Communications & Public Engagement Intern

Asheville, NC - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

This job posting expires at 11:59PM onNovember 06 applications can be submitted after 11:59PM onNovember 06 2025.

Job Title:Communications & Public Engagement Intern

Department:Communications and Public Engagement

External Hiring Range:$15.00-

Posted Internally and Externally

Purpose of the internship:
The purpose of this Creative Services Intern position is to provide on-the-job training and experience focused oncontent creation for social media print video and physical elements. This position engages in a variety of socialmedia management graphic design and video production projects of varying complexity structured to enable theindividual to gain the necessary knowledge skills and abilities needed to perform at a professional level. Thisposition receives training and mentorship in planning and carrying out all assignments.

Education or Experience Required: Pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in Communications Graphic DesignPublic Relations Marketing or related field. Experience with design software such as Adobe Creative Suite Canva or othervisual and video editing software.

Additional/Preferred Education Training and/or Experience: Experience with Social Media preferred.

Physical Requirements: This job mostly involves light work like occasionally lifting things that weigh up to 20 poundsor using up to 10 pounds of force to move objects. You should be able to move AV equipment that weighs up to 20pounds.

Samples

Preferred applications to share sample of work that demonstrate skill in:

Writing (e.g. Social Media posts articles or campaign copy)
Photography (Same shots taken with DSLR)
Design examples created in Canva and/or Adobe software
Short Video Clips or reels
Examples of previous social media content or campaigns managed

Please include links or attach files with your application submission.

Essential Projects and Learning Objectives:

Provide entry- to intermediate-level content creation services under supervision of County Creative Services staff as appropriate to the day-to-day operating objectives of the Communications and Public Engagement department.
Participate in planning design/filming editing and publishing of creative content projects aligned to the needs of the organization.
Interact directly with colleagues and/or other internal or external departments in development of engaging content published across various social media platforms including Facebook Instagram LinkedIn and YouTube.
Generate new ideas and concepts for graphic design and video content that resonate with Buncombe County residents and visitors.
Receive guidance training and mentoring from the Creative Services Team in planning and carrying out activities and assignments.
Use analytics to measure effectiveness of digital campaigns

Knowledge Skills & Abilities:

Knowledge and proficiency in Adobe Suite (e.g. Photoshop InDesign Premiere Pro) Canva and/or other designspecific software
Skills in videography and photography.
Demonstrate storytelling and creative skills.
Understand social media platforms and video content best practices.
Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across projects and departments

In order to uphold internal pay parity and equity salaries are non-negotiable for new and current Buncombe County employees. All new employees are paid according to their years of relevant education and experience above minimum requirements for the position and employees have the opportunity to obtain pay increases via cost of living increases and promotions.

Buncombe County Government realizes the importance of a diverse professional workforce and the need to foster a responsive and innovative organizational culture one that fully engages all of our employees honoring and building on each employees unique experiences opinions and perspective.

It is the policy of Buncombe County to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all persons regardless of race natural hair or hairstyles ethnicity creed color sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression national origin or ancestry marital or familial status pregnancy veteran status religious belief or non-belief age or disability or any other legally protected class under federal or NC State law. EEO practices and employment decisions regarding recruitment hiring assignment promotion and compensation shall not be based on any of these protected addition the County expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment or discrimination.

Required Experience:

Intern

This job posting expires at 11:59PM onNovember 06 applications can be submitted after 11:59PM onNovember 06 2025.Job Title:Communications & Public Engagement InternDepartment:Communications and Public EngagementExternal Hiring Range:$15.00-Posted Internally and ExternallyPurpose of the internship: ...