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Communications and Social Media Intern

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  • Internship
    Part-time
    Off-cycle Internship
  • Marketing
    Media & Journalism
  • Salt Lake City

Requirements

  • Currently an undergraduate / graduate student with more than two semesters before graduation.
  • An interest in social media strategy, marketing, data analytics, and social impact projects
  • Experience and Skills:
  • Previous professional work experience in social media / marketing
  • Knowledge in Adobe photoshop and the ability to develop graphics using Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop (preferred) or Canva.
  • Understanding of how to use the G-Suite platforms.
  • Ability to work as part of a broader team and independently
  • Ability to use excel and other Microsoft resources.
  • Able to manage multiple deadlines and projects in collaboration with team members
  • Effective communicator across different channels (phone, video conference, and email)
  • Role Requirements:
  • Must be able to work 20 hours per week for a minimum of 2 semesters
  • Must be involved and participate in weekly Social Media strategy meetings.
  • Ability to work both in office at the University of Utah and remotely.

Responsibilities

  • Project Coordination: The Communication and Social Media Intern controls large portions of the daily activities of all center social media under the direction of the Director of Marketing ensuring schedules are maintained and deadlines are met. This position is responsible for the status of assigned jobs at all times and ensures all work has been appropriately reviewed before publishing.
  • Social Media Publishing: The Communication and Social Media Intern executes approved deliverables through publishing approvals workflows. This position is responsible for ensuring that posts go out as planned on designated platforms with utmost accuracy, which includes occasional weekend and evening work.
  • Community Management: The Communication and Social Media Intern engages with the Epicenter’s social media community by responding to comments, questions, replies, DMs, tags, and more across all posts and platforms. The Communication and Social Media Intern is also responsible for troubleshooting inappropriate content by hiding and deleting comments. The Communication and Social Media Intern employs excellent grammar skills and authentic brand voice to participate in social media conversations. Intern will produce reports outlining social media and other communication engagement, i.e. tracking number of followers, number of posts, responses).
  • Manage Impact & Prosperity Epicenter social media platforms (Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter) professionally and consistently.
  • Create original written and graphic content for social media posting that corresponds to our overall marketing strategy.
  • Work closely with the field building graphic design team and the field building social media team to strategize social campaigns and approve content.
  • Support and strategize with all teams across the Epicenter (Sorenson Impact Institute and Center for Business, Health, and Prosperity) to amplify various projects and updates.
  • Measure basic social media metrics and report on performance of social media platforms weekly.
  • Manage and edit social media content calendar.
  • Maintain brand quality and alignment across all social media posts and post content in a timely manner in accordance to the scheduled deadlines.
  • Lead and/or assist with creating social media campaigns for various projects.
  • Contribute to blogs/articles on diverse array of issues and topics.
  • Provide training and insights to Epicenter staff on best social media practices.
  • Liaise and work with other social media team members on the delivery of key projects.
  • Other duties as assigned

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The University of Utah, located in Salt Lake City in the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains, is the flagship institution of higher learning in Utah. Founded in 1850, it serves over 31,000 students from across the U.S. and the world. With over 72 major subjects at the undergraduate level and more than 90 major fields of study at the graduate level, including law and medicine, the university prepares students to live and compete in the global workplace. Known for its proximity to seven world-class ski resorts within 40 minutes of campus, the U encourages an active, holistic lifestyle, innovation and collaborative thinking to engage students, faculty and business leaders. The University of Utah became a member of the PAC-12 conference in July 2011. Technology and Commercialization The University of Utah is tops in the country for creating start-up companies from university research, according to a ranking by the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM). See http://unews.utah.edu/news_releases/u-of-utah-no-1-for-startups for more information. Forbes magazine’s recent ranking of the “Best States for Business” pointed to “an educated labor force” as a big reason Utah came in at number one. The U supplies many of the employees for companies that keep expanding their operations in Utah, such as Goldman Sachs, Adobe, Omniture, Oracle, Ebay and many others. http://pac12info.utah.edu/commercialization-of-innovation/ Healthcare University of Utah Health Care recently ranked first in the nation in a prestigious national study. The University Health System Consortium’s 2010 Quality and Accountability Study compared 98 of the nation’s top academic medical centers and ranked them based on core quality measures, patient safety indicators, mortality rates, re-admission rates, and patient satisfaction scores