Social Media Volunteer Intern
Sharing Hope Africa is looking for a Social Media Volunteer Intern to work with our social channels, driving engagement and growing audience. The ideal candidate lives and breathes social media, has a passion for social causes, and is looking to make a meaningful impact. Events will be primarily virtual or hosted in the tri-state area. This position can be remote or in-person.
What You'll Do
- Manage content creation, social copy, and publishing, on Sharing Hope Africa’s social pages (Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn)
- Develop strategies to drive engagement and build community, engaging and interacting with followers
- Transcribe, caption, and caption check video content as required
- Track content performance, discovering and implementing actionable insights through Google Analytics
- Support the creation of Sharing Hope Africa’s brand book
- Track associate stories via LinkedIn to highlight on Staples social platforms
- Collect upcoming creative executions to showcase strategy and upcoming priorities
- Provide inputs into creative briefs and planning
Who Are You
- A high school or college student/graduate who has a passion for social media and an interest in pursuing a career in marketing (creative and analytics)
- Real life experience or degree surrounding social media, marketing, business, analytics, creative design
- Ambitious, adaptable, disciplined and detail-oriented
- Strong desire to learn along with professional drive
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Creative and passionate about art as a storytelling mechanism
- Highly collaborative team player who is ready to roll-up their sleeves and get the job done
- Ideally familiar with nonprofit sector and its latest trends
- Creative and critical thinking skills
- Familiar with Google Suite, Canva, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok
Unfortunately, we cannot offer monetary compensation (our entire operational team is powered by volunteers!), but as a part of the Sharing Hope Africa Family, we will:
- Assist you in creating a resume that will help you land your next job (our Director of Outreach & Media worked as a resume writer)
- Provide you with the support and resources necessary to manage and execute on a career-focused project based on your interests (i.e. building a brand book, increasing social media engagement by X%, designing and orchestrating a community event, etc.), which can be showcased on your resume or supplemental for a class project
- Offer coaching sessions to help you identify and land your dream role
- Cover your accommodation should you decide to join a volunteer trip to our project sites in Eswatini and Mozambique