Internship Nutrition Media Jobs in Lake County, IL

Company Description
Seeking enthusiastic, organized and resourceful intern to create and execute a social media strategy and campaign to build new online wellness brand using online platforms, pdf downloads, ebooks, online partnerships/community and email marketing mediums. We are a team of health coaches launching a cleanse program and online platform to sell our offerings.
THIS IS A 6 MONTH UNPAID INTERNSHIP WITH OPPORTUNITY TO TURN INTO CONTRACT POSITION.
Job Description
Seeking enthusiastic, organized and resourceful intern to help build online presence through social media and email campaigns including blogging, updating Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Pinterest and Youtube sites.
Looking for someone who has experience using social media and knows how to plan and execute social media schedules. You should have a good understanding of how to interact with online communities and build a following. This role is very hands-on and requires someone who is comfortable taking the lead to do things on their own. You will be working with me to build the content, so collaboration and communication is crucial for this role. This is a great opportunity for individuals that want to build their resume in the fields of online marketing and advertising.
Schedule:
6-month term internship, start date is as soon as possible. It will be 10-15 hours a week and is unpaid with the opportunity to turn into a contract position.
Responsibilities/Duties include:
-Work with owner to brainstorm and create compelling content, visual design and draft copy for social media platforms, blog and website
-Monitor trends in social media, health, wellness, fitness and applications, and appropriately apply that knowledge to create viral content that will increase word of mouth and client base
-Create monthly and weekly social media schedules and post all content
-Create weekly blogs and biweekly newsletter campaigns
-Drafting analytical reports on website and social media to review and recap to me
-Design canva and pinterest images to post to social media accounts, on website and for special events or campaigns
-Create content for handouts and pdf to include on website and email campaigns
-Do market research to identify what top competitors are doing and how we can constantly improve our strategy
Qualifications
Qualifications of the ideal candidate:
-Knowledge and understanding of leading social media platforms and viral content, as well as knowledge of emerging trends and technologies.
-Has a journalistic instinct to gather the who, what, why, when and where during research and writing content, natural inclination to be a story-teller
-Strong verbal and written communication skills.
-Loves creating systems and is very organized
-A natural passion for fitness, nutrition, wellness and holistic health.
-Obtaining a degree in a communications, public relations, advertising or related field or looking to obtain additional experience in the field
-Must be comfortable using Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word), Canva and the major social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Google+, Tumblr, YouTube).
-A positive attitude, sense of humor and naturally creative.
-Great work ethic - independent and a go-getter. Although we will have weekly calls, you will be doing much of this work on your own and must be comfortable creating and executing projects from our conversations.
-VERY organized and good at following through on instructions.
-An ability to think outside of the box and a love for creating
Additional Information
Please provide examples of your work including press kits, designs, blogs, social media profiles, writing samples and marketing campaigns.