Content Marketing Internship-to-Hire - Paid
This is an excellent opportunity for a recent graduate to gain agency experience in a startup environment with a dynamic culture. This is a paid internship-to-hire with the opportunity to transition to a full-time employee after three months. Candidates should send their resume, salary requirements, portfolio and five reasons this is the right job for you to contact@yakketyyakllc.com.
Responsibilities
Contribute to long-form content projects such as ebooks, white papers, case studies, and other premium content.
Enhance customer voice and tone through editorial work.
Write editorial content including but not limited to: blog posts, website copy, marketing materials, public relations materials and social media content
Research clients’ online presence to better understand their brand and vision
Collaborate with editorial and graphic design teams to make sure all projects stay on-brand and meet client deadlines.
Play an active role in the development of high-quality, journalistic content for clients looking to enhance their communication strategy
Contribute innovative ideas to drive the agency forward
About You
Yakkety Yak is a fast-paced, startup environment where marketing and editorial excellence is considered a core competency and employees are expected to continually improve upon this excellence. The ideal candidate for this position has the following:
Bachelor's degree with relevant coursework (journalism, communications, English, marketing)
Background in writing and editing, showcasing the ability to adopt the style, tone, and voice of a wide range of businesses across multiple types of content.
Experience writing engaging social media content.
Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects and tasks simultaneously
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Able to take your own initiative, own your work, but also work collaboratively with teammates in all departments of the agency
Open to constructive feedback from Managing Editor and Editor-In-Chief
Technical Skills
HubSpot Inbound Certification (required upon first day if hired)
HubSpot Content Marketing Training
Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
Working knowledge of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest
WordPress and SquareSpace knowledge
Experienced in SEO and organic marketing
Email automation in platforms including Constant Contact, MailChimp and HubSpot
About Yakkety Yak
Yakkety Yak is a Chicago-based, full-service content marketing agency that produces custom written content for businesses, including blogs, website copy, case studies, newsletters, social media marketing, public relations and more. Our goal is to be an extension of each client’s marketing team, helping connect them to end-users and decision influencers, based on the principle of one common voice, for one target audience. Yakkety Yak was built on the principle of writing for a specific audience, so that the customized content reaches the right consumer. With our client’s target audience in mind, we generate custom written content for any organization trying to stay relevant and send a clear message.
Yakkety Yak is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Yakkety Yak recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.