About the Communications Department
The communications department manages MEI’s media relations, website content, social media marketing, and multimedia production.
Responsibilities
Media Relations
Interns will track MEI scholars’ media appearances and publications, and monitor breaking stories and the journalists writing about them.
Social Media
Interns will help identify and create engaging, concise, and clear content based on MEI’s events and scholarly work and post it to MEI’s social media platforms. Interns will use Canva and Adobe Premiere Pro to produce MEI’s social media content.
Multimedia Production
Interns will photograph MEI’s public events, edit videos in Adobe Premiere Pro, and post them to YouTube and MEI’s website. They may also assist in the production of MEI podcasts, informational videos, and promotional materials.
What You Will Learn
Communications staff provide hands-on training and guidance in a number of sought-after career skills, including:
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Managing website content in Drupal
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Designing email newsletters
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Digital photography
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Editing photos and videos using Adobe Lightroom/Photoshop and Premiere Pro
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Operating a state-of-the-art A/V system for live streaming public events
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HTML and CSS fundamentals
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Social media content creation and strategy
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Media research and monitoring
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Tracking web traffic using Google Analytics
Desired Skills
This position requires strong writing and communications skills, technological savvy, and attention to detail. Experience in journalism, multimedia production, and/or graphic design is a big plus, as are experience or interest in photography, videography, and Adobe Creative Cloud.