Employment Type: Internship
Contract Duration: 6 months
Why you will love working here
At IATA, we represent over 350 airlines worldwide, striving to make
aviation safer, smarter, more sustainable, and inclusive.
• Our Values are not just words on a page - they are the energy behind everything we do: ONE IATA - We collaborate across teams, TRUSTED - We do the right thing, INNOVATIVE - We make tomorrow better, INCLUSIVE - We embrace diverse perspectives.
• With over 30,000 courses available, we believe in continuous learning and support your growth in an ever-changing industry.
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion are our priorities. We are certified by the Equal Salary Foundation, offering equal pay and family-friendly policies.
• We encourage community involvement through volunteering and strive to make tomorrow better for aviation and our communities. We offer time off so you can support causes important to you.
• We promote work-life balance with flexible work options, including remote and hybrid work, a generous 'work from abroad' policy, and you get your birthday off!
About the team you are joining
You will report to
the Assistant Director, Corporate Communications, Americas, and support the
roll-out of global communications activities (both external and internal) of
the IATA Corporate Communications Team.
What your day would be like
- General media relations work, including initial research/fact gathering supporting the preparation of responses to media enquiries; triaging emails from the general corporate communications email box and forwarding to respective account manager;
- Support internal communications activities by assisting in drafting messages, uploading posts on the intranet and photography/filming as required;
- Assist in social media activities including monitoring account activities, posting provided texts to the appropriate channels as well as designing assets to support messaging;
- Support press release distribution, including updating media contact database;
- Assist webteam in content creation and updates for iata.org;
- Support IATA events by assisting with media travel request and content/program updates;
- Recording videos.
We would love to hear from you if
- You have excellent communication and analytical skills;
- You are an effective team player in a multicultural working environment;
- Excellent PC skills, particularity with MS Office Programs (Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook) and MS Project; and basic website CMS knowledge.
- You are proficient in English.
- Knowledge of any other language would be an asset, especially French, Spanish and/or Portuguese.
- Have experience in video production/editing (Adobe Premiere Pro / Adobe After Effects / Final Cut Pro / Apple Motion), visual communications (Adobe Photoshop / Illustrator) would be an asset;
Come join us if you graduated within the last 12 months in Communications or a related field of study!
Travel Required: N
Learn more about IATA’s role in the industry, our benefits, and the team at iata/careers/. We are looking forward to hearing from you!
