Communications Internship

Communications Internship

Wetlands International

Brussels, Belgium

This is an exciting opportunity to inspire the public to take action for Europe’s wetlands! Are you a creative thinker, capable of creating inspiring digital content (visuals, short videos, stories) and managing our Instagram and LinkedIn channels? Join our team and support our Communications Officer in promoting and organising our major policy events in Brussels and online.

About the internship:

This is an exciting opportunity to inspire the public to take action for Europe’s wetlands! The ideal candidate will be a creative thinker, capable of creating inspiring digital content (visuals, short videos, stories) and managing our Instagram and LinkedIn channels. The post-holder will also support the Communications Officer in promoting and organising major policy events we held in Brussels and online.

Their main responsibility will be the day-to-day management of our social media channels to ensure our audiences’ engagement and growth of our visibility in Europe; the maintenance of our website (using WordPress); and the support of our colleagues in organising events.

Roles and responsibilities:

• Monitor and manage our social media channels (Instagram, LinkedIn);
• Write posts explaining in catchy and simple terms our major European policy files (Nature restoration law; Common agriculture policy; Water framework directive…);
• Develop innovative content tailored to each channel: carousels, short videos (including drafting scripts, filming and editing), stories, etc.;
• Gathering our channels’ analytics monthly to evaluate the behaviour, trends and growth of our audience;
• Support in keeping our website up-to-date (with WordPress);
• Creating layouts for our main reports and policy briefs;
• Support in drafting and sending our newsletter;
• Support in drafting ad-hoc articles and press releases on our latest activities;
• Assist our teams in organising events, physical and virtual (creating invitations, taking pictures, organising the venues, technical support during a webinar, etc.);
• Ad-hoc support as necessary.

Working relations: Working with Wetlands International Europe´s teams and the Wetlands International global office Communications Team including colleagues in other offices. The postholder will report to the Communications Officer.

Profile:

• Creative and visual;
• Basic knowledge of design tools such as Canva and/or Adobe;
• A social media whizz;
• Understanding of European institutions;
• Interest in nature conservation issues;
• Communicative and open minded;
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral) with fluency in English;
• Knowledge of video filming and editing is an asset.