Marketing and Communications Intern

Our small, international team is hiring a Marketing and Communications Intern to support our work. Over the course of internship, you will work in a collaborative team environment and will finish the internship having gained broad experience in various aspects of marketing and communication related to the education, wellbeing, and social and emotional learning sector.

Key Responsibilities include:

Marketing and Communications

• Support the design and implementation of Marketing and Communications plans to meet IFSEL’s strategic priorities
• Help to create marketing materials for upcoming events (Institutes, Workshops)
• Help to create content (blogs, videos, micro-podcasts)
• Help to create, plan and execute social media marketing campaigns
  

Research

• Conduct research on specific SEL themes and issues as required by team

Youth Leadership Council

• Provide leadership and administrative support to coordinate IFSEL’s Youth Leadership Council

Required skills/experience

• Experience and passion for marketing and communications, especially for the education, wellbeing, social and emotional learning sectors
• Current student or recent graduate with a Bachelor’s Degree (course work and/or demonstrated interest in Marketing and Communications or related field preferred)
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Extensive knowledge of social media
• Driven and hard-working
• Ability to take direction and also to take initiative
• Ability to manage time and work on multiple projects
• Experience with Canva, Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) and/or Google Drive (Google sheets, forms and shared documents, as well as Google calendar)

Benefits:

• Practical experience learning about marketing and communications in a small, growing international organization.
• Shadowing, mentoring, and training opportunities
• Opportunity to participate in IFSEL’s professional development trainings for educators
• Flexible schedule for students
• Work from anywhere (must be US-based)

Quote from Current Intern:

“Working with IFSEL has been amazing. I learned so much about education, social skills, and emotional development during my internship. The sense of community is strong and it made me feel like we were making a big change in people’s lives. They supported me through my learning and have positively affected my future career. I will carry the lessons I learned with IFSEL for the rest of my life, and will maintain the connections formed.”

Application Instructions:

Please send resume and short cover letter/email explaining your interest in this role to

jobs@instituteforsel.net.

For an informal conversation about the role in advance of applying, please email IFSEL's Institute Manager, Alison Stovall – alison@instituteforsel.net .

About the Institute for Social and Emotional Learning

The Institute for Social and Emotional Learning empowers educators, young people, and parents to transform their schools into caring, inclusive communities. We work with schools all over the world, and our team is passionate, fun, and committed. Our office is “virtual” and we span several time zones. This position requires both an ability and willingness to work independently and also to interface with various team members in an organization that is growing.

We hope to be drivers of change, and believe having a team of diverse backgrounds will enable us to strengthen our impact for others. IFSEL is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and is committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical ability, mental ability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

For more information about the organization: https://www.instituteforsel.net/

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