To Apply: Email your resume and cover letter to recruitment@yourtango.com. Subject line should be "Social Media Internship".
YourTango is looking for an ambitious Social Media Intern who will work directly with the YourTango Experts team to assist in the creation of strategic social media campaigns that will generate awareness, engagement, and sales for our Experts program.
YourTango Experts is a digital marketing company with a unique focus on the business needs of healing professionals. We help healing professionals thrive in their business, their practice, their growth & self-care.
This internship is fully remote.
Typical Intern Tasks:
- Assist in creating, curating, and scheduling content for various social media platforms, including but not limited to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn.
- Create and edit visual content, such as graphics, images, and videos, using design tools and software.
- Write social posts and add relevant hashtags to ensure they get the most exposure.
- Monitor and engage with social media conversations, comments, and messages in a timely and professional manner.
- Collaborate with the marketing team to develop and execute social media campaigns that align with company goals and target audience.
- Help brainstorm and generate ideas for social media content, contests, and promotions.
- Research industry trends and competitive landscape to stay up-to-date with social media best practices and emerging platforms.
- Assist in tracking and analyzing key social media metrics and performance data using tools like Google Analytics and social media management software.
- Support the creation and maintenance of social media content calendars.
- Attend team meetings, provide input, and collaborate with colleagues on cross-functional projects.
Requirements:
- Access to your own computer and reliable internet connection.
- Ability to communicate consistently throughout your scheduled shifts with our team in real-time via Slack and email for chatting, voice calls, video calls, conference calls, and screen-sharing.
- Ability to work a SET weekly schedule between the days of Monday and Friday. (Schedule approved at the beginning of the internship).
- Available to work 20-25 hrs per week between 7:00 AM - 9:00 PM ET for 4 months. Last day of internship will be calculated 4 months after the start date. NOTE: Like in a regular in-office setting, when you're online during your shift, you'll be interacting via Slack and available at a moment's notice during your scheduled times, actively working throughout the day - so please make sure that you are able to be fully available during the 20-25 hour schedule you decide on before accepting the internship.
Learning Objectives, Supervision & Feedback:
- Interns are placed to work under an experienced editor who will supervise them and provide regular feedback throughout the entirety of the internship. Supervisors (professionals with expertise and educational background in the publishing field) will provide routine feedback through the internship, and - if required by the school - can complete mid-semester or end-of-semester evaluations of the intern (must be requested by the school at the beginning of the internship period).
- Interns will acquire a variety of real-world skills they can take into their future careers. Some of these learned skills include strong writing and editing skills, interpersonal communication skills in a professional remote/virtual setting, making strict deadlines, researching, and investigative journalism skills.
- Interns will be working one-on-one with a seasoned editor to pitch and write articles for publication (with bylines) that can be included in their portfolio, and interns will be able to network with the rest of the team (and various departments) throughout their time with YourTango. The published articles' traffic is tracked on a weekly and monthly basis by the interns' supervising editor to be used (in conjunction with a variety of other metrics) to evaluate the intern's performance.
Eligibility, Pay & Stipend:
- Intern must be located within the continental U.S. throughout the duration of the internship.
- A $1500 stipend to be paid upon completion of the 4-month internship via invoice, paper check/EBT. Hourly pay is not available for this internship.
- This internship adheres to the Fair Labor Standards Act and the standards set by the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division.
- Interns may receive college credit for their internship.
Learn more about what it's like to work at YourTango here.
