Magazine Digital Asset Management INTERN

The Focus on the Family Internship Program provides valuable experience, professional and spiritual development, and lasting friendships for over 30 college upperclassmen each summer. Headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Focus on the Family has nearly 700 employees who work to achieve the mission of enriching the lives of families, engaging the culture, advocating for life and spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The work is meaningful, the culture is rewarding, and the purpose is eternal.

Magazine Digital Asset Management Intern - Job Description

The Digital Asset Management Team is cross-departmental and connected to content through the Magazine Team and the Enterprise Portfolio department. Our team is responsible for organizing, storing, and managing multimedia assets, content and assisting in the development and improving of content lifecycle workflows. As an intern on this team, you would both participate in managing the digital asset management library (the Focus Asset Management or FAM) and training other departments to expand usage of the library.

In this internship, the intern may:

• Develop training materials for the FAM
• Develop a marketing and promotion plan to encourage usage across the ministry
• Participate in managing and maintaining the assets in the FAM
• Research the FAM needs of content contributors and content consumers
• Improve the UX of the system based on your learnings

Through this internship, the intern will have the opportunity to:

• Learn overall structure, functions, and basic administration of DAMs and specifically the FOTF Aprimo Digital Asset Management system
• Gain experience organizing content so that it is available and ready to use when needed
• Produce marketing and training materials that can build your resume
• Gain experience working cross-departmentally
• Contribute to key ministry objectives by creating efficient and effective processes

Ideal candidates should have:

• Marketing, Business Administration, Library Sciences, Project Management or similar major
• Experience in project management
• Understanding of content creation
• Developing research and interviewing skills
• Confident teaching and training
• Highly organized and detail-oriented
• Ability to work independently and take initiative when needed

Internship Expectations

As a non-profit ministry, Focus on the Family is committed to hiring staff who are dedicated to sharing the gospel and live by biblical truths. Therefore, all candidates must:

Exemplify Ephesians 5:1-2, “Therefore be imitators of God as dear children and walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us...”

Pursue the Great Commission given by Jesus Christ in Matthew 28:19-20, “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

Be a consistent witness for Jesus Christ; maintaining a courteous, Christ-like attitude in dealing with people within and outside of Focus; adhering to the Standard of Moral Conduct (http://media.focusonthefamily.com/fotf/pdf/about-us/human-resources/moral-policy.pdf) and Statement of Faith (https://www.focusonthefamily.com/about/foundational-values/); upholding Focus on the Family's ministry in prayer

Demonstrate behaviors aligned with Focus on the Family core values (https://www.focusonthefamily.com/about/foundational-values/)

Additional Notes:

This position is an unpaid intern.  There will be no compensation or pay for this position, but a $3,500 honorarium; lunch will be provided during workdays, and housing will be provided for out-of-town students only.

Only upperclassmen college students need apply for a summer internship.

Transportation is the responsibility of the intern and may be a condition of acceptance.

Helping Families Thrive in Christ! Focus on the Family is a 501c3 Christian Non-Profit Ministry.