Financial Times Internships

Job Title: Social Media Intern – FT Live
Duration: 8 Weeks
Start Date: Monday, May 5th, 2025
End Date: Friday, June 27th, 2025
Location: Hybrid – London (Bracken House) / Remote
Reporting to: Social Media Manager, FT Live

About FT Live:
FT Live is the events arm of the Financial Times, producing world-class conferences, summits, and briefings across key industries, including banking, finance, healthcare, sports, and technology. Our events bring together global leaders, policymakers, and decision-makers to share insights, spark conversations, and drive progress.

The Role:
We’re seeking an enthusiastic and proactive Social Media Intern to join our Digital and Performance Marketing team for 8 weeks. You’ll support the planning, execution, and analysis of organic social media campaigns across a diverse event portfolio and multi-platform strategy – including LinkedIn, X (formerly Twitter), Meta, YouTube, and TikTok.

From content creation to event-day video capture, this role offers a hands-on opportunity to build your marketing skills and gain experience working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the organic social media team with campaign planning, scheduling, content creation and publishing across LinkedIn, X, Meta, YouTube, and TikTok.

• Create compelling, on-brand content using tools such as Canva to develop static assets, and short-form videos.

• Support event campaigns with copywriting, liaising with the Social Media Manager and content team to ensure the copy is accurate, relevant and engagement-focused.

• Capture and edit event-day content, including short interviews and behind-the-scenes videos, to share across FT Live channels.

• Monitor performance and assist with post-event campaign reporting using Sprout Social and native platform insights.

• Stay updated with FT Live’s brand guidelines, platform trends, social media policies, and best practices – and share relevant updates with the wider team.

• Work closely with internal and external stakeholders to ensure deliverables are clear, achievable, and on schedule.

• Collaborate with other marketing functions (paid media, design, email, content) to ensure social plans are aligned and integrated.

What We’re Looking For:

• A passion for media, journalism and current affairs, with an affinity for the FT’s values: integrity, ambition, curiosity, trust, inclusion, and a subscriber-first mindset.

• Some experience (through university, personal projects, internships or freelance) in running or supporting campaigns on LinkedIn, Twitter/X, Meta, YouTube and/or TikTok.

• Intermediate experience using equipment such as smart phones, camera tools and an intermediate knowledge of editing tools such as Canva, CapCut and native video editing tools (TikTok, Instagram, etc..)

• Strong organisational and project management skills – able to juggle multiple deadlines and pivot quickly.

• Excellent copywriting and storytelling skills, with a creative flair for producing engaging content.

• Confident communicator who is comfortable taking initiative – from proposing new ideas to interviewing senior stakeholders at live events.

• A team player who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys cross-functional collaboration.

• An individual with high energy and an outgoing personality capable of engaging both internal and external stakeholders with confidence.

What You’ll Gain:

• Hands-on experience working in a globally recognised brand at the intersection of journalism and events.

• Real-world exposure to social strategy, campaign management, reporting, and creative content development.

• Opportunity to work closely with an experienced and supportive marketing team.

• A reference and tangible work to showcase as part of your portfolio.

If you're passionate about media, curious about what makes social content succeed, and excited to get stuck in, we’d love to hear from you.