San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

Social Media Intern - San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

San Diego, CA (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableIntern/New GradInternship

Posted 10 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own and shape social storytelling for wildlife conservation across platforms, from concept to on-site production, while coordinating strategy, analytics, and cross-team collaboration.

  • Manage content from concept to captions and scripts.
  • Collaborate with Wildlife Care, Conservation Science, and creators on campaigns and events.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop compelling social content, from concepts and scripts to captions, that shares stories of the wildlife in our care and our global conservation work through our distinct brand voice.
  • Help shape social media strategy and content planning, contributing ideas to editorial calendars, campaigns, and platform priorities.
  • Plan, capture, and edit high-quality photo and video on-site at the San Diego Zoo and San Diego Zoo Safari Park, tailored to each platform’s formats and audiences.
  • Analyze post and platform performance to inform strategy and recommend high-performing content.
  • Monitor the social landscape, produce social listening reports, and help drive community engagement.
  • Partner with teams across disciplines, from Wildlife Care to Conservation Science, to develop stories.
  • Help build relationships with influencers and assist with on-site creator activations and key Marketing & Communications events.
  • Contribute to ad hoc creative and platform projects, such as audits, research, and presentation decks.

Requirements

  • Applicants must be currently pursuing or planning to pursue an undergraduate degree. Candidates who will have completed a bachelor’s degree prior to the end of the internship are not eligible.
  • A cover letter is required and must be included with the application for consideration.
  • Must be 18 years of age or older.
  • Training and/or experience that would demonstrate the essential functions, knowledge and skills listed.
  • Attention to detail
  • Ability to work independently
  • Ability to adapt quickly to evolving platforms, trends, and tools
  • General knowledge of social media platforms and best practices
  • Familiarity with tools such as Canva, Adobe Premiere, and Meta Business Suite a plus

Preferred

  • Familiarity with tools such as Canva, Adobe Premiere, and Meta Business Suite a plus

San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance is a nonprofit international conservation leader, committed to inspiring passion for nature and creating a world where all life thrives. The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance (SDZWA) empowers people from around the globe to support their mission to conserve wildlife through innovation and partnerships. SDZWA supports cutting-edge conservation and brings the stories of their work back to two world-famous facilities, the San Diego Zoo and San Diego Zoo Safari Park—giving millions of guests, in person and virtually, the opportunity to experience conservation in action. The work of SDZWA extends from San Diego to strategic and regional conservation “hubs” across the globe, where their strengths—via their “Conservation Toolbox,” including the renowned Wildlife Biodiversity Bank—are able to effectively align with hundreds of regional partners to improve outcomes for wildlife in more coordinated efforts. By leveraging these tools in wildlife care and conservation science, and through collaboration with hundreds of partners, SDZWA has reintroduced more than 44 endangered species to native habitats. Each year, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance's work reaches over 1 billion people in 150 countries via news media, social media, their websites, educational resources and the San Diego Zoo Kids channel, which is in children’s hospitals in 13 countries. Success is made possible by the support of members, donors and guests to the San Diego Zoo and San Diego Zoo Safari Park, who are Wildlife Allies committed to ensuring All Life Thrives.

Founded in 1916
San Diego, California, USA
2K employees (132 in marketing)
SDZWA.org

Salaries

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Traffic Signals

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23K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
20%
Direct
59.4%
Referral
5.3%
Social
13.9%
Paid
1.3%

Headcount Trend

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Social Media Intern - San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance · San Diego, CA · On-site