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Governor's Summer Intern - MPH Communications

Date Posted: Dec 9, 2024

Requisition ID: 453417

Location:

Indianapolis, IN, US, 46204

Begin a fulfilling career with the State of Indiana by joining one of the largest employers in the state, offering a diverse range of opportunities across 60+ agencies. At the state, you'll find competitive compensation, a robust benefits package and a commitment to work-life balance. Most importantly, you'll have the chance to make a real and measurable impact on the lives of Hoosiers across Indiana.

At the State of Indiana, we don’t just talk about diversity and inclusion—we make it our goal to create a welcoming, accessible, and equitable workplace with a workforce that is representative of Indiana's population. As a proud equal opportunity employer, reasonable accommodations may be available to enable individuals with disabilities to complete the application and interview process as well as perform the essential functions of a role.

About the Governor's Summer Internship Program (GSI):

The Governor’s Summer Internship Program (GSI) is designed to give college students real-world, hands-on experience in their desired field of study to enhance marketability upon graduation. Participation in the program will offer students a multitude of experiences including networking with state employees, resume building and soft skills workshops, agency head panels, and much more.

Management Performance Hub:

The Management Performance Hub (MPH) provides analytics solutions tailored to address complex management and policy questions enabling improved outcomes for Hoosiers. We partner with state agencies to leverage data in innovative ways to facilitate data-driven decision-making and data-informed policymaking.

Role Overview:

The Indiana Management Performance Hub is seeking a Communications Intern to join our Communications and Marketing Division for summer 2025. The MPH Communications Intern assists the State of Indiana's data-driven decision making and open data efforts by supporting the storytelling of users and the impact of data. The interns will perform day-to-day communications tasks supporting the larger editorial strategy and gain experience crafting engaging, platform-specific content.

The agency seeks an individual with a strong digital background to assist with internal and external communications. This support includes project-related work in social media, email marketing, web content development, video production, graphic design, layout, writing and editing. The MPH Communications Intern will report to the Communications Director and collaborate with team members throughout the agency.

Salary Statement:

The hourly rate for this position is $16.24 for those that do not hold a bachelor’s degree & $17.24 for those that hold a bachelor’s degree or higher by the time the internship starts.

Location:

This position is located in MPH Offices, Indiana Government Center North, Downtown Indianapolis.

A Day in the Life:

The essential functions of this role are as follows:

• Identify and execute one major project related to agency needs and academic area of study

• Create, develop, and sustain the programmatic efforts for the assigned discipline

• Analyze data and feedback to provide recommendations

• Partner with other relevant stakeholders to promote and enhance the quality of projects

• Collaborate with State of Indiana agencies to ensure effective implementation of internal and external initiatives

• Develop content and digital materials for internal and external marketing campaigns

• Craft engaging social media posts for agency’s Twitter and LinkedIn accounts

• Develop and edit content for placement on agency website using content management system

• Produce well-written, concise content for agency emails, reports and policies

• Edit compelling, shareable online video using new and/or stock footage

• Manage strategic schedules and task assignments for agency email campaigns

• Assist with the production of e-newsletters for internal and external audiences

• Monitor analytics to refine newsletter and other email communications

  The job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time.

What You'll Need for Success:

• Must be currently enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate with an accredited post-secondary institution and have completed at least one (1) year of undergraduate education.

• Academic work in related field

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Ability to analyze datasets related to discipline

• Ability to build relationships, establish credibility, and influence leaders at all levels

• Ability to conduct well-informed research

• Ability to solve complex, critical problems

• Ability to review and make recommendations on proposed changes to relevant policies and procedures

• Excellent content management, organizational, project management, written and verbal communications skills

• Experience with digital analytics tracking and reporting tools

• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite (i.e. Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, InDesign) or other online design software tools

• Experience with Microsoft Office, Teams and SharePoint

• Experience with video and photography equipment

• Experience with digital communications platforms for social media and email marketing.

• Strong eye for design and visual language

  Benefits of Employment with the State of Indiana:

  This seasonal position does not offer benefits and is limited to 180 working days in an eleven (11) month continuous period

  Equal Employment Opportunity:

  The State of Indiana is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to recruiting, selecting, developing, and promoting employees based on individual ability and job performance. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunity to all people in all aspects of employer-employee relations without discrimination because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, or veteran status. We will comply with the spirit as well as the letter of all applicable state and federal laws.

  If you are a qualified individual with a disability and require reasonable accommodations to complete this application, you can request assistance by contacting the Indiana State Personnel Department at jobs@spd.IN.gov.

  The State of Indiana has established a culture that welcomes equity, inclusion, and opportunity for all employees and applicants. We encourage you to apply if you feel you have the transferrable skills to be successful in this position and we look forward to reviewing your application.

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