Call for Interns: GIFs specialist

About Sharekkna

Sharekkna is an online service for CSOs, NGOs, Startups, & specialists, where they can share 60-second videos about their work to show their social impact. Sharekkna has 2 objectives: To spread verified knowledge through specialists & expose the social impact of organizations to their stakeholders. Real social change occurs when NGOs go outside their own walls and find creative ways to show the impact that they are doing to create sustainable communities and fascinate stakeholders.

Global trends are disrupting the funding sources relied upon by many NGOs and many donor agencies have threatened to cut their budgets. Why? Because private donors strategic thinking is improving as they are starting to think more like investors, seeking better value for money and returns on investment in terms of social outcomes. They’re expecting NGOs to be more accountable and transparent than ever.

To adapt to this, many organizations have taken a fresh look at their visibility models. The change in funding strategy requires them to provide greater transparency and accountability to their partners.

Sharekkna MENA has set the cornerstone of organizational impact investing by adopting sustainable practices. What is better than appearing online in 60-second videos talking about your work!

We are serving & advocating! Service & advocacy at Sharekkna MENA go in parallel and bridge the divide between our projects and the way they are promoted. At the end of 2020, we became good at both. And we have watched that the more we serve and advocate, the more we achieve impact, which we are driving other organizations and specialists to do. Driving them to talk about every step they do to help humanity will help them gain credibility, and acquire funding for expansion.

Job Overview

Sharekkna MENA is looking for an intern content editor to help fill the stories of our members with excellent GIFs. You should be the kind of person who lives on Buzzfeed, Imgflip, Tenor, gfycat, Reddit, and who is always on top of the day’s funniest gifs.

Skills/Qualifications:

• Strong knowledge of non-profit.
• Extremely strong attention to detail and sense of organization.
• Experience creating GIFs and 2d animations from scratch as well as animating existing assets.
• A sophisticated handle on typography, layout, and colour.
• Ability to design in various styles to fit various NGOs projects and design voices.
• Understanding of what works visually on social.
• Ability to work well as an individual.
• Strong time management skills to handle multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Self-starting, ability to create without a refined brief or creative oversight.
• Creative thinking and an innate instinct for what looks good.
• Effective communicator.

Desired Skills

• Passion for augmented reality.
• Experience with vector illustrations/logos.
• Experience with Illustrator, After Effects, or Premiere.
• Knowledge of the best memes.

This internship is within the External Relations and Communications Section of Sharekkna. The intern reports directly to the Internship program.

Sharekkna Internship is done usually over 30 consecutive days. The intern will have a target to achieve at the end of every internship with a final report submitted to track and follow up on the work done. This may be exceptionally extended for a maximum period of two months. The internship certificate is awarded on the recommendation of the direct supervisor.

Interns are not financially remunerated because Sharekkna is a free service for community awareness. Costs and arrangements for travel, visas, accommodation, and living expenses are the responsibility of interns or their sponsoring institutions. Sharekkna accepts no responsibility for the medical insurance of the intern or costs arising from injury, illness, or death that may occur during an internship.

How to join?

Applicants for the Sharekkna Internship need to go to https://www.sharekkna.com/join-us/ and fill in a rapid form. They will be contacted shortly after.

Please add "GIF specialist" when you fill the "position applying for".

Major responsibilities:

Daily responsibilities will depend on the assigned tasks. Nothing is obligatory. Flexibility is here. We care about the outcome and care not to overwhelm the intern with unnecessary stress.

Duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Planning, preparing and implementing the GIFs creation process.
• Doing interviews with Sharekkna MENA members to collect knowledge about them.
• Following up.

Competencies

Communication - Speaks and writes clearly and effectively;-listens to others, correctly interprets messages from others and responds appropriately; asks questions to clarify, and exhibits interest in having two-way communication; tailors language, tone, style and format to match the audience; demonstrates openness in sharing information and keeping people informed.

Remote Teamwork - Works collaboratively from wherever they are with different Sharekkna team members to achieve set goals; solicits input by genuinely valuing others’ ideas and expertise; is willing to learn from others; shares an agenda before every task; supports and acts in accordance with a final group decision, even when such decisions may not entirely reflect own position; shares credit for team accomplishments and accepts joint responsibility for team shortcomings.

Creativity - Actively seeks to improve the service; offers new and different options to solve problems; promotes and persuades “members on board” to consider new ideas; thinks "outside the box"; is not bound by current thinking or traditional approaches