View Vacancy - DBT Marketing and Communications Intern - Mexico City

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Main purpose of job:

Support the DBT Latin America and the Caribbean (LATAC) Marketing and Communications HUB in the delivery of integrated campaigns, which include marketing and communication activities.

Roles and responsibilities:
     
As part of the regional DBT Marketing & Communications team, the job holder is expected to assist the team in the following categories: 

Marketing Activities:

  • Manage the inventory of GREAT branding material.
  • Update the LATAC activities calendar, raise key events that will require support, and liaise with the Mexico team for marketing campaigns.
  • Produce audio-visual material for DBT teams (videos, photos and infographics in online resources like Canva).
  • Create webpages and administer the emailing system for the region.
  • Manage bit.lys together with the team.
  • Help create monthly reports, logging number of leads received, newsletters sent, landing pages created, number of clicks on bit.lys, event numbers, etc.

Social media:

  • Support content production for social media channels, brochures, websites and other marketing assets.

Communications Activities:

  • Provide photo coverage of events.
  • Media confirmations
  • Assist DBT and GREAT events (press conferences, receptions, other events) with: 
    a.    logistics
    b.    branding setup 
    c.    press welcomes

All employees in the Embassy network are expected, as part of their job, to contribute towards the corporate activity of the organisation.


  • Proven advanced English proficiency (both oral and written)
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Ability to concisely summarise information.
  • Copywriting skills
  • Social media savvy (Twitter, LinkedIn)
  • Data analysis for social media and digital marketing tools
  • Must have the right to live and work in Mexico
  • HMTL
  • Knowledge of CMS administration (WordPress, Joomla, Drupal)
  • Video production/editing and graphic design skills
  • Proficiency in InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop or similar
  • Interest in British culture and the diplomatic relationship between the UK and Mexico
  • Communications, or audio-visual experience or background
  • Experience working in an English-speaking environment.
Managing a Quality Service, Delivering at Pace, Communicating and Influencing, Working Together
22 March 2023
Internship
Fixed term, with possibility of renewal
25
Latin America and Spanish speaking Caribbean
Mexico
Mexico City
British Embassy
1
MXN
6608
9 May 2023
9 November 2023

Learning opportunities:

The British Embassy in Mexico offers a number of learning opportunities for new staff such as:

  • Opportunities to attend sessions during Expertise Week
  • Collaborating in different internal committees
  • Opportunities to attend sessions and workshops of interest at the Embassy.

Candidates must be able to live and work in Mexico in their own right.  


The successful candidate will be subject to a security clearance and professional reference checks.  


Employees who are not liable to pay local income tax on their Mission salary, e.g. some non-local national staff and some spouses or partners of UK diplomatic staff, will have their salaries abated by an equivalent amount.  Appointable candidates who were unsuccessful may be placed on a ‘reserve list’.  If during the reserve period of 6-12 months the same or a largely similar role becomes available, that role may be offered to the second or subsequent candidate.

Working patterns:

25 hours per week, M-F 08:00 – 14:00

The British Embassy Mexico City operates on a hybrid model. Candidates must be able to work in the office 2 days a week, with the option of working from home up to 3 days a week.

Please be aware that you will only be able to apply to vacancies for Country Based Staff roles with the British Government through this official tal.net site (operated by Oleeo). Jobs may be advertised on third party websites, however our adverts will always link back to the official tal.net site. If you complete and send an application through any other site, we will not receive it.

This opportunity is closed to applications.