AHA Communications & HPI Intern - American Hereford Association

Kansas City, MO • Paid • Closes January 15, 2025

Summer 2025 AHA/HPI Communications Intern

The American Hereford Association (AHA) and Hereford Publications Inc. (HPI), a subsidiary of the AHA, are offering a dynamic communications internship for college sophomores, juniors or seniors to assist the AHA communications team and the Hereford World staff in the production of communication pieces for the Association, Hereford World and Baldy Advantage magazine.

The internship will provide experience in feature writing, social media management, photography, design, videography, event planning, editing and proofing. This comprehensive experience will provide the intern with experience communicating for the Association as well as event coverage for the Hereford World.

The intern will attend the VitaFerm® Junior National Hereford Expo, (JNHE) July 12–18, 2025) to assist in covering the event and will travel with the communications team to farms and ranches across the country.

As a member of the AHA communications team, responsibilities include:

• Assist with social media management and strategy

• Tell the story of the Hereford breed through digital and written pieces

• Contribute to planning the World Hereford Conference and the AHA Annual Meeting

• Complete various design and videography projects
  

As a Hereford World editorial team member, responsibilities include:

• Write feature stories to contribute to Hereford World and Baldy Advantage editorial

• Format show results and various articles for layouts

• Contribute to editorial calendar through research of topics and themes

• Assist in covering the JNHE by interviewing sources, capturing photos and writing press releases, blog posts and articles

Applicants must be working toward a degree in agricultural communications, agricultural journalism or a related field. Strong writing and editing skills are required along with knowledge of Adobe InDesign and Photoshop, AP style and Microsoft Office programs.

This is a paid, 12-week internship spanning from mid-May to mid-August, with specific starting and ending dates depending on the applicant’s availability. There is potential to extended the internship through the fall for the World Hereford Conference (WHC), hosted in Kansas City, Mo., in October 2025. The internship will be completed at the AHA headquarters in Kansas City, Mo.

To apply, please submit a cover letter, résumé, three writing samples or a portfolio and references to Taylor Belle Matheny, AHA director of communications and digital content, at tmatheny@hereford.org. Applications are due Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025.