What are the responsibilities and job description for the GSD Communications Paid Intern position at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?
Job Description
The Global Service Department (GSD) Communication Coordinator is looking for an assertive intern who loves to create and collaborate, solve problems, and work with people, while maintaining professionalism, confidentiality, and producing high-quality work. Our team values clarity, ownership, unity, service, trust, excellence, and teachability, and we are looking for someone who will embody our team culture always. As an intern in the GSD, you will have the opportunity to write, design, produce, film, and manage content that uplifts employees and service missionaries in an inspiring and engaging way. In this role, you will have the opportunity to gain leadership experience as you lead our Communications Service Missionaries in a Christlike way.
Week in the Life
A typical week in the life of a GSD Communications Intern looks like:
Responsibilities will involve the following, but are not limited to:
Church employees find joy and satisfaction in using their unique talents and abilities to further the Lord’s work. From the IT professional who develops an app that sends the gospel message worldwide, to the facilities manager who maintains our buildings— giving Church members places to worship, teach, learn, and receive sacred ordinances—our employees seek innovative ways to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the world. They are literally working in His kingdom.
Only members of the Church who are worthy of a temple recommend qualify for employment. Apart from this, the Church is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on any basis that would violate U.S. or local law.
Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, national origin, color, gender, pregnancy, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other legally protected categories that apply to the Church. The Church will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities.
The Global Service Department (GSD) Communication Coordinator is looking for an assertive intern who loves to create and collaborate, solve problems, and work with people, while maintaining professionalism, confidentiality, and producing high-quality work. Our team values clarity, ownership, unity, service, trust, excellence, and teachability, and we are looking for someone who will embody our team culture always. As an intern in the GSD, you will have the opportunity to write, design, produce, film, and manage content that uplifts employees and service missionaries in an inspiring and engaging way. In this role, you will have the opportunity to gain leadership experience as you lead our Communications Service Missionaries in a Christlike way.
Week in the Life
A typical week in the life of a GSD Communications Intern looks like:
- Content Planning & Scheduling
- Plan, schedule, and coordinate weekly articles, videos, announcements, and emails on the content calendar with Service Missionaries.
- Send out the weekly leadership video and ensure timely delivery.
- Creative Media Production
- Storyboard, film, and edit entertaining and engaging videos to share with the department on various topics.
- Communication Monitoring & Engagement
- Regularly check Microsoft Teams and Outlook messages to stay connected.
- Monitor engagement metrics and feedback to help refine communication strategies with the Communications Coordinator.
- Collaborate with teams in department on SharePoint management to ensure brand consistency.
- Event Support & Visual Content
- Attend and capture team, division, and department events through photography and written summaries for internal communications.
- Design signage (e.g., invitations, flyers, save-the-dates) for department, division, and team events.
- Design & Collaboration
- Select spiritual topics and review flyer designs created by missionaries each month.
- Collaborate and design marketing assets for campaigns on various topics with the GSD Communications Coordinator.
Responsibilities will involve the following, but are not limited to:
- Contributing to/sending Weekly Roundup Newsletter
- Uploading GSD Managing Director’s weekly video
- Reviewing flyers each month that emphasize key messages, goals, and initiatives
- Creating engaging articles and videos that tell stories in a fun, collaborative way.
- Writing skills to create and edit self-authored articles or articles submitted by employees and missionaries.
- Assist by attending events to take photos as needed.
- Create engaging assets for campaigns and regular communication (email, announcements, newsletters, sites, etc.)
- Help Communications Coordinator manage and maintain pages and resources on the GSD intranet SharePoint site.
- You will hold weekly one-to-one meetings, assign and oversee projects delegated to service missionaries, and help them gain skills and experience that will help them succeed post mission.
- The Intern is expected to meet rigid and challenging deadlines, work in harmony with other people, take direction on each assignment, and give full attention to detail. Independence in working, tact, and diplomacy are required. Sound judgment of Church doctrine, history, organization, policy and protocol are also expected.
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 1 year of professional experience in videography, video editing with an emphasis in storytelling
- 1 year of professional experience in communication, editing, or writing, or related fields.
- Can work 40 hours per week
- Able and willing to come into the office 2 or more days per week based on need
- Experience in Digital Design with:
- Premier Pro
- Canva
- Photoshop
- InDesign
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Photography/Camera Operation
- Great attention to detail
- Technical skills in the following programs:
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- PowerPoint
- Microsoft Teams
- Microsoft SharePoint Skills (basic)
- Paid Interns are qualified while enrolled in an educational institution and for one year following graduation.
- They must sign a Paid Internship Engagement Letter.
Church employees find joy and satisfaction in using their unique talents and abilities to further the Lord’s work. From the IT professional who develops an app that sends the gospel message worldwide, to the facilities manager who maintains our buildings— giving Church members places to worship, teach, learn, and receive sacred ordinances—our employees seek innovative ways to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the world. They are literally working in His kingdom.
Only members of the Church who are worthy of a temple recommend qualify for employment. Apart from this, the Church is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on any basis that would violate U.S. or local law.
Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, national origin, color, gender, pregnancy, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other legally protected categories that apply to the Church. The Church will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities.