Skip to main content
Internships

PAID Content Internship, Family History Dept. (Salt Lake, Winter or Sp/Su 2022)

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Use Job ID to find posting and apply at https://careersearch.churchofjesuschrist.org

UT-Salt Lake City

ID 317706, Type: Temporary Part-Time

Posting Dates: 08/31/2021 – 10/07/2021

Department: Family History Department

PURPOSES

Come help FamilySearch develop a world-class help experience. In your work with us, you will write and revise help content so that it is easy to understand, accurate, complete, and appropriate to user needs.

You will work in all parts of the content lifecycle, from ideation to retirement. Content might be in many forms, including knowledgebase articles, in-context help videos, on-screen text, blog articles, social media messages, and customer services emails. Along the way, you will gain experience working with content management systems, translation, and governance processes.

Our best candidates love figuring out how to do new things and teaching others how to have that same experience. They have a knack for turning complexity and uncertainty into simplicity and confidence.

This is an internship starting either January 2022 or May of 2022.

RESPONSIBILITIES

In this internship, you will:

  • Create written and video content using existing templates and style guides.
  • Collaborate with team members, missionaries, product managers, user experience designers, engineers, editors, and others to gather information, review for accuracy, and coordinate deadlines.
  • Submit content for translation using established processes.
  • Update the reports used to track progress of projects and translations.
  • Review content created by others for accuracy, clarity, and compliance to templates and style guides.
  • Optimize content for search engines, using title tags, keywords, and meta descriptions.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Currently pursuing a bachelors or post-graduate degree English, technical writing, journalism, instructional design, communications, or a related degree.
  • Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.
  • Excellent English written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills. Experience or classwork in technical writing or instructional design highly preferred.
  • Comfortable working on multiple projects at once.
  • Demonstrated ability to grasp new concepts, skills, and technologies quickly.
  • Good team player; able to form good relationships widely through an organization.
  • Self-starter who requires little to no supervision.
  • Attention to detail and well organized.
  • Experience using Microsoft Office products and cloud-based authoring systems.
  • Experience with family history and FamilySearch.org a plus.

Related Internships

data-content-type="article"

Writer and PR Coordinator Student Job

May 06, 2024 02:36 PM
This position is for a part-time student journalistic writer in the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences. The successful candidate will work with the Communications Supervisor in the Dean¿s Office for Communications & External Relations to communicate the college¿s programs, events, and successes to internal and external audiences. Responsibilities include planning and executing communications campaigns, writing journalistic articles for the college magazine and the college news site, creating copy for web pages, emails, posters, ads, newsletters, and social posts. This job is 20 hours/week.
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= promoTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= promoTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"

BYU Public Health Editorial Writer

May 06, 2024 02:06 PM
Are you a talented student with a passion for storytelling and engaging writing? Do you have a knack for conducting interviews and writing compelling articles that inform and inspire? BYU Public Health is seeking a creative individual to join our team as an Editorial Writer. In this role, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to our department's content strategy by writing companion articles to our "Y Health" podcast episodes, news articles about research projects, and highlights on students, alumni, and faculty members.
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= promoTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= promoTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"

Editorial Assistant Internship

May 06, 2024 01:40 PM
Let's face it, you need a job, and we need an editor to help reorganize, edit, and redesign our website (wordcruncher.com). This internship will span the length of the project, with potential to continue part-time afterwards, if desired. If possible, we will finish by the beginning of July.
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= promoTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= promoTextAlignment=
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= promoTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText=