Social Media Intern

About the Role

• Part-Time | Paid | Hybrid/Remote | 8–12 hours per week
• Potential pathway to an ongoing Social Media & Podcast Coordinator/Manager role.
• Opportunity to work across two distinct brands: The Pleasure Project (consumer-facing media platform) and Riviera Therapy (psychotherapy practice).

Key Responsibilities

• Help manage social media calendars across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, and other platforms.
• Create and coordinate social content for Riviera Therapy, including educational mental health content and content featuring Riviera clinicians.
• Turn podcast episodes, newsletters, and existing educational material into social content.
• Identify strong podcast moments for Reels, TikToks, Shorts, quotes, and promotional clips.
• Draft captions, hooks, headlines, and promotional copy.
• Schedule and publish approved content.
• Assist with podcast episode launches and guest promotion.
• Coordinate graphics, video clips, captions, clinician content, and approvals.
• Help organize the content library and production workflow.
• Track social media and podcast performance and identify what's resonating.
• Research trends and relevant conversations in relationships, sexuality, mental health, and wellness.
• Help brainstorm campaigns and audience-growth opportunities.
• Support occasional podcast recording and content-filming days.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Understanding of how Instagram and TikTok work.
• Interest in podcasting, digital media, psychology, relationships, sexuality, or wellness.
• Comfortable working with frank, educational discussions of sexuality and relationships.
• Most work can be completed remotely. Occasional availability in Santa Barbara for podcast recordings, clinician filming, or content days is a plus but not required.
• Schedule can generally be arranged around classes.

Qualifications

• Currently studying Public Relations, Communications, Journalism, Marketing, Media Production, Advertising, or a related field.
• Strong writing skills with the ability to learn and adapt to different brand voices.
• Excellent organizational and follow-through skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to balance creativity with deadlines.
• Comfortable working independently and asking questions when needed.

Bonus Points

• Experience with managing social media for a student organization, business, publication, podcast, or personal brand.
• Short-form video editing.
• Podcast production.
• Canva.
• Social scheduling platforms.
• YouTube.
• Analytics and reporting.
• AI-assisted content workflows.
• Content calendars or project-management systems.
• You do not need experience with everything on this list.