Social Media Marketing Intern

Social Media Marketing Intern

This role will work in collaboration with other student marketing interns for Liberal Arts Career Services and will divide responsibilities according to schedules and interests. The intern will work up to 12 hours a week during business hours: Monday – Friday, 8am – 5pm.

Liberal Arts Career Services is looking for an energetic, well-organized, and passionate marketing intern to join our team. Previous experience working with social media, marketing, and graphic design is a plus.

Responsibilities:

• Create engaging content across Liberal Arts Career Services' official social media platforms (Instagram and LinkedIn), including videos and eye-catching graphics
• Research trending topics/content formats, hashtags, and best practices to increase engagement
• Develop marketing plan that aligns with event schedule, recruiting cycles, and trends
• Design creative visuals for social media, print, digital signage, and other marketing needs
• Draft copy for social media and other outreach
• Live coverage of events like Career Fairs, employer events, alumni speaking engagements, etc.

Required Qualifications:

• Excellent time management and organizational skills.
• Experience with social media content creation (personal or professional).
• Experience creating high quality graphics with Canva or similar tools.
• Experience using video editing software (Edits, Capcut, Premiere Pro, etc.)
• Excellent writing, editing, and proofreading skills
• Creative perspective for visuals and copy.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in other graphic design programs, like Adobe Illustrator or InDesign
• Experience in social media strategy and planning.
• Confidence in producing video content (on camera or behind the camera)

Hourly Rate: $15

Working Conditions:

Standard office conditions. Will potentially be onsite for various events on campus taking pictures/videos for social media.

Required Materials:

• Resume
• Cover Letter
• Portfolio with examples of your work in graphic design, social media content creation, and/or writing samples

Employment Eligibility: Please make sure you meet all the required qualifications and you can perform all of the essential functions with or without a reasonable accommodation.

Retirement Plan Eligibility: Students in this position may choose to enroll in the UTSaver voluntary retirement programs.

Background Checks: A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position.

Equal Opportunity Employer: The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.

Pay Transparency: The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.

Employment Eligibility Verification: If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form. You will be required to present acceptable and original documents to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States. Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment. Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university.

E-Verify: The University of Texas at Austin uses E-Verify to check the work authorization of all new hires effective May 2015. The university's company ID number for purposes of E-Verify is 854197. For more information about E-Verify, please see the following:

• E-Verify Poster (English and Spanish) [PDF]
• Right to Work Poster (English) [PDF]
• Right to Work Poster (Spanish) [PDF]

Compliance: Employees may be required to report violations of law under Title IX and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). If this position is identified a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified and provided resources for reporting. Responsible employees under Title IX are defined and outlined in HOP-3031.

The Clery Act requires all prospective employees be notified of the availability of the Annual Security and Fire Safety report. You may access the most recent report here or obtain a copy at University Compliance Services, 1616 Guadalupe Street, UTA 2.206, Austin, Texas 78701.