Social Media and Communications Intern

El Paso, TX (Remote)

$1K/yr – $2K/yrIntern/New GradInternship

Posted 1 day ago

Job Summary

Own and manage nonprofit social media and website communications for Las Americas, coordinating content creation, scheduling, and publication to support immigration advocacy while ensuring accuracy, confidentiality, and trauma-informed practice.

  • Lead content creation and posting across social channels
  • Update news, events, and resource pages on the website
  • Report to the Executive Director and manage deadlines

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Draft, schedule, and post content across Las Americas’ social media channels; update website content, including news, events, and resource pages; and ensure all content is accurate, respectful, and protects client confidentiality. The intern will report to the Executive Director. The internship offers the chance to build a portfolio of published nonprofit communications work and to learn about immigration advocacy.

Requirements

  • Education: Currently enrolled student or recent graduate in communications, journalism, marketing, public policy, or a related field.
  • Experience: Social media or communications experience (coursework, volunteer, or personal projects) and Spanish fluency are preferred but not required. Familiarity with immigration law and policy is a plus.
  • Skills and Values: Strong writing and editing skills; attention to detail; ability to work independently and meet deadlines; comfort with social media and basic website editing; a trauma-informed approach to client-related content; and commitment to immigrant rights.

Preferred

  • Spanish fluency preferred but not required.
  • Familiarity with immigration law and policy is a plus.
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Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center

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Las Americas is a nationally recognized organization dedicated to serving immigrants and asylum seekers with high quality legal services and support. Las Americas is binational with a geographic footprint El Paso, TX, Ciudad Juárez, Mexico and southern New Mexico.Founded in 1987 by the visionary co-founders of Annunciation House, Las Americas was designed to address the unmet legal needs of Central Americans fleeing civil war and political unrest in the 1980’s. Today, Las Americas serves individuals and families as they navigate the US immigration system in three program areas: 1) Las Americas Mexico serves migrants seeking access denied entry into the U.S. to seek asylum as the result of dangerous policy; 2) Community Migrant Advocacy Program serves members of our community who qualify for naturalization, crime victim services, VAWA services, and DACA services, among others; and 3) Detained Deportation Defense Program serves asylum seekers and other migrants currently being held in CBP and ICE detention.Since its founding, Las Americas has served nearly 50,000 persons, while advocating for a robust asylum system, working to reunify separated families, and advocating for systemic change to US immigration policy and practices.

Founded in 1987
El Paso, Texas, USA
23 employees (1 in marketing)
1% recommend to a friend

Salaries

Posted range

$1K/yr – $2K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

Social Media median pay in the United States

$78K/yr

Most pay falls between $64K and $100K. Based on 4,114 salaries.

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
1 (4% of company)
Median Tenure
6.3 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.4K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$10.8K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
36.8%
Direct
29.2%
Referral
8.4%
Social
5.9%
Paid
7.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~23
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Social Media and Communications Intern

Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center · El Paso, TX · Remote