Social Media & Content Intern

Main areas of focus: Social Media, Content Creation, Community Management, Cultural Trend Analysis

Location: Remote

Term: June 1 – August 28, 2026

Hours: 3 days/week (24 hours/week total)

Eligibility: At this time, we are only considering candidates who are eligible to work in the United States without the need of company sponsorship now or in the future.

JOB SUMMARY

Reporting to the Associate Director of Content, you will spend the summer learning the ins and outs of how a mission-driven brand shows up on social media. You’ll work closely with our Marketing & Growth team to support day-to-day publishing, execute community management, and help us stay close to social and cultural trends. Along the way, you’ll get exposure to scheduling, copywriting, design execution in Canva, content brainstorming, occasional on-camera work, AI-assisted workflow exploration, and monthly performance reporting. This is a hands-on learning role designed to give you real reps across the full social and content stack.

YOU’LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR…

• Scheduling and publishing social media posts across our platforms, helping keep our calendar on-brand and on-time
• Executing community management across both reactive (responding to comments and DMs we receive) and proactive (engaging in conversations on other relevant channels) workflows
• Tracking social and cultural trends week-to-week and surfacing the most relevant ones to the team — flagging where charity: water could authentically participate
• Occasionally appearing on-camera in short-form content and editing footage using CapCut and Instagram Edits, leveraging trending templates
• Supporting our overall content strategy through brainstorms, helping organize content, and copywriting
• Helping with design implementation, working primarily within our pre-built Canva templates to keep production fast and on-brand
• Exploring how AI tools like Claude can improve and speed up our social and content workflows — bringing back ideas the team can adopt
• Pulling monthly social performance on new content and packaging it into a clear, digestible recap for the team
• Helping organize and contribute to a social content library that the Creative team will own as part of our broader DAM

YOU MUST HAVE…

• A degree in progress - or recently completed - in marketing, communications, media, or a related field
• Strong working knowledge of Instagram and TikTok as both a creator and a viewer — you can speak fluently about formats, trends, and what’s resonating right now
• Hands-on experience editing short-form video on mobile using CapCut, Instagram Edits, or comparable tools
• Comfortable being on-camera occasionally for short-form content
• Sharp written communication — you can match a brand voice and write social copy that lands
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail; you can manage a publishing calendar without things slipping
• A curious, coachable learner — you ask questions, take feedback well, and aren’t afraid to try new things
• Availability to work 3 days/week (24 hours total) consistently across the full term (June 1 – August 28, 2026)

IT’S AN ADDED PLUS IF YOU HAVE…

• Prior internship, freelance, or personal-account experience producing social content
• Familiarity with Canva and an eye for clean, on-brand visual execution within a template system
• Familiarity with Sprout Social or a comparable social media management platform
• Familiarity with Claude (or other AI assistants) and an interest in using them to improve everyday workflows
• Familiarity with Notion for documentation, project management, or content planning.
• A genuine connection to charity: water’s mission or experience in the nonprofit / cause-driven space

YOU’LL BE SUCCESSFUL IF...

• Curiosity — you’re genuinely tuned in to internet culture and can spot a trend before it peaks, not after it’s saturated.
• Adaptability — the social landscape moves fast and you roll with it — picking up new tools, taking feedback, and adjusting your approach as priorities shift.
• Communication — you can write tight, on-voice copy and translate community signals back to the team clearly.
• Creative Judgment — you can tell the difference between a trend that fits charity: water and one that doesn’t.
• Precision — you treat the publishing calendar, brand voice, and visual standards as non-negotiables.
• Collaboration — you work well across the Marketing & Growth team and know how to take input without losing momentum.

TEAM OVERVIEW

The Marketing & Global Partnerships teams elevate the brand of charity: water through partnerships with some of the world’s most generous companies. They cultivate trust with the organization’s audience and supporters, building lasting and meaningful relationships that range from small companies sponsoring a single water project to global companies developing holistic, multi-year campaigns. Together these teams create experiences that inspire and engage huge audiences and bring clean water to people in need.

ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW

At charity: water, we believe that water changes everything. We work with local implementing partners to fund sustainable solutions that provide clean and safe drinking water in developing countries. Since 2006, with a diverse team of world-changers and an unstoppable community of supporters, we’ve brought clean water to more than 12 million people worldwide. With the makings of a mid-size tech startup, we're reinventing charity through endless innovation, contagious passion, beautifully crafted stories, and a powerful brand that inspires a new kind of generosity.

At charity: water, we value every background, identity, and experience. We believe that a diverse team, informed by different cultures and perspectives, makes us stronger. We are committed to doing the work and challenging each other to be an organization in which everyone is respected and heard. We commit to providing genuine opportunities for all people to thrive. And we will continue to embed diversity, inclusion, belonging, and equality in everything we do.