Social Media Intern

TFS Social Media Intern Job Description:

Are you creative, self-moti­vated, and have the ability to tell a compelling story in text, image, and video formats that will grab the audi­ence’s atten­tion and leave them wanting more?

The Furni­ture Society (TFS) is looking for a driven, creative, and orga­nized thinker to join our commu­ni­ca­tions team. This is a great learn­ing oppor­tu­nity for anyone willing to help enhance and elevate our brand, create and share content, all while build­ing their own marketing skills.

Programs offered and promoted through TFS:

• Nuts & Bolts professional development
• Confer­ences
• Virtual & in-person Events
• Craft for a Greater Good
• Awards
• Grants
• Insta­gram Live inter­views & takeovers

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Create stories, reels, written, graphic, and video content to be shared on multi­ple social media platforms
• Assist with the design and execu­tion of social media campaigns
• Elevate TFS’ pres­ence and brand on Insta­gram and Facebook
• Help develop strate­gies for captur­ing target audi­ence and increase current community engagement.
• Assist with social media analyt­ics and reporting
• Excel­lent written and verbal communication skills.
• Highly orga­nized, driven, and self-motivated.
• Ability to prior­i­tize and meet deadlines. 
• Monthly meet­ings with staff and members of communications team

Job Type:

Remote, part-time, flex­i­ble hours, 1‑year position/​internship.

Pay:

$15/​hour

Bene­fits for the dura­tion of the contract:

-Weekly stipend
-Member­ship to The Furni­ture Society
-Free regis­tra­tion to all virtual events
-Discounted regis­tra­tion for regional events
-Full confer­ence pass and lodging

Sched­ule:

Post 3X per week aver­ag­ing 2 – 4 hours per week to create content

Expe­ri­ence:

Expe­ri­ence navi­gat­ing a variety of social media plat­forms includ­ing: Insta­gram, Face­book, X, Tik Tok, and Canva.
Ability to write text, edit text and photos, and create videos and reels.
Demon­strated expe­ri­ence helping to build a brand for an indi­vid­ual, a company, or other organization.

Dead­line to apply: 

August 15, 2024

Start date:

First week of September 2024

Please send resume, brief state­ment of inter­est, and links to exam­ples of posts you’ve created to:
education.​director@​furnituresociety.​org
Subject line: Social Media Paid Internship

The Furni­ture Society is a non-profit, member-based orga­ni­za­tion repre­sent­ing, promot­ing, and connect­ing furni­ture makers, design­ers, collec­tors, cura­tors, educa­tors, and manu­fac­tur­ers from around the world.