Foundation Communications Social Media Intern

About the Role

The Rutgers University Foundation (RUF) seeks an organized, eager, and detail-oriented Rutgers University student to serve as the Foundation Communications Team Social Media Intern.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor Rutgers Foundation social media channels for important updates, answering questions, collecting user-generated content and interesting stories.
• Assist with both photo and video content creation, organic content and event coverage content.
• Oversee social listening and content mining.
• Contribute to analyzing reports to identify themes that will drive social media strategy.
• Assist with organizing tags of content in Sprout Social to help with efficient reporting.
• Maintain the tracking spreadsheet of social media influencers.
• Assist with scheduling content and tagging appropriate partners as needed.
• Lead efforts of coding or tracking social media activity.
• Organize and maintain creative assets in Canva, including files, templates, and social media content.
• Compile and analyze social media reporting by pulling performance analytics and managing Affinaquest tracking and coding.
• Maintain YouTube content by updating video thumbnails, end screens, formatting, and links.
• Undertake other duties as assigned.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Sprout Social
• Canva
• Affinaquest
• Social Media Strategy
• Content Creation
• Social Listening
• Content Mining
• Performance Analytics
• Influencer Tracking
• Social Media Coding/Tracking
• YouTube Content Management

Qualifications

• Current or former Rutgers University student.
• Preference for students pursuing or have pursued degrees in Communications or Marketing.
• Ability to maintain clarity of focus while juggling complex projects or deadlines.
• Position is office-centric hybrid (1-5 days/week in office).
• May work evenings, weekends, or odd hours.