Overview
This internship position is located in the United Nations Regional Information Centre (UNRIC) in Brussels. The role involves assisting in the planning, creation, and curation of social media content to promote public understanding and support for the aims and activities of the United Nations.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist in planning, creating, and curating content ahead of time using UNRIC Trello Boards.
- Assist in collecting and collating multimedia information from different departments and organizations.
- Assist in monitoring various sources for new content and information about UN activities.
- Assist in editing and subtitling news videos for UNRIC’s social media channels using dedicated software.
- Assist in creating visuals, quote cards and other materials using online tools.
- Attend press conferences, meetings and events to gather quotes and take photos and videos.
- Assist in drafting posts for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
- Research trends and posts from partners and suggest retweets/reposts.
- Assist in monitoring social media accounts for followers' comments and questions, and flagging them to the team.
- Take an active role in the live coverage of events.
- Assist in drafting monthly reports reflecting performance of the UNRIC’s social media accounts.
- Carry out other tasks as requested.
Qualifications
- Be enrolled in, or have completed, a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher); or, be enrolled in, or have completed, the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum bachelor's level or equivalent).
- Be computer literate in standard software applications.
- Have a demonstrated keen interest in the work of the United Nations and have a personal commitment to the ideals of the UN Charter.
- Have a demonstrated ability to successfully interact with individuals of different cultural backgrounds and beliefs.
- Have good knowledge of graphic and video editing software, including but not limited to Canva, Adobe Suite Products, CapCut and similar software.
- Ability to draft news articles and/or social media posts is desirable.
- Ability to provide photo and video coverage is desirable.
