Multimedia & Video Internship (Paid)

Interns on the Marketing and Storytelling team at Making Waves Education Foundation play a key role as a part of a small team that is promoting equity by making education and employment resources more accessible, building community by celebrating student stories, and driving impact by building brand awareness and engaging new supporters.

We're looking for a detail-oriented, organized, collaborative, and creative Multimedia and Video Intern to support content creation across our websites, social media, newsletters, and other digital channels. This is a great opportunity to gain hands-on experience in video editing, graphic design, and digital storytelling for social change. You will help create engagement strategies and tactics, create and co-create content that supports program goals, and try out new trends and approaches on social media.

The duration of this spring internship is February 3- June 30, 2026. Applications are due December 5.
As a part of our Making Waves internship program, you will get:

• Paid, hands-on work experience in a supportive work environment in the non-profit and marketing fields.
• Exploration and learnings across a range of marketing, storytelling, multimedia, and administrative projects.
• Career development support and reflections with Making Waves career specialists.
• Exposure to other fields and networking opportunities across Making Waves.

Video editing and content creation

• Edit and produce short-form video and visual content, including creating social media clips from existing podcasts and webinars for LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube
• Edit and produce short-form video content for thank you messages for donors and supporters
• Collaborate with interns and fellows and team members with co-creating and/or filming and editing video content that shares college, career, and financial resources or celebrates Making Waves students and alums
• Support the creation of templates or guides for captions, subtitles, name cards, and visual elements within videos
• Regularly upload video files and other multimedia content to internal team sites, YouTube, Instagram, and websites

Graphic design

• Design visual content for newsletters, websites, and social media channels
• Turn written storytelling content into short-form social media content, including for Instagram Reels and Stories
• Update design templates in Canva
• Design and organize visuals in Giphy library
• Update or create infographics, presentation slides, and other graphics

Website and media organization

• Learn content management system for making- and occasionally work on website projects (e.g., editing existing webpages, adding video files, helping add news stories, etc.)
• Edit and organize photo files for website, social media, newsletters, and print materials

Administrative

• Help organize and update visual asset library (photos, graphics, videos, brand assets) including labeling files, adding captions and alt-text, or organizing files
• Conduct online research into best practices in visual design, branding, and accessibility for digital media
• Collaborate with team members and participate in brainstorming sessions, reviews, and ongoing feedback around content creation and storytelling campaigns
• Provide input, feedback, perspectives, and perform testing for design concepts, social media content, and video scripts and animations
• Support maintenance of social media accounts, websites, portals, and other online systems
• Support process improvement and the creation of resources for future student-generated content and peer-to-peer marketing and storytelling
• As needed, support website, social media, and digital data collection and analysis

What We Offer:

The Multimedia and Video Intern role is a paid, part-time spring internship role for current college students or recent college graduates located in California.

• Pay: An hourly rate of $18-22. In line with our commitment to equity, fairness, and transparency, we have adopted a no salary negotiation policy. We understand the historical inequities created by salary negotiations and believe in offering a starting salary that is fair and grounded in evidence collected during a clear, competency-aligned hiring process.
• Remote or hybrid work: This role can be 100% remote or hybrid (mix of in-person and remote work). A laptop will be provided if needed as well as a $25 monthly wi-fi reimbursement to successfully work remotely for the duration of the internship.
• Hourly schedule: The hours of this internship are flexible and could range from 2-12 hours/week based on scheduling and projects, with room for flexibility around college classes and exams. The duration of the internship is February 3- June 30, 2026. Applications are due December 19.
• Internship credit: This can be used for internship credit depending on your interest and academic program requirements.

Requirements:

• You are located in California and are a current college student, or are between the ages of 18-22, or are a recent college graduate (graduated within last 2 years)
• You are organized and are able to meet deadlines and communicate updates related to projects
• You have good attention to detail and double check your work
• You have experience or related skills in video editing, graphic design, or content creation (personal or professional) and are willing to learn on the job
• You have experience or are open to working collaboratively with others
• You have a growth mindset and willingness to learn while doing
• You relate to and align with Making Waves' core values: Drive Impact, Promote Equity, Build Community, Do Hard Things, and Learn and Grow.

Preferred

• A student or alum in one of Making Waves' programs
• Experience working in an administrative setting, campus or retail job
• Experience creating video or visual content for a brand
• Experience using Zoom, working or completing coursework remotely
• Experience using or willingness to learn Asana, Adobe, CapCut, Canva, WordPress, or other marketing technologies
• Comfortable being on camera for marketing and storytelling content

Applications close December 19, 2025. All applications will be reviewed after this deadline with an anticipated start date of February 3, 2026.