Journalist Intern

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KOMPAN’s mission is to help our customers create a healthier and happier society, and we have done so since 1970. We are market leaders in delivering state of the art playground and fitness sites. We design, produce and install more than 1,000 playground and fitness areas each month across 90 countries - that means there’s an installation every 44 minutes.

KOMPAN is a world leader in the industry and is now searching for a journalist intern to join our team based at our headquarters in Odense, Denmark. KOMPAN has many strong ties with SDU and an ongoing relationship with interns to the benefit of both the individual and the company.

Storytelling

We are breaking new ground in storytelling and need a journalistic intern for six months to work alongside an experienced former BBC documentary maker who has worked in television for thirty years. This role in KOMPAN is to take us beyond traditional marketing and to tell stories about communities, and in particular what is achieved through play and activity.

The stories are not bound by a need to promote a product, they are aimed at public awareness in order to build healthier, happier and environmentally sound societies. Much of the storytelling will be done on video.

Here is an example of something we are about to do.

A midwife at Randers Hospital questioned why she separated garbage at home but not at work. Years ago the Danish Health Ministry embarked on recycling but they never worked out the complete value chain and what was left was a mountain of plastic that needed to be shipped to Germany - it was a costly mistake.

By a chance meeting the midwife heard that KOMPAN was eager to go green. The result is the world’s first green playground being built - and almost entirely from hospital waste. We intend to do a series of daily videos form the start of construction, leading up to ‘the birth’ which will probably be in June/July. Each three-minute video must entertain and inform and in the end contribute to a full-length documentary. We are shooting background footage as from April to insert into stories and to form a B Roll for television news support.

This is an event focused story. We will also be doing personality driven ‘think’ pieces that question how best to improve the world we live in.

Key Tasks and Experience

We see the role of the intern as including:

• Research for content and stories
• Helping to set-up shoots
• Responsibility for generating related Social Media, like Instagram and Facebook movies
• Writing supportive content in both English and Danish
• Assisting on certain video shoots
• Contributing to the editing process
• Available to advise on, and revise if necessary, marketing content

There is tremendous potential for the successful candidate to make a contribution and to be involved in a very broad journalistic journey.

If this sounds appealing to you, we would love to hear from you! Please include a cover letter explaining why you would be a great fit for this role. We interview candidates continuously. Deadline for applications asap.

We look forward to receiving your application. For questions, please contact Richard Lightbody, Storyteller in Residence, on [email protected]

Let’s Play!

The KOMPAN Group is the global market leader within the playground and outdoor fitness industry. KOMPAN develops, produces and markets an extensive range of playgrounds, play-sport and fitness equipment that cover all age groups. All KOMPAN playgrounds and fitness sites are designed from the ground up to support health and learning.

The solutions offer compelling design, high play value, uncompromising safety, unique innovation and long-lasting quality. KOMPAN Group employs approx. 1.600 employees globally with sales companies in 21 countries and distributors in more than 50 countries.

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