Content Marketing Intern

Oakland, CA (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableIntern/New GradFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Support Ava’s marketing by creating social content, distributing content, and reporting as an intern.

  • Own social captions and content distribution under guidance
  • Requires interest in marketing and clean energy with strong writing
  • May lead a small independent project for the team

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Provide operational and production support on social media campaign ideas and brand storytelling
  • Assist with content distribution across marketing channels
  • Write social media captions following Ava’s editorial guidelines and incorporating feedback and recommendations
  • Support with written content development across website, email marketing, and other platforms as needed
  • Assist in performance reporting
  • Maintain resources in our shared knowledge base
  • Propose, develop, and execute a small, independent project within the Intern’s professional interest that benefits Ava’s marketing team. Example projects will be provided
  • Other duties as assigned

Requirements

  • Demonstrated interest in marketing, media studies, content production, communications, environmental studies, or other relevant field
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Content production experience (note that generative AI use is heavily discouraged and often prohibited)
  • Ability to self-direct once given initial guidance, follow through on tasks, and keep supervisor informed of progress, challenges, and needed support
  • Basic knowledge of and enthusiasm for clean energy and climate action
  • Knowledge of and interest in social media trends
  • Detail-oriented and organized
  • Video editing experience a plus
  • Comfort in front of a camera a plus
  • Writing samples are encouraged along with your resume and cover letter. As part of the interview process, you will be asked to participate in a short writing exercise.***
  • Possession and continued maintenance of a valid class C California driver’s license or the ability to provide alternate transportation and a safe driving record.

Preferred

  • Video editing experience a plus
  • Comfort in front of a camera a plus
  • Writing samples are encouraged along with your resume and cover letter. As part of the interview process, you will be asked to participate in a short writing exercise.
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Ava Community Energy

Ava Community Energy (Ava) is the local, not-for-profit electricity supplier powering Alameda County and the San Joaquin County cities of Tracy, Stockton, and Lathrop. Ava provides clean energy at lower rates to our 2 million customers. We reinvest earnings back into the community to create local green energy jobs, local programs, and clean power projects.Ava member cities include Albany, Berkeley, Dublin, Emeryville, Fremont, Hayward, Lathrop, Livermore, Newark, Oakland, Piedmont, Pleasanton, San Leandro, Stockton, Tracy, and Union City. The unincorporated areas of Alameda County (including Ashland, Castro Valley, Cherryland, Fairview, San Lorenzo, and Sunol) are also served by Ava.

Founded in 2016
Oakland, California, USA
96 employees (8 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
53K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
41.1%
Direct
51.2%
Referral
4.7%
Social
1.7%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~97

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
6 (6% of company)

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