SELF – Science, Education and Learning in Freedom – is an international project aiming to provide a platform for the collaborative sharing and creation of open educational and training materials on Free Software and Open Standards. The SELF Platform specifically embraces universities, schools, training centres, Free Software communities, software companies, publishers and government bodies.

The SELF Platform is seeking a communications or public relations intern to assist with the duties of the communications team. The intern will work on creating and maintaining media lists and assist the day-to-day duties of the communications team as they arise. In addition, the intern will simultaneously learn about what it takes to develop, maintain, and effectively execute the communications strategy of a world-class technological and educational platform while providing an invaluable resource to the team.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Work with the team to create and maintain media lists in the CiviCRM database system for different languages and on a national and global level:

1. Gather media lists from all Consortium partners
2. Research on online and paper magazines, journalists and other media players
3. Contact online and paper magazines, journalists and other media players for inclusion

• Create and maintain a communications and media calendar for the team.
• Assist in editing and reviewing publications and communications documents, including: monthly newsletter, press releases and events-related correspondence.
• Assist in follow-up pitching, including press release distribution.
• Administrative support for announcements and press outreach.
• Support various research projects.
  

Qualifications:

• English, Communications, Journalism or Public Relations background/major.
• Research experience.
• Strong grammatical, writing and proofreading skills.
• Must be motivated, self-starter interested in Free Software and Open Standards, learning platforms, other formats of educational processes.
• Good eye for detail.
• Free Software and Open Standards savvy.
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment; works well under tight deadlines.
• Proficiency in Spanish a plus.
• Proficience in another language a plus.

Duration:

The SELF communications internship shall be offered for a period of one semester. The daily/weekly hours are flexible. A minimum of 10 hours is required per week. A written schedule will be coordinated between the student, advisor and communications staff.

As the SELF Consortium Partners are located globally the intern is expected to have his/her own workplace available as well as good internet access.

Please direct all curriculum vitaes to Hinde ten Berge , SELF Coordinator Netherlands, and be sure to put "communications intern" in the subject line.