Internships

Do you love heritage? Do you want to advance your heritage career? Intern with London Heritage Council.

London Heritage Council offers unpaid internship opportunities for high school, undergraduate, and graduate students who are interested in gaining experience in the heritage and nonprofit sectors. 

When you intern with London Heritage Council you won't be filing paperwork, you'll be leading events, writing grants, brainstorming ideas, and gaining tangible, real-world skills and community connections.

Use the form below to contact us about internship opportunities.

Current Internship Openings

Community Outreach and Communications Intern

Project and job objectives

There are three primary objectives of this project. The London Heritage Council (LHC) is looking to hire a Community Outreach and Communications Intern to assist the Communications Officer with the planning, development and execution promotion and marketing of Night Market London, Canada Day London, Labatt Park Tours, and Doors Open London events.

To develop and manage a communications and marketing plan for the entirety of their placement, and to create and manage promotional materials for Night Market London, Canada Day London, Labatt Park Tours, and Doors Open London.

The intern will help coordinate volunteers for the LHC events by recruiting, training, and managing volunteer efforts.

In addition, the Community Outreach and Communications Intern will spend the remainder of their time working with the Director of Operations to execute LHC events.

Description of tasks:

The intern will work with LHC’s Communications Officer and have the following tasks:

Communications and Marketing:

• Assists in the development of the organization’s marketing and communications plan

• Manage social media content and communications

• Basic website management

• Create promotional materials for Night Market London, Canada Day London, Labatt Park Tours, and Doors Open London events

• Act as a liaison between local media and marketing contacts for event advertisements (radio, billboard, bus, online)

Event Support:

• helping source, organize, and manage volunteers

• participating in the execution of events

Candidate profile

Community Outreach and Communications Intern:

• Pursuing education in Public Relations, Communication, Marketing or related field

• Experience or Internship in the not-for-profit, museum or heritage sector

• Strong organizational skills and ability to accurately manage details

• Ability to communicate at an advanced level in English (verbal and in writing)

• Previous experience or internship in supporting and coordinating large scale events an asset

• Proven ability to plan and execute complex, time-limited projects

• Familiarity and comfort with delivering a strong presence in a hectic event setting

• Monitor event attendees, manage event day scheduling and direct visitors to event features and entertainment

• Flexibility to work evenings and weekends to accommodate special events

• Knowledge of social media, content management and its applications for non-profits

• Experience developing communication and marketing plans

• Creativity and design skills to produce marketing and promotional materials

• Ability to connect and distribute marketing and promotional materials to appropriate media contacts

• Familiarity with basic website updates

• Proven ability to manage online communities (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram)

• Advanced level of proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook

• Knowledge of Canva, Adobe In-Design and Publisher an asset

• Proven ability in writing, editing, and proofreading

• Ability to deal effectively with a variety of individuals at all organizational levels

• Willingness to receiving feedback and take direction

• Demonstrate a team approach in day-to-day activities and can work independently

• Take action to avoid or solve problems and create opportunities for positive change

• Approachable, demonstrates initiative, flexibility and resourcefulness

Required Qualifications:

• Pursuing education in Public Relations, Communication, Marketing or related field

• Canadian citizen or Permanent Resident

• Experience or Internship in the not-for-profit, museum or heritage sector

• Strong organizational skills and ability to accurately manage details

• Ability to communicate at an advanced level in English (verbal and in writing)

• Bilingualism is an asset

Application Deadline: April 30, 2025

To apply, please contact Anastasia Osborne, Communications Officer at aosborne@londonheritage.ca. Please include a cover letter and resume in pdf format.

LHC is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all interested individuals including youth with a disability, Aboriginal youth, visible minorities and new Canadians. LHC offers accommodation for applicants in our recruitment processes. If an applicant is contacted and requires accommodation, please inform us of any needs in your cover letter.

For more information on our work in the London community, visit our website at www.londonheritage.ca