Education Marketing Intern

About the Role

KQED’s education department provides services to K-12 educators and students, including classroom resources and professional development. The Education Marketing team works to increase awareness, registration, engagement, and adoption of KQED’s free educational products and services such as the Youth Media Challenge, KQED Teach, and live professional development events. This paid internship supports online and in-person professional development workshop marketing and production, as well as newsletter production. Opportunities also exist to support the review and curation of student submissions to the Youth Media Challenge and other marketing programs.

This position is a hybrid role based in San Francisco and reports to the Senior Marketing & Communications Manager, Education. Working in-person at least one day a week is a requirement.

• Internship Dates: Tuesday, January 19, 2027, through Friday, June 25, 2027
• Hours: 16 hours per week
• Hourly Rate: $19.61

Key Responsibilities

• Online Workshop Marketing & Production Support:
• Manage online calendar of events, including publishing new events in Zoom Webinars Plus, removing past events, and making other updates.
• Assist in the creation of event assets, including images, promotional copy, and marketing kits.
• Draft workshop follow-up communications.
• Report event data.
• In-Person Event Support:
• Prepare the department’s presence at industry conferences (e.g., create tabletop signage, pack exhibiting materials, write follow-up communications).
• Support logistics and promotion for in-person workshops at KQED.
• Newsletter Support:
• Draft newsletter copy.
• Program and schedule emails.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Interest and/or experience in events, marketing, education, media literacy and/or youth voice.
• Strong writing and editing skills.
• Ability to take direction and work independently.
• Self-starter who is not afraid to ask questions.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work and complete tasks on time.
• Strong skills with Google Suite (documents, spreadsheets, presentations).
• Comfortable working in spreadsheets and organizing data.
• Preferred: Experience setting up webinars/events on Zoom.
• Preferred: Familiar with Canva and proficient with basic image editing and sizing.
• Able to follow KQED journalistic standards and maintain a public presence that is nonpartisan and unbiased.