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B-Experienced Internship: Content & Opportunity Provided To

Communications Assistant

Application closing date: Wed 06 Dec 2023

Role Bio:
This internship will support JamJarGill’s founder, Gill Perkins,
with the three stems of her business: Eco Influencer (website, social, email
marketing and YouTube), Holistic Health Podcast (currently releasing one episode

Application Details

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a month), and Creative Business Support. You will support across all stems to
Application  Apply
create relevant content and to communicate all that the brand represents in a
website
relevant and consistent way to the target audience.
Start date details: As soon as possible - 2
Overview of the internship opportunity:
placements available one
This is a fantastic opportunity for you to work very closely with a startup business
after the other for a 10-week
across multiple platforms and mediums. Gill has been building her brand from the
period at 7 hours a week
ground up for the past 13 years you will provide support to help the business
develop further. You will benefit from Gill’s 13+ years of self-taught experience and
Start dates: Immediate
knowledge. You will be researching, creating and scheduling content across all
platforms to assist Gill in being clearer and more strategic with all three stems of Interview dates: Mon 11 Dec 2023 , Tue 12 Dec
her brand to attract her ideal clients and collaborators. With the podcast, you will 2023 , Wed 13 Dec 2023 , Thu
learn how to produce and edit each episode and to build content and captions to 14 Dec 2023 , Fri 15 Dec 2023
get each episode out to the widest available audience.
Application closing Wed 06 Dec 2023
Role Expectations:
date:
A key task you will support is the editing of a podcast once a month (usually 1.5
hours in length) - this includes removing filler words and editing out any breaks/
repetition throughout the conversation, listing the timestamps, finding the best- How to apply
written clip and video clip to share on social. Further to this, you will put together a
To help you to prepare for completing this
show notes blog post for each episode which meets Gill’s Brand VI, mostly through
application, you'll need:
Canva, creating captions and scheduling shares.
An up-to-date CV. If you need help
Other tasks may include (this list will serve as a pick and mix style of tasks
to update your CV, visit our guidance
depending on the requirements of the business):
pages here.
Eco Influencer tasks – these tasks are all around content creation. The tasks To tell us what attracted you to this
which I need help with in this space are: organisation and how their core
Moving all historic content across to WordPress block editor, and as values align with your interests.
you do sense checking each post and adding metadata and To tell us about yourself, what
keywords, using Grammarly to check for the best wording and attracted you to this role and what
grammar and checking for typos, improving SEO score (using Yoast skills and qualities can you bring.
SEO traffic lights to make each post score as close to green as
possible whilst keeping the content authentic and true. * There are 12 questions in total, of which 10
Recategorizing content into new streamlines and implementing mini are for information gathering so won't take
re-brand/re-launch. long, but the 2 questions listed above will
Creating new and relevant content in the eco-space across all need more time and thought to complete.
platforms
If you require any assistance completing
Sourcing and supporting collaboration and paid opportunities
this form, please contact
including product testing.
workexperience@contacts.bham.ac.uk
Holistic Health Podcast tasks- The support I need in this space includes:
The overarching role here is becoming my podcast producer: You will Please save this job description for your
be in charge of editing a monthly episode, writing up the show notes records as the vacancy will not be
(using a blog post template), accessible to view on Careers Connect
Sourcing further reading and watching, using Canva to create social once the role has been taken down.
shares and schedule to various platforms.
In addition to this: A “nice to have” would be to add subtitles to all
shows going forward and all historical content too, though this is
dependent on available software to implement this properly, so might
not be possible during this placement Fact File
Sourcing and organising sponsorship opportunities from relevant
brands.
Organisation  JamJarGill.com
Possibly vetting future guests
Finding podcast guest opportunities too Reference ID 8WB88
Creative Business Support tasks require the following support:
Sourcing clients Opportunity type Internship (B-
Rebranding everything to do with this brand, and rolling it out Experienced
Business cards Programme)
Scheduling relevant and regular content on social channels
Possibly vetting and signposting potential clients and setting
them up on my systems.
Following up on networking
Arranging collaboration opportunities
Possibly supporting in some client work

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Level of support and development opportunities: Occupational Advertising; PR and

For all of the tasks you are assigned, you will be provided with work instructions areas Marketing
videos for each, so that you can learn new skills in a very interactive way. We can Publishing; Media and
have a weekly planning meeting each Monday to plan priority tasks for the week the Performing Arts
ahead, and this will give you a chance to ask any questions you have, this call will Natural Resources;
take place via Zoom as this internship is remote. Energy; the
Environment and
Conservation
Person Specification:

Clear Communicator
Salary range Covered by stipend /
Good Listener
bursary
Team Player
Video Editing Experience (desirable) Salary description The successful intern will
Problem solver receive a one-time £750
Pro-active bursary for this opportunity,
Keen to learn which will be paid directly
Knowledge of SEO and WordPress (desirable) from the University of
Knowledge of social media marketing Birmingham as part of the B-
Hard worker Experienced Internship
Trustworthy scheme. Please note that
you do not need to apply to
B-Experienced Internship Scheme Details
the work experience
Website: For more information about the programme and the application bursaries for these
process, please visit our B-Experienced Internship Programme webpage. opportunities.
Closing Date: 23:59 on Wednesday 13th December. Please note this internship
advertisement may be taken down ahead of the designated closing date if a Locations South East
certain volume of applications has been received. Please submit your
applications early to guarantee consideration.
Country United Kingdom
Eligibility criteria: all current undergraduate and postgraduate students from the
University of Birmingham, as well as our recent graduates from the last two years.
Additional location This internship will take place
Internship duration: 10 working days to be completed on a part-time basis.
information remotely.
Internship remuneration: The intern will receive a bursary of £750 directly from
the university. Please note that successful applicants need not apply to any Number of 2
separate work experience bursaries for these particular opportunities. positions
Please note this vacancy is open to students and graduates based at UK and
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About JamJarGill.com
Main business: : Advertising; PR and Marketing

JamJarGill.com launched in 2010 as an Eco Lifestyle Blog, having been brought up

to be Eco-Conscious, I kind of took this mindset for granted growing up and it was
only when I went into the adult world that I realised not everyone had received the
same messaging; Prioritising connecting with nature, home cooking, seasonal
cooking where possible, conscious consumerism and conscious disposal of what
we no longer need, thriftiness etc, this for me is all Grass-roots Eco and I refer to
this part of my brand as being an Eco-Influencer, which is a juxtaposition of
"influencer-culture" - it's all the slow movements, the mindful movements, the
reaching out and connecting with people in an authentic way about these
subjects, without pressurising them to "do it all", but rather just think about how
and why they consume before they do, I always aim to use my platforms for good,
and to connect with like-minded people and develop a community around Eco-
lifestyle.

2 years ago I launched the other two parts of my brand: My holistic health
podcast and my creative business support.

The JamJarGill Podcast: This is my passion project, and I release one

episode a month talking to fascinating specialists from many many
modalities from Yoga, to Meditation, Homeopathy, to Coaches, Sound

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Healers, Reiki practitioners, the list goes on and on - but I love this platform
and I love these conversations, as I investigate, educate and empower
myself to have an ever-evolving holistic tool kit, my intension is that this will
resonate with others too and they too will build theirs to help their mental
and physical health through this knowledge.

Finally JJG Creative is my creative business support offering, where I love

connecting with like-minded business owners and using all the skills which I
have learned through growing my brand to help their businesses thrive too.

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