Summer 2025 Social Media Intern
Summer 2025 Social Media Intern
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Job Description
Childrens Rights is seeking a committed and enthusiastic student to intern with our communications team andsupport our commitment to government accountability and social justice for children.
Childrens Rights is a national advocacy organization working to protect and advance the rights of children impacted by government systems. Using civil rights impact litigation policy expertise and public education we operate in over 20 states and at the federal level to drive systemic change and improve outcomes for thousands of children and families.
Every day children and families are harmed by Americas child welfare juvenile justice education immigration and healthcare systems. These systems disproportionately impact historically marginalized youth including children of color LGBTQ youth and those with mental health needs. Through strategic advocacy and legal action Childrens Rights holds governments accountable and works to disrupt and prevent these ongoing harms creating lasting change for children and their families.
Job Summary:
Are you passionate about digital impact and making a difference With support from a small dynamic team the Social Media Intern will gain handson experience in digital marketing advocacy and communications while working on a variety of issues that impact children. In your role you will assist the communications team in researching producing scheduling and analyzing content across Instagram LinkedIn Threads YouTube BlueSky Facebook and emerging platforms. You will also help drive a LinkedIn engagement project aimed at increasing awareness of Childrens Rights among key decisionmakers in corporate arts/culture/media legal advocacy and philanthropic spaces.
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Research create schedule and measure the performance of social media content across Instagram LinkedIn Threads YouTube BlueSky and Facebook.
- Assist in scheduling content including during rapid response moments.
- Prepare analytics reports with guidance from the communications coordinator.
- Colead a LinkedIn engagement project to build awareness among key decisionmakers by:
- Researching and growing connections with target audiences.
- Crafting posts that highlight CRs impact partnerships and alignment with social responsibility and funding goals.
- Engaging with relevant content through comments and shares to expand reach.
- Driving traffic to the CR website.
- Demonstrate a commitment to advancing the mission of Childrens Rights.
- Embed equity inclusion and belonging principles in their work valuing diverse perspectives.
- Work collaboratively and respectfully to overcome challenges and contribute to a positive team environment.
Experience and Qualifications
The ideal candidate will be a strong writer working toward a degree in journalism marketing public relations communications human rights international relations social work or a related field. Experience with social media preferred. An interest in advocacy social justice and/or nonprofit communications is a plus. Candidates in their junior or senior year of college are preferred though all undergraduate candidates with relevant experience will be considered. Candidates must be available to volunteer three days and 2025 hours per week. Additionally applicants must be detailoriented and well organized with strong writing and critical thinking skills as well as excited to contribute to and observe all aspects of an advocacy nonprofit.
Start and end dates are flexible but a minimum commitment of eight 8 weeks is required. Internships at Childrens Rights are unpaid though we are happy to support interns in seeking outside funding and/or course credit from their schools.
Knowledge of childrens issues social services social justice civil rights racial justice LGBTQ/TGNC issues juvenile justice and/or other areas of our work is a plus. Applicants with prior personal involvement in the systems we fight to improve and/or with other diverse life experiences and perspectives are especially encouraged to apply. For more information please visit our website: www.childrensrights.
Physical and Travel Requirements:
Prolonged periods remaining stationary at a desk and working on a computer. No travel is required.
To Apply:
Please submit a detailed cover letter outlining your interest and experience a current resume and recent writing samples as one file and upload to the Cover Letter upload field and upload your resume to the Resume field via childrensrights.bamboohr/jobs/ by March 28 2025. Only applicants of interest will be contacted for an interview. For any additional questions you may have regarding this position you may send an email to (please include Intern in the subject line).
Childrens Rights is an equal employment opportunity employer and women people of color LGBTQ and gender nonconforming people people with disabilities and people with unique lived experience or diverse professional or personal backgrounds and perspectives are encouraged to apply.
Required Experience:
Intern
Employment Type
Intern
