Communications Intern (Remote, Paid)
The Veritas Forum is a Christian ministry that partners with thought leaders, professors, campus ministries, and students to engage universities and the broader public with the ideas that shape our lives. Since its first forum event at Harvard in 1992, Veritas Forums have emerged on more than 200 universities around the world, engaging more than 800,000 students, faculty, and community members. Our YouTube channel has over 200,000 subscribers and has over 43 million total lifetime views. Our signature podcast is in the top 1% of all podcasts.
The Communications Intern is a fully-remote role that will assist the needs of the Veritas Media team on a variety of projects throughout the summer. In addition, the intern will travel to at least one of three events to meet your Veritas colleagues in person and contribute to the event as needed.
What You’ll Do
- Contribute to important Veritas Media projects throughout the summer, including:
- Create and update scalable content resources for our Forums work
- Review and rate media content per our internal rating rubric
- Summarize Veritas scholar books
- Create new podcast episode pages for our website (no prior website experience needed)
- Select and prepare content for publication on YouTube, podcast, and social media
- Travel to at least one Veritas Forum event to assist with on-the-ground events work
- Veritas Institute | Washington, D.C. | May 28-June 1, 2024
- Scholars Summit | Park City, UT | June 23-28, 2024
- Asian Scholars Workshop | Boston, MA | July 21-25, 2024
Qualifications
- A passion for Christ grounded in the regular disciplines of Bible study, prayer, and fellowship with other believers in the context of a local church, and a mature and growing faith evidenced by the fruit of the Spirit in your life.
- A student (a rising sophomore, junior, or senior) or a recent college graduate (class of 2024) interested in communications, media, or event planning (perhaps majoring in marketing, communications, design, business, or a related field).
- Ideally, a student with The Veritas Forum and/or The Augustine Collective experience.
- A desire to work at a values-driven organization, ready to champion and contribute to our five values: faithful innovation, gracious excellence, collaborative learning, joyful service, assuming the best of others.
- A creative, curious, and resourceful approach to work with an internal motivation.
- A proficiency with Google Suite tools (e.g., Google Docs, Google Slides, Google Meet) and database tools like Airtable.
- Great communication skills and a collaborative attitude that is comfortable working closely with colleagues on the media team as well as cross-functionally in a remote team.
- An attention to detail, especially a focus on grammar, design, and file/data management.
- A willingness to get better every day, to welcome the gift of feedback.
Other Information
- This role will report to the VP of Media but will be seconded to other departments as needed. For example, at the Scholars Summit, this intern will report to the Director of Operations & Strategic Initiatives, even though his/her overall project schedule throughout the summer will be managed by the VP of Media.
- This role is an internship for Summer 2024 only. Start/end dates will be coordinated with the intern. We anticipate this is about a 32-hour work week with Fridays off during non-travel weeks. Rate is $16/hour.
To Apply
- Email jobs@veritas.org with “Communications Intern” as the subject.
- In your email, include:
- a statement of interest in the position (your email can act as your cover letter)
- a resumé
Applications are due June 1 but will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
