Public Relations Specialist: Provide social media support for the Ballard Center in the Tanner Building. Update website content, write weekly newsletters/emails to subscribers, write Ballard Center articles, assist with Annual Report, and run Ballard Story competition. Collaborate in writing press releases, act as PR liaison with External Relations, participate in brief class presentations, and help maintain a consistent branding for the center. Please keep in mind that approximately 10% of your time will be spent on Ballard Center general assignments such as trainings, Ballard Center staff meetings, distributing program quality surveys, marketing TEDxBYU, etc.
Content Editor & Copy Editor: Ballard Brief is a social issue reference database run and published by the Ballard Center for Social Impact at BYU. Our goal is to offer world-class resources that dissect specific social issues in the world today through the lens of social impact! Ballard Briefs are accurate, consumable, succinct, and engaging to our audience of everyday changemakers hoping to learn more about these issues. Check out our briefs at ballardbrief.org! We are currently seeking students from any major who are passionate about social issues to work as editors and writers for us.
Marketing Specialist: The Ballard Center exists to teach people how to solve social problems. We are looking for an experienced and creative Marketing Specialist to help us develop and share the new Do Good. Better. competition in the BYU communities. Please keep in mind that approximately 10% of your time will be spent on Ballard Center general assignments such as attending trainings, Ballard Center staff meetings, distributing program quality surveys, marketing TEDxBYU, etc.
*Some on-campus jobs qualify for internship credit. Contact the internship coordinator (trina_harding@byu.edu) to see about registering for credit BEFORE beginning a work/internship experience.
Make a Wish Utah provides interns the opportunity to work with a nationally recognized nonprofit organization and build their personal portfolio while making a real difference in the lives of children with critical illness. Make a Wish is hiring several interns including a Marketing & Communications Intern, Development Intern and more.
Y Magazine—BYU’s quarterly publication for alumni, students, and friends of the university—offers paid editorial internships for students who are creative, teachable, hard working, dependable, and committed to working as entry-level journalists. Interns at Y Magazine get published, work in a professional atmosphere, and get experience in writing, editing, research, web publishing, social media, and some of the backend, business aspects of putting out a magazine. It’s a varied and fun opportunity.
The Wilford Woodruff Papers Foundation is seeking Editorial Team interns who are interested in documentary editing including the transcription of historical documents, paleography, biographical research, digital humanities, and related work.