Marketing Assistant Intern (Social)

About us:

Pritchard is a small weekly newspaper with 2 employees. Small newsroom, one press day a week, and an office on the square. Weekend and holiday shifts rotate across the newsroom.

The internship:

Remote internship for a student who actually uses Instagram and LinkedIn every day and has opinions about what works. Most of the work is content calendars, captions, Canva creatives and weekly reports. Remote within Ireland. The team meets in Cork once a quarter, travel covered. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

Responsibilities:

• Design static posts and carousels in Canva using the existing brand kit
• Maintain a shared folder of approved images, logos and video clips so nothing gets lost
• Edit short Reels and YouTube Shorts in CapCut or InShot from raw clips shared by the team
• Support small paid boosts by preparing creatives and copy variations for testing
• Reply to comments and DMs within the same working day, escalating complaints to the marketing lead

Requirements:

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2028
• Eligible to work in Ireland
• Available for the full internship period
• Based in Ireland for the duration of the internship
• Comfortable taking feedback and redoing a design two or three times
• Able to stick to deadlines without daily reminders
• Basic Canva skills. Please share 2 or 3 designs you have made, even if they were for a college club
• Good written English. Captions will be checked, but they should not need rewriting
• Available for at least 20 hours a week for 3 months

Preferred:

• Hindi, Urdu, Bengali or another regional language for regional content
• Experience running a college club page or a personal page with a growing following

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Feb 2027

Stipend: €13,000 - €17,500 per annum

Perks:

• Access to online training
• Paid holiday accrued during the placement
• Mentoring from an experienced team member
• Home working allowance

We may close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Feb 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Pritchard.