Content Creator Internship

This 4.5 month long internship is a fantastic opportunity for someone seeking a first step in the world of content creation, communications, influencing policy. The post-holder will gain experience in communications methods for policy change, supporting the wider team to grow the influence and impact of the Centre’s research, evidence and policy priorities. 

The internship is designed to support the Centre’s work on audio and video communications. This includes short form video, reels, and working on our podcast. In addition, the post-holder will support and develop our data visualisation work. You’ll also work with the wider external affairs team, including on media, stakeholder engagement and public affairs. 

About the Centre

Centre for Cities is an independent, non-partisan research and policy institute. Committed to helping Britain’s cities improve their economic performance, the Centre produces practical research and policy advice for city leaders, Whitehall and employers.  

The centre has spent 20 years researching and producing evidence on the devolution agenda. The issues we work on are now central to both policy and politics – it's an exciting time to join us. 

Job title: External Affairs Intern

Contract: 4.5 month contract - full-time - 14 September 2026 - 29 January 2027

Salary: £28,860 pro rata per annum /£2,405 per month (London Living Wage)

Annual Leave entitlement: 10 days + 28 – 30 December

This is a full-time office-based position; Mon-Thu: 09:00 – 17:30 and Fri: 09:00 – 16:00. Hybrid/remote work will not be offered.

Job Duties/Key responsibilities:

• Develop content – specifically explainers (see here as an example), reels and clips – for our digital channels. This includes channels we already have a presence on like X, LinkedIn, Bluesky and YouTube, as well as channels we want to develop, like TikTok. 
• Design content for channels from the Centre’s extensive archive of research and evidence.
• Design templates and ways of working for each of our digital channels (understanding that content should be optimised to suit different audiences and algorithmic preferences).  
• Work alongside the Communications and Campaigns Manager to evolve and develop our podcast and grow its audience and reach. This includes editing and sharing clips and promoting the podcast content across our channels.  
• Take the lead in developing one of our external social media channels. 
• Helping / attending our events and support the public affairs and media team members. 

Candidate profile:

As with all communications professionals, you’ll need to write well and enjoy working on multiple projects at the same time. To succeed in the role, you’ll need some technical proficiency, and those requirements are outlined below. Don’t be put off if you don’t meet all the criteria – this is a development role and we don’t expect you to be an expert. 

Prior work experience in communications would be helpful but it’s not essential.  

You might have studied communications, digital and creative media, policy, public affairs – or you might be an economics or urban policy graduate (if this is the case, we’d need to see evidence that you have some experience in communications, in either a personal or professional capacity).  

We value people who are keen to learn, take initiative, collaborate and get stuck in.  

Essential skills:

• Video and audio editing proficiency
• Social platform fluency.  You’ll understand the basics of different platforms including the sort of audiences that congregate there. Even better if you know a bit about how algorithms operate on different platforms.
• Strong writing and editing skills. Translating technical copy into plain English, especially for social platforms where attention is fleeting.

Desirable skills:

• Experience of using Adobe Creative Cloud, Canva or Flourish 
• Interest in cities/economics/public policy 
• Basic filming and production skills (shooting interviews, editing etc) 

To apply

• If you are interested in applying for this internship, please visit on webpage to complete an application form: https://www.centreforcities.org/about/careers/external-affairs-internship/

• Note that you will be required to create a Jotform Account to fill in our online application form.  
• The closing date for applications is 23:59, Sunday 16th of August 2026. 
• Interviews will be held, in person in our office in London Bridge, in late August / early September.  Please note that we do not accept CVs. 

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