Learning And Development Intern Jobs in Hanover, PA

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Position Summary

The Creative Editorial Intern is a temporary, part-time, entry-level support position, generally a student or recent college graduate, that is responsible for researching and creating essential content as needed, sourcing content relative to the audience, assisting with projects and social media marketing including monitoring social media activity. The Editorial Intern supports various internal team members by writing and performing administrative tasks while also learning and applying basic editorial principles.

As a member of the Creative team, the Editorial Intern will have an opportunity to gain exposure to department projects and initiatives as well as learn from accomplished professionals in the areas of graphic design, digital design, and marketing communications.

This position is located on-site or within commuting distance to Graphcom.

Essential Functions

• Assist with social media management including copywriting, editorial calendar creation, research, and image gathering.
• Write and/or edit materials for Graphcom and our clients including proposals, advertisements, articles, blog posts, emails, website copy, and more.
• Collaborate with project managers, designers, and web developers to translate marketing goals into messaging concepts.
• Observe, receive, and otherwise obtain information from all relevant sources.
• Learn how the Graphcom team maintains, translates, and extends the narrative of digital and print-related marketing projects.
• Apply and contribute to Graphcom’s goal of providing superior service to all organizations and people we meet. This includes customers, vendors, suppliers, co-workers, and the public.
• Work closely with Director(s) or other senior staff to understand how to organize, plan, and prioritize work by developing specific goals and plans to accomplish work.
• Consistently deliver high quality services to all clients.
• Increase user friendliness in digital projects including web design, e-mail, app design, etc.
• Work closely with Director(s) or senior staff to appropriately manage resources within budget and project schedule.
• Conceptualize and develop content for projects within a brand group following editorial guidelines including applying proper language, mood, manner, tone for the audience and client; research, develop, present and execute all photography campaign direction.
• Make edits as requested by the client. Always spell check and have a second set of eyes review your work before sending for client review. Provide write-ups to team members to explain your ideas so that they can sell your content to the client.
• Maintain brand standards by which leadership has set and uphold creative excellence expectations.
• Provide personal accountability for the accuracy of all research, stats, data, hyperlinks, etc. within content.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Job Requirements:

• Attendance at or graduation from a 4-year college with a degree in a related field and/or associate's degree in English such as Communications, Marketing, Journalism or related field is preferred.
• 0-1 years of relevant writing experience.
• Writing ability and proficiency in software applications such as Word, Excel, and Microsoft Suite is required.
• WordPress, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, or InDesign skills are a plus.
• Must have a strong sense of concept development.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Must be a self-starter and willing to learn, develop, and polish the skills necessary to achieve success in a creative agency environment (problem solving, presentation, project management, etc.).

Working Conditions:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Routine & minimal visual requirements (reading with attention to detail, shapes, shadows, contrasts).
• Moderate and light lifting/carrying - up to 10lbs.
• Use of fingers.
• Both hands required or compensated by the use of acceptable prostheses.
• Vision requirements including differentiating color.
• Minimal & routine hearing ability.
• Required to use automobile and drive on occasion between client sites and Graphcom sites.
• The noise level is usually moderate.