<h2><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>About Us </strong></span></h2> <p><span style="color: #222222;">The </span><a href="https://aboutus.ft.com/en-gb/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;"><u>Financial Times</u></span></a><span style="color: #222222;"> is one of the world’s leading business news organisations, recognised internationally for its authority, integrity, and accuracy.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">At the FT, curiosity thrives and ambitious thinking is rewarded. Here, you’re given the chance to reach millions, create work that matters and deliver impartial journalism in a polarised world.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">In our warm, collaborative culture, you’ll connect with a diverse community of experts who support your growth, career aspirations and wellbeing.</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">The FT has a record paying readership of 1.6 million, more than 1.4 million of which are digital subscriptions. It is part of Nikkei Inc., which provides a broad range of information, news, and services for the global business community. We have offices in more than 35 countries, including London, New York, Hong Kong, Beijing, Manila, Sofia, San Francisco, and Tokyo.</span></p> <h2><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Our Internships</strong></span></h2> <p><span style="color: #000000;">We are looking for passionate and motivated students who are interested in pursuing a career in media to join our team! We expect our interns to be in the office a minimum of three days a week. </span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">This program is a paid, ten week summer internship and offers the opportunity to connect and collaborate across the FT — in the US and globally. You’ll develop ideas that help drive our growth, present your work to US leadership, and gain valuable insights from across the business. Plus, you’ll be paired with a dedicated Buddy to provide mentorship and support throughout your experience.</span></p> <p><strong><span style="color: #222222;">This internship pays $22 per hour for 40 hours per week and runs from</span><span style="color: #000000;"> June 7, 2027 - Aug 13, 2027. Before applying, please ensure you will be available on these dates.</span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Applicants must be authorized to work in the US.</span></strong></p> <h2><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Role Overview</strong></span></h2> <p><span style="color: #000000;">The US reach and subscriber engagement team helps FT journalism reach a broader audience by producing original content for social media, directly engaging with our readers, managing engagement projects, monitoring analytics, and advising editors and reporters on best guidelines. <br><br>We are looking for candidates with a proven interest in social media, multimedia production, community engagement or digital journalism in general. Knowledge of business and economics is helpful, but not vital. You’ll have the opportunity to help conceive, shape and implement engagement strategies and experiments as well as take part in our daily audience engagement activities. This is a position within the newsroom. Candidates will be selected based on their interest in working in journalism and audience engagement.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;"> </span></p> <h2><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Key responsibilities</strong></span></h2> <ul> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Helping develop original ideas, experiments and engagement/social media strategies around planned news events, breaking news and special projects</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Assisting the social media team in producing posts and keeping our channels up to date and on the news agenda</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Producing original content specifically for social media to help promote FT journalism (this could include charts, social cards, videos, etc.)</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Assisting with direct reader engagement through reader participation/community projects </span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Using data and insights to analyse audience behaviour and help inform our journalism</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Providing SEO and social trends guidance from social and web listening tools</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Producing panels to promote our stories on Google Showcase</span></li> </ul> <h2><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Required skills/experience</strong></span></h2> <ul> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Experience in journalism (a student publication counts), and good news judgement</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Experience with design (Adobe Suite or similar) and video editing a plus</span></li> </ul>