DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS INTERN

IDinsight

DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS INTERN

Location: Remote, Duration: 8 - 16 weeks

 

About IDinsight

IDinsight helps leaders combat poverty worldwide by designing, deploying and promoting evidence-generating tools. We tailor the best methodologies to partner needs and constraints to fuse evidence with action. We serve governments, NGOs, foundations and social businesses across Africa and Asia in all major program areas including health, education, agriculture, livelihoods, finance, energy and governance. As a non-profit, we are laser-focused on enabling maximum social impact to improve millions of lives.

 

IDinsight is also on the front lines of COVID-19 response, assisting policymakers with evidence-driven tools on health policies, social protection to the most vulnerable, and cutting-edge remote data collection systems.

Our approach rests on four pillars: 

• Rigorous: We develop and use a wide-range of cutting-edge data and evidence tools, including experimental evaluations, monitoring systems, data analytics and visualization, process evaluations, machine learning and more.
• Cost-effective: Every dollar spent is justified by expected impact. If funds could be better used in another way, we say so. 
• Timely: Actionable information is delivered in time for client decision-making deadlines. 
• Demand-driven: We deploy solutions tailored to partner contexts and needs with no competing agendas.

Our diverse, growing team of over 150 outstanding colleagues operate in nearly two dozen countries around the world. 

 

About the role 

The Digital Communications Intern will contribute to amplifying IDinsight’s impact by actively creating and disseminating content to specific target audiences on different online communication channels. The intern will be part of IDinsight’s Strategic Communications team and will have the opportunity to learn more about sector influence and media in the international development space, as well as contribute to improving lives by highlighting the value of data and evidence in achieving social impact.

 

We are seeking an intern that is passionate about making a difference, possesses great attention to detail and thrives in an entrepreneurial, global setting. The successful candidate will possess good writing, digital design and social media skills, as well as the ability to manage multiple tasks under short deadlines.

 

Desired Qualifications

• Passionate about global development and social impact;
• Knowledge of graphic design; ability to work with design programs and online tools including Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, and/or Canva;
• Experience with Squarespace and other web design platforms;
• Ability to analyze data and results from websites (using Google Analytics) and social media;
• Basic understanding of HTML and CSS;
• Experience with social media and social media management tools;
• Ability to manage up and communicate about multiple workstreams, demonstrating efficient time management;
• High level of conscientiousness and attention to detail – finishes work to completion.

Experience you will gain

As a digital communications intern, you will be able work and learn from different project teams across the globe and get a profound understanding of the different aspects of strategic communications in international development. During your internship, you will be able to gain the following experience and skills:

• Insight into the data-driven international development space, including how different social impact projects are conducted all around the world and across sectors;
• Deepened understanding of IDinsight’s sector influence and strategic communication goals, and how different communication workstreams contribute to growing influence across varied audiences (policymakers, funders, researchers, etc.);
• Ability to work with a multicultural, remote team across countries while managing high-priority workstreams for top leaders within the organization;
• Opportunity to learn from a talented and fun team, including attending (virtual) brown bag events and professional development opportunities.

Logistics

We encourage successful applicants to pursue funding opportunities from their universities and academic programs for the duration of the remote internship as this is an unpaid internship. An 8-16 week commitment is required. Exact start and end dates are flexible.

For more information and online application click here