The Centre for Policy Studies, a leading independent think tank founded by Sir Keith Joseph and Margaret Thatcher, is seeking a Digital Communications Intern to supplement its social media and website team.

Applicants for the position should have all or most of the following:

• Strong IT knowledge including MS Office, CMS and editing software.
• Experience of using social media; preferably in a vocational, volunteer or activist setting
• Some design knowledge such as infographics, video, HTML, animation, etc
• Ability to quickly take on board research and reports and use online techniques to illuminate these to a wider audience
• The confidence to make suggestions as to new avenues of digital opportunity and recommend updates to existing CPS IT infrastructure
• Sympathies with free market philosophies and/or CPS output

The duties for this role include:

• Website maintenance
• Updating our social media including Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Flickr
• Photography/filming
• Creation of infographics and animation
• Reporting of analytics for all digital media
• Producing our weekly E-newsletter
• Some general administration duties

This role will be open-ended subject to performance and applicants should be available for a minimum of two-three months.

We will look to appoint as soon as a suitable candidate is found and may make a decision before the closing date. 

To apply for this role, send a CV (no more than two pages) and a short covering letter to Lewis Brown (lewis@cps.org.uk) with the subject line 'Digital Comms Internship'. 

We will acknowledge receipt of all applications. Due to the large volume of applications we typically receive, we will not be able to provide unsuccessful candidates with further communication. If you have not been contacted within a week of the closing date, please assume you have not been successful.