Visual and Digital Communications Intern

The Opportunity

This role is critical for our community engagement and to ensure that affected communities understand our services and activities. The Visual and Digital Communications Intern is contributing to implementation of communications strategy and is responsible for the active presence of Save the Children Türkiye across digital platforms and social media. The post holder will also work on development graphic design materials.

In order to be successful you will bring/have:

• University degree or equivalent experience in graphic design, journalism, media, communications or similar discipline.
• Fluency in both spoken and written Turkish and English to provide outputs for a wide range of different audiences.
• One year of professional experience in communications, multimedia, journalism, visual and digital or traditional media or external communications work
• Knowledge of graphic design and/or video editing software
• Can produce accurate, clear and consistent information and communication outputs relating to both program support and humanitarian situation
• Proven ability to work with communities and partners to gather content on the humanitarian situation and on programs.
• Experience and understanding of the situation in Türkiye, including the sensitivities
• High level of spoken and written Arabic is highly desirable.
• Prior knowledge of social media management platforms such as Hootsuite, Sprout Social etc. is highly desirable.

Position holder will be based in İstanbul, therefore legal right to work in Türkiye is necessary at the time of application. Due to the urgent need for this role, applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. We strongly encourage interested candidates to apply as early as possible, before the stated deadline.

The Organisation

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
Save the Children is committed to create a truly inclusive, effective and representative organisational culture, encouraging equity and diversity among its employees and eliminating discrimination. Having a diverse profile of employees, different age groups, backgrounds, cultures, gender identities and expressions, sexual orientation etc., including a range of different experiences and capabilities helps us understand, represent and serve children better. Therefore all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, or age.

Application Information:
Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/careers

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.