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Social media and Communication Roles in Positive Impact 2022 Internship

We are currently looking for 2 hard-working, friendly and passionate individuals to join our team part-time, 2.5 days a week, working from home as part of Positive Impact’s 2022 internship. Please see the roles available below:

Please note, these are unpaid positions

Event Coordinator Intern

The Event Coordinator will support and deliver all virtual events hosted by Positive Impact. These events are for Positive Impact’s various event professional communities and range from short webinars to longer day events which align with UN International Days.

You will be overseeing event planning and management, including content creation, logistics and technology. You will be required to liaise with event speakers to confirm logistics and develop session content, as well as creating the event agendas. Furthermore, you will be responsible for the event technology including sharing this with the speakers, training the Positive Impact team to use the technology and confirming data collection. After each event you will be responsible for bringing together the outputs in a report. You will also be responsible for generating income through ticket sales for all events.

Other responsibilities vary and could include, working with the team to deliver group projects, webinars and completing ad hoc tasks alongside your event planning responsibilities.

From these responsibilities, skills developed include, but are not limited to, event planning experience, team management, strategic thinking, strong written and verbal communication, sales and marketing knowledge.

Media Coordinator Intern

The Media Coordinator is a varied role supporting communications and designing and creating content used for marketing purposes to grow our community of over 1600 global ambassadors, event professionals passionate about sustainability, and inspire over 3000 friends of Positive Impact. You will be required to work to brand guidelines and templates using online design platforms such as Piktochart & Canva.

You will be creating Positive Impact marketing materials such as video animations, social media graphics, emails, reports and presentations. You will be required to manage our social media channels, including creating and posting social media posts aligned with Positive Impact campaigns and reporting on social media metrics. Furthermore, you will be expected to develop ideas to grow our ambassador community.

Other responsibilities vary and could include, working with the team to deliver group projects, webinars and completing ad hoc tasks alongside your marketing responsibilities.

From these responsibilities, skills developed include, but are not limited to, social media strategy, sales and marketing knowledge, creativity, design, team management, strategic thinking, strong written and verbal communication.

Working at Positive Impact

Watch this short video to learn about our company culture and hear from a previous employee!

Testimonial from previous Data Analytics Intern, Tom

“My time as the data analytics intern with Positive Impact was really valuable to my personal and professional development. In a short period of time I learned so many new skills and experienced communicating with various Positive Impact contacts which has massively helped my confidence in a workplace setting. I would highly recommend an internship at Positive Impact for any young people looking to enter the world of work and gain invaluable skills and experience, all while working towards helping the events industry become more sustainable!”

Feedback from candidate on the interview process and internship

‘The interview was one of the most enriching experiences I had during a recruitment process. As a candidate, I could clearly understand the company's culture, my main tasks from the beginning, and the team's interaction.’