Social Media Marketing Intern (Unpaid)

The Texas Debate Collective is looking for a creative-minded intern to manage its social media presence. Our ideal candidate is comfortable creating content, managing comments on posts, tracking post results, and keeping up with social trends to increase engagement.This is a part-time unpaid internship, starting May 1, 2026, and running through August 31, 2026, with the option to extend the internship through the following year at the discretion of the organization's Director if the intern is interested in staying on. The intern will report directly to the Operations Team, which consists of the organization's Director and it's Operations Administrator.About TDCThe Texas Debate Collective was created in 2009 to allow low-income students to access the highest levels of competitive debate. Expensive training camps are often where top debaters learn and practice their skills over the summer in preparation for the next season. But, students without significant financial resources are shut out from those opportunities. These financial barriers to participation are also unequally distributed; students of color are more likely than their white peers to be unable to participate in debate for financial reasons. TDC’s mission is to make debate available for everyone. In its first year, TDC had no budget and housed all students and staff in the homes of generous members of the debate community. Since then, TDC has become one of the top debate camps in the country for students at the highest levels of competition while also giving the majority of its students scholarships.In our 17 years running camps, we've managed to offer competitive, high-quality debate instruction to students for free or highly reduced rates - each year, we reserve half of our slots at camp for full-scholarships awarded on the basis of financial need, and our rates for paying students are significantly lower than those of comparable national camps. In 2024 alone we awarded over $130,000 in need-based financial aid.ResponsibilitiesDesign cross-platform social media posts, graphics and marketing materialsManage Instagram stories, posts, comments, and DMsMaintain Facebook pageTrack social media engagement and trends to develop new marketing strategiesCraft social media initiatives to increase engagementRequirementsUndergraduate student or beyond (preferably studying Digital Marketing, Communications, or Advertising, but not required)Experience managing social media for a brand, company, or organization preferred but not requiredProficiency with graphic design (e.g. Canva, Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.)Comfortable with video editing software (e.g. Capcut, Adobe Premiere Pro, etc.)Strong understanding of the social media landscape and trends as they pertain to brand/company social media accounts