Multimedia and Video Intern

Interns on the Marketing and Storytelling team at Making Waves Education Foundation play a key role as a part of a small team that is promoting equity by making college and career resources more accessible, building community by celebrating student stories, and driving impact by building brand awareness and engaging new supporters. We’re looking for a detail-oriented, organized, and creative Multimedia and Video Intern to support content creation across our websites, social media, newsletters, and other digital channels. This is a great opportunity to gain hands-on experience in video editing, graphic design, and digital storytelling for mission-driven work. As a part of our Making Waves internship program, you will get: Paid, hands-on work experience in a supportive work environment in the non-profit and marketing fields. Exploration and learnings across a range of marketing, storytelling, and administrative projects. Career development support and reflections with Making Waves career specialists. Exposure to other fields and networking opportunities across Making Waves. Key Responsibilities include:Video editing Edit and produce short-form video content, including creating social media clips from existing podcasts and webinars for LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube Edit and produce short-form video content for thank you messages for donors and supporters Collaborate with the Lead Marketing and Storytelling Intern on co-creating and/or filming and editing video content that shares college, career, and financial resources or celebrates Making Waves students and alums Support the creation of templates or guides for captions, subtitles, name cards, and visual elements within videos Regularly upload video files to internal team sites, YouTube, and websites Graphic design Design visual content for newsletters, websites, and social media channels Turn written storytelling content into short-form social media content, including for Instagram Reels and Stories Update design templates in Canva Edit and organize photo files for website, social media, newsletters, and print materials Design and organize visuals in Giphy library Update or create infographics, presentation slides, and other graphics Administrative Help organize and update visual asset library (photos, graphics, videos, brand assets) including labeling files, adding captions and alt-text, or organizing files Conduct online research into best practices in visual design, branding, and accessibility for digital media Collaborate with team members and participate in brainstorming sessions, reviews, and ongoing feedback around content creation and storytelling campaigns Provide input, feedback, perspectives, and perform testing for design concepts, social media content, and video scripts and animations As needed, support website, social media, and digital data collection and analysis