Full-Time Paid Intern – Friend Writer, Editor

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Friend Writer/Editor intern creating content for global children’s audience for Church magazines. Involves writing, editing, and collaborating in content planning meetings.

Posted 5/30/2026internshipSalt Lake City • Utah • 🇺🇸 United StatesEntry LevelWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

The Friend intern helps plan and create content for a global children’s audience.
Assignments include writing and editing stories and articles, finding and interviewing families and children, helping with activity pages, and participating in staff meetings to plan monthly issues.
Writing, rewriting, and editing skills will be assessed using the applicant’s portfolio.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Applicants for these internships must be currently enrolled as a full-time student in an accredited college or university, or they must have recently finished a degree from an accredited college or university (within one year of beginning their internship).
Applicants must also be available for video interviews if they are selected as finalists.
Applicants who are working toward an editing minor or are taking classes with an editing/writing emphasis are preferred. Other qualifications include the following:
At least one semester of college-level editing or writing experience, such as for a literary journal, in a writing lab, on a newspaper staff, or as a professor’s assistant
Strong writing, revising, copyediting, and proofreading skills
Sound understanding of Church doctrine, history, organization, and policy
The ability to manage many projects simultaneously
The ability to give careful attention to detail, sustain concentration for long periods of time, and maintain the highest level of accuracy
The ability to work well with people and present an image of professionalism
Video production experience
Social media skills

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical benefits are offered

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Hard Skills & Tools

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Soft Skills

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