Web Development Intern, Public Relations and Marketing Department, Children’s National Medical Center, Public Relations and Marketing Department, Washington, DC

Web Development Intern, Public Relations and Marketing Department, Children’s National Medical Center, Public Relations and Marketing Department, Washington, DC 

*Department Educational Level Request: 
▪ Undergraduate Student 
▪ Graduate Student
Describe the primary project the intern will be supporting:

At Children’s National Medical Center, we challenge ourselves to think bigger and different, to be innovative, and to continually improve health care for kids. For the web team, our challenge is no different. Serving a global audience, our websites provide information, inspiration, and ways to become involved. Join us while we re-vamp our web sites using the latest in web technologies and ultimately, better serve our children. 

PR & Marketing Job Description

Web Development Internship

At Children’s National Medical Center, we challenge ourselves to think bigger and different, to be innovative, and to continually improve health care for kids. For the web team, our challenge is no different. Serving a global audience, our websites provide information, inspiration, and ways to become involved. Join us while we re-vamp our web sites using the latest in web technologies and ultimately, better serve our children. 

As a web development intern, you will have the opportunity to utilize your web skills while gaining experience in web production, project management, search engine optimization, and more. This hands-on opportunity will give you exposure to a professional web development environment, experience working in our content management systems, and continued training in the web development. 

Responsibilities include:
• Managing web edits for ChildrensNational.org
• Assisting with social media integration 
• Performing keyword research and optimize pages as needed for SEO
• Assisting with the mapping and structure of the web site
• Troubleshooting and fixing errors and broken links

Candidates should:
• Be self-motivated and highly organized 
• Have at least 10 hours/week to commit to the internship
• Be interested in learning web development and the management of an enterprise website
• Have strong knowledge of HTML and CSS (Javascript, JQuery and other program language a plus) 
• Have an interest in social media integration ( i.e. Twitter, Facebook, YouTube)

Internships are offered to candidates for a three month period, or equal to the duration of one college or university semester.

The internship is part-time and unpaid and may be completed for credit. Both the hospital and the department’s off-site office in Silver Spring are metro accessible (Red Line). 

Children’s National Medical Center, located in Washington, DC, is a leader in the development of innovative new treatments for childhood illness and injury. Serving the nation’s children for more than 140 years, Children’s National is the only exclusive provider of acute pediatric care in the Washington metropolitan area.

Contact:

Heather Skinner
Children’s National Medical Center
Attn: Public Relations and Marketing Department
111 Michigan Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20010
Office line: 301-244-6730