SOCIAL MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS INTERNSHIP
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LOCATION
Wherever you currently live (i.e. your college dorm room) |
TIMEFRAME
at least 3 months |
DESCRIPTION:
Made in the Streets is a growing nonprofit organization with a clear message: we stand for street kids around the world. We make use of mass communication channels such as social media, email, and others to share education, encouragement, and to mobilize our audience to get involved.
This is where you come in.
As the Social Media & Communications intern, you will play a key role in MITS' ongoing efforts to share our message with the world.
In this globally connected world, media is always changing but one thing is certain: it's here to stay. A nonprofit's digital identity is only as good as it's ability to communicate effectively online. The skills and tools you learn in this role will directly apply to media strategy and brand identity work in both the nonprofit and for profit sectors. Sound like something you're interested in?
MUST HAVE:
HELPFUL BUT NOT REQUIRED:
EXPECTATIONS:
1. You write and post twice weekly to the MITS Instagram & Facebook accounts
2. You collect content from our team in Kenya for our monthly newsletter and send it out via MailChimp on the first of each month.
3. Additional special projects as assigned/you have time: researching and writing blog articles, strategizing the social media/communications piece for upcoming fundraising campaigns.
REPORTS TO:
Cecily Breeding, Creative Director & Communications Director
Made in the Streets is a growing nonprofit organization with a clear message: we stand for street kids around the world. We make use of mass communication channels such as social media, email, and others to share education, encouragement, and to mobilize our audience to get involved.
This is where you come in.
As the Social Media & Communications intern, you will play a key role in MITS' ongoing efforts to share our message with the world.
- On social media, this will involve storytelling through posts about life at MITS—what's new, what's coming up, who we are, what we're about. It will also include engaging with our followers by sharing the love and making sure the conversation goes both ways.
- Over email, this will involve you collecting content (news, stories, photos) from our team in Kenya to compile for our monthly newsletter. Over the course of the month, you'll collect content and then utilize MailChimp to organize the information into a cohesive newsletter which goes out to our subscribers on the first of each month.
- In addition to social media and email, this role might also take on special projects, as time allows or as MITS has need. Those projects might include fundraising campaigns, researching for and writing blog articles, and more.
In this globally connected world, media is always changing but one thing is certain: it's here to stay. A nonprofit's digital identity is only as good as it's ability to communicate effectively online. The skills and tools you learn in this role will directly apply to media strategy and brand identity work in both the nonprofit and for profit sectors. Sound like something you're interested in?
MUST HAVE:
- Use and understand Instagram & Facebook
- Access to a computer
- Experience with (or willingness to learn) MailChimp, our browser-based email manager
HELPFUL BUT NOT REQUIRED:
- Use and understand other social media platforms such as Twitter, Snapchat, etc.
- Any amount of design background or interest
- Design-related computer programs such as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
EXPECTATIONS:
1. You write and post twice weekly to the MITS Instagram & Facebook accounts
2. You collect content from our team in Kenya for our monthly newsletter and send it out via MailChimp on the first of each month.
3. Additional special projects as assigned/you have time: researching and writing blog articles, strategizing the social media/communications piece for upcoming fundraising campaigns.
REPORTS TO:
Cecily Breeding, Creative Director & Communications Director
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“Being a remote intern for Made in the Streets, I was able to learn more about the organization and how much good work they are doing in Kenya. Even though I have not been to Kenya with MITS (yet), I was touched by the stories of students and staff. If God hasn't called you specifically to Kenya but you still want to be involved in MITS, then the remote social media internship is a perfect way to do just that!”
Katie Harvey, MITS Social Media Intern |
