Digital Editorial Intern, Taste of Home (Food Writing!)

Internship Program Trusted Media Brands (www.tmbi.com), publisher of Taste of Home, Reader’s Digest, Family Handyman, Birds & Blooms, Reminisce, Country, Country Woman and Farm & Ranch Living, is committed to building the next generation of talent, and a key to our strategy is our internship program. We are seeking high-potential students interested in career-building opportunities in a fast-paced and competitive environment. In turn, we provide interns relevant real-life business experience through short-term projects that support key business initiatives and contribute to our products.  

The Trusted Media brands summer internship program will offer a limited number of paid internships to qualified students. Interns will be paid the state mandated minimum hourly wage. 

  

JOB SUMMARY 

As part of the Taste of Home Editorial team, the editorial intern, Digital, will help support content creation and production for the Taste of Home website, email newsletters and ePubs. With a mix of creativity and detail-orientation, this individual will have abundant ideas, a way with words and basic knowledge of SEO and CMS platforms, such as WordPress.  

  

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

· Curates and writes copy for editorial packages, such as digital articles, newsletters, social media posts and slideshows.  

· Develops story ideas according to weekly goals. 

· Participates in and contributes to omnichannel brainstorm sessions. 

· Works closely with dynamic edit, analytic, art, photo, web, content management and test kitchen teams. 

· Tackles assignments with daily direction from senior editor. 

· Ensures all project deadlines and goals are met. 

· Keeps a close watch on food and lifestyle trends and tracks the competition. 

· Other duties as assigned. 

  

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS 

· Working toward a college degree in English, journalism or related field. 

· Basic knowledge of HTML/markup and SEO preferred.  

· A keen familiarity with, and interest in, the food and food lifestyle space. 

· Ability to openly collaborate, verbally communicate and accept constructive feedback. 

· Experience working with a content database preferred. 

  

TARGET DEGREE PROGRAM(S)

 

· Journalism 

· English 

· Communications 

  

About the Company Trusted Media Brands is a leading global, multibrand and multiplatform media and direct marketing company that educates, entertains and connects audiences around the world. We are dedicated to providing our

customers with the inspiration, ideas and tools to simplify and enrich their lives. We operate our businesses in two

divisions: North America and International, and provide expertly curated/created content to more than 140 million consumers in 75 countries and 21 languages through multiple media platforms, including print, online, digital download, books and home entertainment products, and social media. Its global headquarters are in New York, NY.