SEO/GEO Editing and Publishing Intern

Join a fun, tightknit, and highly functional team focused on creating, reviewing, and publishing excellent written content that inspires people around the world to engage in family history. As the SEO/GEO Editing and Publishing Intern, you will support editorial workflows, strengthen online content performance, and help others make meaningful family connections. This full-time, year‑long internship offers hands‑on experience in content editing, SEO, online publishing, project management, and analytics within the FamilySearch and Family History Department.

• Provide editorial support by editing article drafts and researching assigned topics for blog and newsroom content. May write new content as assigned.
• Learn and apply SEO/GEO best practices, including keyword research, identifying high-use search terms, and helping develop content strategies for blog articles and landing pages.
• Manage article projects from ideation through editing, fact checking, review, and publication.
• Prioritize deadlines and ensure timely progress.
• Support online publishing tasks, including finding images that follow the FamilySearch style guide, uploading content into BrightSpot, maintaining copyright documentation, and coordinating approvals or corrections.
• Assist with tracking and reporting, including maintaining documentation, organizing filing systems, monitoring page analytics, and making optimizations to improve organic content performance.
• Maintain and create reference materials such as training guides, support documents, and SharePoint content using WYSIWYG editors.
• Provide general blog and newsroom support—writing, editing, preparing content for publication, answering comments, and assisting volunteers and service missionaries in understanding the purpose and impact of their work.

• Some experience with editing and/or writing
• Strong interest in or knack for keyword research pursuant to online content creation
• Experience with a WYSIWYG editor or CMS system a plus (Wordpress, Brightspot, etc.)
• Experience with SEO analytic tools a plus (Adobe Analytics, Searchlight, SEMRush, Google Adwords, etc)
• Knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and previous image editing experience a plus
• Bachelor’s (or near completion) in Marketing, Editing, PR, Journalism, English or related field. Must be a current or recent (within a year) student.
• Eligible for a full-time internship with benefits for a one‑year duration, beginning in late March or April 2025.