Marketing and Communications Internship Opportunity – EIT Health Ireland-UK

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ABOUT EIT HEALTH
EIT Health – a Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) under the umbrella of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) – focuses on promoting entrepreneurship, innovation, and education. EIT Health brings together leading organisations along the entire value chain – including smaller companies, larger industry, excellent academic and research institutions, and public sector organisations – to promote healthy living, support active ageing and improve healthcare by removing barriers to innovation, building talent and education, leveraging enabling technologies and exploiting big data. 

EIT Health achieves regional representation through Regional Innovation Hubs (RIH) and an InnoStars office in different cities around Europe. The Ireland-UK Regional Innovation Hub, is now looking for a Marketing and Communications Intern. 

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE 
The Marketing and Communications Intern will support the Ireland-UK region during a time of commercial growth. EIT Health is a health innovation and technology membership organisation. We are looking for an enthusiastic, dedicated and self-motivated Marketing and Communications Intern to join our team. 
 
This opportunity would suit an ambitious postgraduate in Digital Marketing or PR/Communications who would be excited to work with a dynamic European health innovation organisation based in Ireland. 
 
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Plan and manage digital marketing campaigns for the Ireland-UK hub activities.
• Monitor social media platforms for trending news, ideas, and feedback. 
• Assist with planning and hosting of events, webinars, attendance at trade events etc. 
• Prepare copy and distribute digital monthly newsletters. 
• Media coverage monitoring and reporting.
• Digital reporting (website, direct mail, social media).
• Create segmented media distribution lists. 
• Support in the promotion and marketing of EIT Health innovation, education and accelerator programmes to key partners and the wider innovation ecosystem. 
• Support the Communications Lead with media relations, assisting with the scheduling of media interviews and pitching story ideas. 
• Support the preparation of marketing materials e.g. brochures, infographics, banners etc. 
• Support the preparation of presentations. 
• Updating EIT Health Ireland-UK website landing page. 
• Perform market analysis and research. 
• Managing agencies
• Content planning
• Assist with daily administrative duties. 
• Support the wider team with ad-hoc tasks. 

 
PERSON SPECIFICATION 

• Graduate with a degree in Marketing or PR/Communications 
• Knowledge of digital marketing and familiarity with commonly used tools e.g. social media platforms, WordPress, Mail Chimp, Canva etc.  
• Experience in market research and analysis skills 
• Proactive and highly skilled in planning and organisation
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills 
• Strong time-management skills, ability to meet deadlines 
• Ability to work on own initiative 
• Must be able to multitask and work well under pressure 
• Ability to work both independently and as a valuable team player with personal integrity
• Excellent attention to detail
• An open, positive attitude, and “can do” approach to working in a busy environment 
• Experience working in a remote office based environment 

KEY SKILLS 

• Intermediate level skill set in Microsoft Excel, Power Point and Word documents 
• Social media and digital marketing skills

 
APPLY 
Please send your CV and cover letter to Loading...  with the email subject line ‘Marketing Communications Intern’ by 10th February 2023. 

Hours:                    Up to full-time (40 hours)
Salary:                    €25,000.00 per annum, pro rata 
Location:                Dublin, Ireland (hybrid working) 
Contract Length:   6 months, subject to extension 
Reports to:              Communications Lead, Entrepreneurship and Marketing Lead
Key relationships:  EIT Health Ireland-UK Team, EIT Health Central Office
 

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