram, X, photography, videography
• Responsible for completing all organizational administrative responsibilities in a timely manner and meeting all organizational administrative deadlines

Skills

Writing

Editing

Storytelling

Data analysis

Multimedia content

Social media

AP style

HTML basics

Inter-cultural communication

Team collaboration

Education

Undergraduate/Graduate student, UMD Philip Merrill College of Journalism

Commit 16–20 hours/week

Tools

WordPress

Google Analytics

Adobe Creative Cloud

Photoshop

Premiere

After Effects

InDesign

Illustrator

Canva

Zoom

Salesforce

Job description

Meridian International is seeking a Global Communications & Journalism Intern to support our communications and marketing initiatives in Washington, DC. You will create editorial and multimedia content, manage newsletters, and help grow engagement across digital platforms.

As part of the team, you will gain experience in content marketing, branding, data analytics, and event support, with the potential for partial remote work as Meridian adjusts arrangements.