The West Kowloon Cultural District Authority welcomes exceptional talent with a passion to realise the vision and mission of making the West Kowloon Cultural District a prime local and international destination for arts, culture and entertainment.
If you are passionate about arts and culture and looking for an internship experience, join the West Kowloon Graduate Internship Programme to learn about and explore one of the most important cultural projects in Hong Kong.
A unique opportunity for graduates interested in developing a career in the arts and culture industry.
Interns will work closely with professional staff in the authority full-time until 31 March 2025.
You will be responsible for:
implementing a wide spectrum of communications initiatives under supervision so as to build, enhance and protect the brand reputation of the West Kowloon Cultural District and the Authority;
assisting in organising corporate events and PR and publicity initiatives;
building and maintaining good rapport with media/KOLs from Hong Kong, PRC and overseas; supporting in organising press conferences and familiarisation visits; handling interviews and shooting; conducting media monitoring report and coverage analysis; maintaining media and stakeholders database;
preparing communications collaterals for management’s review, including press releases, fact sheets, presentation materials, and other writing assignments if required;
assisting in crisis communications and issues handling not limited to message development, media handling, and internal and external stakeholders liaison;
coordinating with arts and cultural programme partners, government organisations and media for joint PR collaborations;
working with external agencies, outsourced vendors and business partners on public relations and communications initiatives as necessary;
delivering ad-hoc communications projects when required; and
performing any other duties from time to time as reasonably assigned by the Authority.
You should:
be permanent residents of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region at the time of appointment unless specified otherwise;
possess a recognised university degree in journalism, communications, public affairs, politics/international relations or related disciplines;
preferably possess 1-3 year(s) of relevant postgraduate work experience; fresh graduate is welcomed;
be able to execute projects independently with guidance to achieve the communications goals;
possess strong interpersonal and communication skills, be a good team player with creativity and dynamism and able to multi-task and meet tight deadlines;
be passionate about arts and culture; and
have excellent spoken and written English and Chinese; be proficient in Putonghua.