United Way of Utah County fights for children and youth. We provide parents, caregivers, and neighbors the tools for childhood education, youth social and emotional health, and financial stability of local families. We are looking for an EveryDay Strong intern to help create mental health content, and A Help Me Grow intern to create social media content.
Find more information and apply at unitedwayuc.org/jobs-and-internships/.
Anxiety and depression are growing issues among kids and teenagers. United Way’s EveryDay Strong project is on a mission to empower parents and other caring adults to know how to build resilience in children.
We’ve already reached over twenty thousand families in Utah and we’re still spreading. As the Mental Health Social Media Intern, you’ll help us remix featured content for our Facebook and Instagram channels to reach more families and teach them how to help their kids feel safe, connected, and confident.
Your qualifications:
- good writing skills and willingness to revise
- a passion for mental health and the ability to refine your own thinking about what mental health is
- the ability to stay on top of tasks and contribute to a team environment
- fluent in English, excellent grammar
- basic technical literacy (if you can use programs like PowerPoint and Word easily, you’ll be set)
Hours per week: 10-15 (flexible; remote possible)
Day to day activities:
- review that week’s featured content and edit/shorten it for an Instagram caption
- select quality photos from our library that match the caption
- use Canva to create simple graphics/quote images that teach a lesson
- make sure the “link in bio” matches the content for that week
- draft one email newsletter per month
- draft one article for the local paper per month
We love teaching you all these skills! We anticipate that you will walk away with a strong portfolio of meaningful projects that you can claim full responsibility for.
This is a volunteer position. Usually, it qualifies for school credit: you will need to check the exact requirements of your school.
Help Me Grow Social Media Internship
Program Description: As an initiative of United Way of Utah County, Help Me Grow Utah is a free statewide family information helpline designed to promote the optimal development during pregnancy and early childhood by:
- linking families to information and community resources related to child development and parenting
- providing personalized care coordination
- creating and facilitating partnerships within the community to improve the availability and quality of services for families
While working at United Way, your talents would support something bigger—helping your neighbors get back on their feet after a challenging year. Together, we can support childhood education, youth social and emotional health, and families’ financial stability.
Position Description: The Early Childhood Social Media Intern’s efforts are focused on increasing the reach of the program throughout the state through the management and improvement of social media and various marketing materials. These include but are not limited to:
- Team with the Social Media Manager to increase social media outreach through the current mediums
- Help to design social media images or graphics using program marketing guidelines
- Create, caption, and publish content on social media platforms, including live videos
- Along with existing protocol, use knowledge-base to provide input and direction to the program’s social media
- Engage our social media audiences with Instagram/Facebook stories and through comments
Minimum Requirements:
- Experience with social media (Facebook business page, Instagram, Pinterest), marketing, photography, and writing
- The ability to stay on top of tasks and contribute to a team environment
- Basic technical literacy (if you can use programs like PowerPoint and Word easily, you’ll be set)
- Good writing skills and willingness to revise; great organizational skills and attention to detail; willingness to take initiative on projects
- Applicants should be currently enrolled in or have graduated from a Marketing, Communications, Photography, English, Social Work, Psychology, or similar program We anticipate that you will walk away with a strong portfolio of meaningful projects that you can claim full responsibility for.
This is a volunteer position. Usually, it qualifies for school credit: you will need to check the exact requirements of your school. We are happy to fill out any needed paperwork or adjust the job description as needed.
Schedule & Location:
- Minimum of 15 hours per week
- Choice of remote work or on-site in Provo
- Schedule is flexible
