Job Description:
Within the Editorial Department, our production team is looking for an intern from mid-September to mid-December . The Brussels-based Production Intern will be involved in all aspects of POLITICO Europe’s fast-paced weekly print and daily online production.
This role will work within a team of producers to ensure that everything we publish is clean, correct and visually attractive for our readers.
POLITICO is a pioneering and growing media company that covers the politics, policy and personalities of the European Union, with journalists in Brussels, London, Paris and Berlin.
What you’ll do
- Preparing articles, alerts and newsletters for publication
- Ensuring each piece of content is creative, impactful and of the highest possible quality
- Pushing stories to the top of search results with smart SEO
- Support our data team by keeping our Poll of Polls up to date
- Work closely with our social media team to create visuals or write copy for our accounts
What you’ll need
- Knowledge of the Adobe suite, including InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop is a must
- Understanding of HTML is a plus
- A deep interest in, and demonstrated ability to, report and write about European politics, government and policy issues
- Experienced in handling a wide range of administrative and editorial support tasks
- Exceedingly well organized, energetic and enjoy the challenges of working in a fast-paced, changing environment
- Able to work independently with little or no supervision
- Tenacious, detailed-orientated and have a keen interest in politics and media
- Fluent in English; knowledge of other languages, such as French or , German, Spanish and/or Italian is preferred
This is an unpaid internship (with reimbursement of expenses to certain amount) based in our Brussels newsroom. Join us and help shape the conversation in EU politics. A tripartite internship agreement with your university is required
Let’s keep in touch: You can view our list of open positions here . We hope to see your application soon!
About Us
POLITICO illuminates the forces shaping global power. Since 2007, we have delivered intelligence that anticipates tomorrow's headlines, not reports on yesterday's news. As politics has increasingly become the defining force of our era, our work has never been more vital.
Cabinet secretaries and Ministers start their mornings with our analysis. CEOs shape strategy around our reporting. Advocacy leaders rely on our insights to move policy. We deliver the straightforward facts and clear-eyed analysis they need to navigate the most complex political landscape of our lifetimes.
Our 1,100+ publishing professionals across the world's key democratic capitals—Washington, Brussels, London, Paris, Berlin, Sacramento, and New York—form the world's premier politics and policy newsroom. We tell the story of how power really works by explaining who wields it and how they plan to exercise it, connecting dots others miss and delivering scoops from sources others don't even know exist.
Innovation has always been a core tenet of our story. At launch, we bet that depth would trump scale, that talent would trump traffic, and that politics would become central to modern life. In 2011, we made another bet and launched POLITICO Pro to help decision-makers understand the business of government, transforming both how they shape government action and the business of journalism itself.
These bets have made POLITICO the most successful digital news startup of its generation and the indispensable resource for leaders who shape the future. Today, we are a rarity in media: a growing, profitable, and sustainable news organization.
POLITICO is a subsidiary of Axel Springer SE, a family-owned transatlantic media company headquartered in Berlin and New York. Axel Springer is dedicated to shaping the future of journalism in the free world, believing that a free and informed society is essential to democracy. Learn more about Axel Springer.
Posting date:
2026-06-15
Title:
Production Intern
