Social Media Intern
When you join the Behind the Book team, you have the opportunity to work in a creative, innovative, and supportive environment. Share your passion for literacy, kids, and making a difference.
About Behind the Book:
Behind the Book is a literacy non-profit that serves students in Title l NYC public schools. Working with classrooms from Pre-K-12, Behind the Book identifies books that reflect the lives of our students and partners with teachers to create immersive curriculum units. Through a series of workshops, authors discuss their book and teach a genre of writing, encouraging students to see themselves as readers and writers and ultimately guiding them in the creation and publication of their own original writing.
Social Media Intern Description:
Behind the Book seeks a Social Media Intern to coordinate our various social media platforms. The position is ideal for a go-getter with a strategic mind and excellent communication skills who wants to be an integral part of implementing BtB’s social media strategy.
The successful candidate will be someone who is detail-oriented, eager to learn, and able to manage tasks independently. Excellent written and oral communication skills in English are required. Experience with social media sites required. The intern will report to the Director of Development.
Social Media Intern Responsibilities will Include:
Developing and posting social media content on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other social media platforms.
Selecting and editing pictures, student work, and videos related to our programs for the blog, social media, and newsletter
Suggesting and writing content for monthly email newsletter
Application Instructions
Please submit a resume and cover letter that includes ideas about BtB’s social media to info@behindthebook.org. “Social Media Internship” should appear in the subject heading of your email.
The position will be based at our Harlem office. The commitment is for one semester, two days per week, with some flexibility.
Behind the Book
216 West 135th Street
Ground Floor
New York, NY 10030
www.behindthebook.org
Behind the Book is committed to providing equal opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, political affiliation, family responsibilities, or any other characteristic protected under federal, state or local law. We are committed to maximizing the diversity of our organization.