Ideal candidates will be a 2024-2025 graduate attending school within the metro Chicago area to allow flexibility to commute to our downtown Chicago office.

An internship with The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago is not like your average internship. We can offer you a dynamic, collaborative and team-focused environment you won't find anywhere else. You will be engaged in projects that will provide you with real world, hands-on experience in the exciting world of corporate communications. We are currently seeking an enthusiastic communications, media, digital arts, journalism or marketing major to work in our communications department for two years. The communications department is responsible for employee communications, marketing communications, our public website, social media channels and corporate communications.

About Us
Who are we you ask? FHLBank Chicago is a federally chartered corporation and one of 11 Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBanks) that, with the Office of Finance, comprise the Federal Home Loan Bank System. The FHLBanks were chartered by Congress under the Federal Home Loan Bank Act of 1932 to improve the availability of funds to support home ownership. Each FHLBank is cooperatively owned by member financial institutions in its district and operated as a separate entity with its own management, employees, and board of directors. Our district consists of the states of Illinois and Wisconsin. We are regulated by the Federal Housing Finance Agency, an independent federal agency.

Job Description

• Contribute to content creation with an emphasis on digital and video production
• Marketing support for the Bank's member communications, conferences and events (multichannel - email, website, social media)
• Create employee communications and assist with the promotion of internal Bank news (multichannel - email, intranet, office TVs, social media)
• Work closely with communications managers to plan, produce, and distribute marketing communications
• Assist in development of internal team reporting leveraging Airtable, Sprout Social, Google Analytics
• Provide general support to the communications department on a variety of projects

Requirements

• Applicants should be enrolled in a undergraduate or graduate program at an accredited institution in the Chicagoland area

• Applicants should have a GPA of at least 3.0 and be in good academic standing
• Desired fields of study include Communications, Media, Digital Arts, Journalism or Marketing
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
• Highly skilled in Adobe Creative Suite programs: Premiere Pro, After Effects, Illustrator, InDesign, and PhotoShop
• Video and animation experience, social media acumen, and knowledge of today's digital marketing trends highly preferred
• Portfolio with examples of creative content creation strongly encouraged
• Familiarity with HTML email marketing and CMS programs a plus
• Strong interpersonal, analytical, writing, and organization skills
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize, and exhibit attention to detail
• Ability to work on a team as well as independently
• Desire to gain professional experience; exhibit initiative, motivation, and eagerness to learn
• The target start date for the internship is July/August 2022
• A minimum of 15 hours per week during the school year is required. The start/end date and work hours may be flexible based on school schedule with maximum 7.5 hour work day, 37.5 hours a week.
• Ability to work onsite at FHLBank Chicago's office twice per week