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Social Media & Development Internship with Beacon Mental Health (Posted March 2)
- Manage and schedule content for Beacon Mental Health’s social media accounts to ensure consistent, mission aligned engagement across platforms.
- Brainstorm creative campaign ideas and support the development of a content calendar and strategic posting pipeline.
- Monitor activity on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and other relevant platforms to stay informed about trends, brand mentions, and engagement opportunities.
- Analyze social media metrics to assess the performance of posts and campaigns, compiling insights and recommendations.
- Engage with followers by responding to comments, messages, and community content to strengthen relationships and grow audience reach.
- Assist with creating and curating digital content, including graphics, stories, short videos, and testimonials.
- Provide recommendations to enhance user experience on social platforms and improve internal communication processes.
- Support the creation of performance reports, campaign summaries, and internal updates for the Development and Programs teams.
- Assist with donor stewardship activities, including drafting posts or messages that highlight impact stories, events, and supporter recognition.
- Collaborate with staff across departments to gather stories, photos, and program updates for use in communications and development materials.
- Assist with graphic design projects, event support, and other development activities on an as needed basis.
- Demonstrated experience or coursework related to social media marketing and digital communication.
- Ability to create, edit, and curate content for multiple platforms (e.g., graphics, short videos, stories, written posts).
- Strong online engagement skills, including interacting professionally with followers and monitoring platform activity.
- Must have completed at least 2 years of undergraduate academic studies, preferably in communications, marketing, nonprofit management, journalism, or a related field.
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Internships with MMGY Global (Posted March 4)
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Marketing Internship (Summer 2026) with HNTB (Posted January 27)
- Performs a variety of tasks which may be specific to a particular functional area of activity such as preparing reports, tracking and evaluating results, coordinating program developments, answering the phone, receiving messages, transmitting information, making copies, editing documents, handling routine inquires and making appointments.
- Participates in meetings and interfaces with various teams.
- Assists management in analyzing various data.
- Works on special projects and provides research as needed.
- High School Diploma/GED or equivalent plus enrolled in a related undergraduate or graduate program
- Pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Marketing, Communication, or Journalism is preferred.
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Social Media Internship with Concorde Career Colleges (Posted January 7)
- Conduct research on content trends, compile engagement data, and support the preparation of social media reports, presentations, and analytics documentation
- Contribute to social media strategy reviews, platform testing, and content development across various channels
- Participate in team meetings, take notes, present findings and engagement metrics, and provide input on content planning and social media opportunities
- Support operational workflows such as managing online events calendars, uploading photo content, file management, community engagement, and event coordination
- Collaborate with on-campus departments and cross-functional teams to discover content opportunities, attend events/activities to capture photos and videos, and support shared organizational goals
- Help maintain social media tools, databases, content management systems, and platforms relevant to the department
- Identify and develop content-worthy stories among staff, students, alumni, and community partners through interviews and blog/article writing
- Shoot and edit assigned video content, deliver raw footage, and prepare media for social media use
- Act as a first-level gatekeeper for campus content submitted by associates and students, ensuring quality and compliance
- Monitor social media channels and actively engage on behalf of the organization in accordance with compliance requirements
- Ensure media releases are procured and uploaded to comply with organizational and accreditor standards
- Encourage participation in campus social media initiatives and contests to drive audience loyalty and growth
- Provide contextual information with photos suitable for creating social captions and posting in a timely fashion
- Evaluate social media performance, build reports using analytics, and present learnings and new content opportunities to campus senior leadership on a monthly basis
- Adapt to changing priorities and take on new social media assignments as the role evolves
- HS Diploma or GED (required).
- Currently pursuing, or recently completed, a bachelor’s degree in the area of assignment (Marketing, Advertising, Communications or Journalism, or possibly Business.
- Junior or Senior status preferred.
- Minimum of 2 years experience or education in area of assignment
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Marketing Coordinator Internship with Burns & McDonnell (Posted January 7)
- Assist with tasks that may include filing, scanning, data entry, documentation, Power Point presentation.
- Assist with responses to general questions.
- Participate in continuous improvement efforts by collecting and analyzing data.
- Present solutions to concerns.
- Research solutions to project concerns; analyze and recommend solutions to problems.
- Assist with ad hoc projects as assigned by managers.
- Minimum of a 3.0 GPA strongly preferred.
- Actively involved in campus, community or other volunteer activities or organizations.
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Journalism, Communications, or a related field.
- Prior internship and/or related consulting experience preferred.
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