Job description
Position Overview
The Intern, Social Media will join a collaborative, energetic team that produces wide-ranging content for the UN Foundation’s social channels. This role will be an active contributor to our team’s content planning, creation, and management, helping us deliver strong digital engagement creatively and with distinctive flair to engage audiences around the story of the United Nations and its impact.
The Intern, Social Media will be a savvy, ambitious, multi-skilled content leader in the making. They will support day-to-day content creation for UN Foundation social media and bring fresh, creative ideas for delivering thumb-stopping work. They will be fluent across or have an interest in building skills across social media platforms, including content planning, copywriting, research, design, video, and analytics.
In addition, they will be passionate about our issues and policy priorities, such as climate change, gender equality, and global health, and have a deep interest in leveraging communications to build a better world.
This is a paid opportunity from May 27th, 2025, to August 29th, 2025, and offers an hourly compensation rate of $17.50 - $20 per hour.
Essential Functions
- Work collaboratively with Global Communications and Engagement colleagues to support the planning, creation, management, publishing, and data analysis of digital content.
- Draft copy for Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Threads, X (formerly Twitter), WhatsApp, and toolkits.
- Research topics, audiences, creative assets, and channels to inform content planning.
- Monitor social media channels for issues, trends, and opportunities for real-time engagement and conversation, and share listening observations.
- Support the collection and analysis of data and draft reports.
- Support on video or design, based on prior experience and/or interest.
- Other duties as assigned.
Selection Criteria
- Enrolled in an undergraduate program at an accredited college or university in communications, marketing, public affairs, journalism, or related field.
- Exceptional writing skills, especially for digital channels.
- Familiarity or experience working with social media management tools such as Hootsuite.
- Familiarity, interest in, or experience working with photo, design, and video software/tools.
- Creative, savvy, and up-to-speed with digital communications trends and good practice.
- Desire to learn and put theory into practice on the job.
- Previous communications internship experience a plus.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Initiative to find and propose new projects, both for the individual and for the team.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively as needed.
- Ability to meet regular attendance/tardiness policy.
- Must have a personal laptop computer and access to the Internet.
- Must be available to work a maximum of 29 hours per week.
- Must be authorized to work in the United States.
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