Vacancies
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(24 hours a week) – January until July 2025
Media Content Creation & Editing Internship
Description
During this internship, you will join the marketing media team of Poetry International and contribute to the creation and editing of various multimedia content for our platforms. You will produce engaging content that aligns with our mission and brand, and will gain experience working with video, audio, social media, and other digital formats. Together with the team, you will help develop and execute content strategies for upcoming events and campaigns.
As part of your internship project, you will have the opportunity to take charge of content creation for specific campaigns, including editing video interviews, developing visual materials, and producing social media content for key events. You will also collaborate with different departments, including the programming and marketing teams, to ensure cohesive and creative output.
The internship can be as diverse as you wish. If there are specific skills you’d like to develop during your time with us, feel free to let your internship coordinator know. It’s also possible to work on a personal media project that contributes to our overall content strategy.
Our team brings together people from diverse backgrounds, so we regularly switch between Dutch and English in the office. Since your internship coordinator is English-speaking, we're looking for an intern who is comfortable and capable of communicating in English and Dutch.
The vacancy opens each year in November.
(24 hours a week) – January until July 2025
Programming internship
Description
During this internship, you will join the programming team of Poetry International. You’ll learn how to develop a program and which considerations come into play when organizing a festival. Together, you work towards the yearly Poetry International Festival in June.
As an intern, you have your own internship project: coordinating the process leading up to, and the awarding of, the C. Buddingh’-prize for best debut poetry collection of the year. During your internship project, you will come into contact with different actors within the literary field, amongst whom poets, publishers and editors.
The internship can be as diverse as you wish; if there are certain skills you would like to develop during your time with our organization, you can always let your internship coordinator know. It’s also possible to carry out a research project as part of your internship.
Our team brings together people from diverse backgrounds, so in the office, we regularly switch between Dutch and English. For this reason, we're looking for an intern who is comfortable and capable of communicating in both languages.
The vacancy opens each year in November.