Communications Intern
- Salary: £13.88 per hour (holiday rate at 14.53%)
- Location: Cambridge, St Edmunds College
- Contract type: Fixed Term Contract – up to 3 months
- Part-time, 10 hours per week
Looking for an exciting opportunity to hone your communication and marketing skills?
If so Eddies is hiring a Comms Intern for a three month fixed term contract to support the Senior Communications Manager with some key projects.
Job responsibilities
- Support the Senior Communications Manager in identifying good news stories and creating content that raises the global profile of St Edmund’s College across key target audiences.
- Assist in developing relevant content for a range of marketing channels, including the website, social media channels, campaign materials and printed publications.
- Help develop a social media content calendar, which includes data analytics, writing, editing, proofreading, scheduling and posting content on the College’s social media channels.
- Support the Senior Communications Manager in producing written content for a new College website.
- Completing general office administration, such as answering phones and replying to emails in the Communications inbox.
- Ad-hoc photography and videography to support the Communications content plan.
- Ensure all communications adhere to the College’s brand guidelines, maintaining consistency across all platforms.
Experience
- Experience of writing engaging content
- Experience of using social media
- Experience of using social media platforms for marketing purposes is beneficial
- Experience of using design software, such as Adobe and/or Canva would be beneficial
Skills
- Excellent spoken and written communication skills
- Good IT skills including word processing, excel, and email
- Familiarity with social media and other digital communications platforms
- Good organisational skills, and the ability to prioritise work and competing deadlines.
- Ability to work well with a number of stakeholders
- Strong analytical skills
- Flexibility and willingness to adapt and learn new skills
If you feel that you fit most but not all of the above criteria, we would still love to hear from you.
As well as a great salary and friendly team you will also receive:
- Working daily allowance for food and drinks*
- Free car parking (where available)
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (increasing with length of service)
- Generous pension contributions
- Discounts at restaurants, shops and more
- Outdoor gym
- Death in service
- Access to LinkedIn Learning and Business Disability Forum
About St Edmund’s College
St Edmund’s College is one of the 31 constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge. Our vibrant student body is made up of around 420 post-graduates and 130 mature undergraduates. With over 260 senior members – academics working at the cutting edge of their field or eminent members of their profession – and around 70 staff, you will be joining a dynamic and growing College with an ambitious vision for our role in shaping the future of higher education and collaborative research.
The maturity of our community means that we have earned a reputation as the friendly college. Relaxed, non-hierarchical and diverse, we pride ourselves on being a place in Cambridge where people of all backgrounds are welcomed, will feel at home and can flourish. Therefore, we welcome all candidates regardless of their demographic characteristics such as gender, race, disability, neurodiversity, religion, age, sex & sexual identity to apply for our opportunities.
How to apply
To apply, please send a copy of your CV and cover letter to HR Office at hr@st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk.
Closing date: Sunday 7 February 2026
Interviews will be held throughout the period that the advert is live and thereafter.
If you have informal enquiries about the post, please email the Senior Comms Manager at communications@st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk.
Click here to view Communications Intern JD 2026
In applying for this role, you will provide personal data which the College will process in accordance with its data protection obligations and its Data Protection Policy.
Any offer of employment is subject to evidence of your right to work in the UK and the receipt of satisfactory references.
Please note that this role is not eligible for visa sponsorship, as it does not meet the required criteria.