Social Media Intern

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About Jovenes, Inc.: Founded in 1989 by Father Richard Estrada, Jovenes, Inc. helps homeless youth ages 18-25 leave homelessness behind. A home and family for those without, Jovenes provides an innovative program of stable housing options, compassionate care, life skills training, and employment support to young adults seeking a path to life change. Our mission is to help homeless and at-risk youth become productive an integrated members of our community. Jovenes goes deep with each youth we serve, focusing on housing stability, education & employment, access to healthcare & benefits, and recovery from childhood trauma. We empower those we serve so they can develop healthy relationships and make meaningful contributions to the community we share.

Title: Social Media Intern

Purpose and Impact: The Social Media Intern will help promote Jovenes’ Holiday Giving Campaign which will focus on raising capital support for the construction of a small college dorm for homeless community college students. This individual will do this by creating compelling content that promotes Jovenes’ mission, the campaign, the construction project, and showcases the community and togetherness Jovenes, Inc. is creating to end youth homelessness specifically on our community college campuses.

We are looking for a hardworking and responsible individual to help with content management, content creation and a strategy development. In addition, the Social Media Intern will also be responsible for updating the Jovenes Facebook page, Twitter feed, Instagram, and other social media properties.

Activities, Tasks and Responsibilities:

-Write and create content to promote Jovenes’ Mission and Holiday Giving Campaign across a variety of platforms

-Discuss and develop a social media strategy including content, overview, outline, and creative inspiration with Jovenes’ Development Department

-Post regularly on all social media and assist with following up on various pages for comments, inquiries, and tracking insights

-Strategically create content to promote Jovenes’ involvement with the "Clipper’s Charity Challenge" crowdrise campaign

-Monitor and engage our audiences via our social media platforms

-Execute a strategy to increase engagement and followers

-Research blogs, websites, social media connections and other influencers

-Track social media engagement statistics

-Participate in outreach and marketing team efforts as directed

Our ideal intern will bring: strong writing skills; attention to detail; a passion for content creation; a positive attitude and strong work ethic; experience using social media such as Facebook, Twitter & Instagram; access to your own computer equipment. Bonus points if you have experience and are proficient in photo and video editing.

Duration: ASAP-December 31 st

Time Commitment: This position will require a 5-15 hours per a week commitment.

Site and Supervision: This volunteer will be supervised by the Development Department located on 1208 Pleasant Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90033.

Volunteer Benefits: This position offers the volunteer a multitude of professional development opportunities including experience with outreach, building their resume and expanding personal and professional networks.