EUROPARC Federation - Internship in communications and digital media

The EUROPARC Federation is Europe’s largest network, supporting and representing the work of Europe’s protected areas. As a member organization with interests in nature conservation and sustainable development, supporting our members with effective communication is essential to our work. The EUROPARC Federation is currently looking for a full time (40 hours) intern in its Communications department in Regensburg (DE). The intern will have the opportunity to contribute directly to the work of a wide European environmental organisation, working along with an international team. By contributing to enhancing the organisation’s outreach and communications activities, the intern will have the chance to further develop communication skills, to discover from closer the functioning of European Protected Areas and EU environmental policies and to learn about EUROPARC Federation and its programs.

You have…

• Communications & PR, Information Technology, Multimedia, Design or Journalism studies (Language and Economics studies might be considered);
• Fluency in English and any other European language is welcome. The official language in the HQ is English.
• Social Media experience – preferably in a business environment (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn…);
• Preferably knowledge of online interactive tools: WordPress, GetResponse
• Preferably acquaintance with video and graphic design programmes (including Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere and InDesign);
• Excellent knowledge and experience with MS Office.
• Ability to deal with multi-disciplinary tasks, capacity to respond rapidly to a variety of diverse tasks and to prioritize;
• Good communication skills (oral and written) – ability to communicate formally and professionally;
• Good organisation skills, able to work independently and as part of a team;
• Self-starter, positive attitude, flexible, sense of humor for the multicultural working environment.

Highly desirable:

• Social Media experience - preferably in a business environment (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn…);
• Previous knowledge of online interactive tools: Wordpress, GetResponse;
• Acquaintance with video and graphic design programmes (including Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere and InDesign).

Internship Conditions

• The applicant must be an enrolled student (preferably EU and EEA citizen) and able to provide certificate of enrollment for the internship duration.
• The applicant must have finished at least 4 semesters of his or her studies.
• The internship must be part of the studies curriculum. (Candidates with the ERASMUS + Internship are also welcome).
• The applicant must be available for a period of at least 6 months.
• The applicant must have the legal authorization to work in Germany – not required for EU and EEA (Iceland, Norway and Switzerland) citizens.

Internship conditions:

• Duration: 6 months (longer internships can be considered)
• 40 working hours a week;
• 13 days of vacation;
• Intern should be ready to cover his/her own accommodation and insurance costs (Notice: Accommodation costs in Regensburg may reach up to around 450 EUR a month for a room.);
• EU Health insurance should be united with private health / accident insurance from home country or contracted in Germany.