Fall 2024 Communications Internship

2 weeks ago

Grand Rapids, United States Family Futures Full time
Job DescriptionJob DescriptionSalary: Stipend

Organization Description

Family Futures’ mission is to shape a community in which all children are supported to reach their full potential. Our geographic focus is primarily Kent County with some services extending into other communities. We help children ages 0 through 5 by supporting parents, providing connections to resources and programs, and offering ways to monitor and enhance early childhood development. We believe in supporting our employees, volunteers, and interns to be successful as well. Family Futures offers a strength-based, learning-driven, quality improvement-based culture that celebrates equity and diversity and an opportunity to grow while making an impact in your community. Family Futures values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages individuals with diverse backgrounds and lived experiences to apply.   

 

Job Overview

The Communication Intern gains practical, hands-on experience in the communication and marketing fields through social media, print design, web content editing, copywriting, public relations, fund development, and project management. This position will help with outreach and generate community involvement through various communication efforts across multiple platforms. This intern will be part of a larger team to provide support to other areas of the organization as needed. This internship position will receive a $500 stipend to help cover costs related to the internship (food, housing, transportation), and college credit can be earned. In addition, Family Futures requires all staff and interns to comply with a COVID-19 vaccine mandate. This internship is to be completed in person, not virtually.

 

This internship will run from September 3rd, 2024, through December 13th, 2024, and will have a mandatory orientation on August 29th, 2024 from 9:00am-4:00pm at the Family Futures’ office.  This internship can also be extended into multiple internship periods ending in either December 2024 or April 2025. If interested in a longer internship period, please reach out to the hiring manager.

 

Family Futures employees, volunteers, and interns serve as spokespersons and champions of Family Futures in the communities we serve. A position at Family Futures may entail the following: the use of a personal vehicle, lifting of boxes (roughly 25 lbs.), as well as attendance of community events outside of regularly scheduled hours. For any adaptations or accommodations for the above information, please reach out to the hiring manager.

 


Roles and Responsibilities

  • Support the Communication Team on various projects and day-to-day operations
  • Social Media content creation, management, and evaluation
  • Support targeted outreach mailing campaigns
  • Support and manage programmatic outreach projects
  • Familiarize self with Family Futures branding and standards
  • Analytics and reporting on campaigns
  • Perform research on sources relevant to Family Futures’ demographic
  • Perform website maintenance and quality assurance
  • Copyediting


 Required Qualifications

  • Current college student or recent graduate
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • Strong written and verbal communications skills
  • Strong Microsoft Office skills
  • Graphic design experience
  • Detail oriented
  • Effective time management and organization skills
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality
  • Ability to work autonomously
  • Ability to work at least 15 hours per week

 

Preferred Qualifications

  • Knowledge of design concepts
  • Experience with email marketing platforms, such as MailChimp
  • Experience managing Facebook, TikTok, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram
  • Experience in audio and video editing
  • WordPress and/or Elementor website platform experience
  • Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite and Canva
  • General understanding of Google analytics and Facebook analytics


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