Engagement and Growth Summer Intern

About the FT

The Financial Times is one of the world’s leading business news organisations, recognised internationally for its authority, integrity, and accuracy. At the FT, curiosity thrives and ambitious thinking is rewarded. Here, you’re given the chance to reach millions, create work that matters and deliver impartial journalism in a polarised world. In our warm, collaborative culture, you’ll connect with a diverse community of experts who support your growth, career aspirations and wellbeing. The FT has a record paying readership of 1.6 million, more than 1.4 million of which are digital subscriptions. It is part of Nikkei Inc., which provides a broad range of information, news, and services for the global business community. We have offices in more than 35 countries, including London, New York, Hong Kong, Beijing, Manila, Sofia, San Francisco, and Tokyo.

Internship Overview

This is a paid, ten‑week summer internship requiring a minimum of three days in the office per week. Interns will connect and collaborate across the FT — in the US and globally — develop ideas that help drive growth, present work to US leadership, gain valuable insights from across the business, and be paired with a dedicated Buddy for mentorship and support. The internship pays $22 per hour for 40 hours per week and runs from June 7 2027 to August 13 2027. Applicants must be authorized to work in the US.

Role Overview

The US reach and subscriber engagement team helps FT journalism reach a broader audience by producing original content for social media, directly engaging with readers, managing engagement projects, monitoring analytics, and advising editors and reporters on best guidelines. We are looking for candidates with a proven interest in social media, multimedia production, community engagement or digital journalism in general. Knowledge of business and economics is helpful, but not vital. You’ll have the opportunity to help conceive, shape and implement engagement strategies and experiments as well as take part in our daily audience engagement activities. This is a position within the newsroom. Candidates will be selected based on their interest in working in journalism and audience engagement.

Responsibilities

• Helping develop original ideas, experiments and engagement/social media strategies around planned news events, breaking news and special projects
• Assisting the social media team in producing posts and keeping our channels up to date and on the news agenda
• Producing original content specifically for social media to help promote FT journalism (this could include charts, social cards, videos, etc.)
• Assisting with direct reader engagement through reader participation/community projects
• Using data and insights to analyse audience behaviour and help inform our journalism
• Providing SEO and social trends guidance from social and web listening tools
• Producing panels to promote our stories on Google Showcase

Required Skills and Experience

• Experience in journalism (a student publication counts), and good news judgement
• Experience with design (Adobe