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Equal Employment Opportunity
Youth Celebrate Diversity is an equal opportunity employer. We will not discriminate and will take affirmative actions/measures to ensure against discrimination in employment, recruitment, advertisements for employment, compensation, termination, upgrading, promotions, and other conditions of employment against any employee or job applicant on the basis of race, color, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, veteran’s status, or sexual orientation.
Social Media Intern
The Social Media Intern is responsible for creating social media campaigns and posts, as well as tracking analytics for social media campaigns, to promote YCD programs and services. This role reports to and works closely with YCD’s Executive Director. Download a PDF version of the role description here.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- Assist with the design and execution of social media campaigns. Create and distribute content such as blogs, infographics, videos and press releases on social media and traditional news outlets.
- Create and execute against weekly and monthly editorial calendars.
- Track social media engagement to identify high-performing ideas and campaigns for scalability. Respond to comments and DMs.
- Conduct social media and influencer research.
- Support the YCD team at live and virtual events.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate is a college student who is passionate about social justice and inclusion, and who is an alumnus of the YCD program, or a similar program.
We are prioritizing candidates in Colorado, but are open to candidates with the right background and experience located elsewhere in the country.
Qualifications include:
- A deep understanding of one’s own identity and privilege, and an ability to engage others on these topics in an honest, transparent and constructive manner.
- The ability to effectively mentor, facilitate and guide adults as well as young people through challenging conversations, including topics such as identity, race and ethnicity, stereotypes, understanding political differences or current events, and more.
- Passion, idealism, integrity, a positive attitude, and an enduring commitment to support all young people.
- Deep knowledge of social media platforms, most importantly TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook.
- Competency with computers, including use of e-mail, word processing software, spreadsheets, and related software. Some computer training will be offered as part of this role.
Working Conditions
This is a part-time internship position requiring 10 hours per week. There is flexibility on when these hours will be performed, though a standard schedule will be agreed upon at the start of the internship.
The candidate must work from home in all cases. The candidate is expected to use their own personal computer and home Internet access to fulfill the duties of this role.
Compensation and Benefits
This position pays $18 per hour. There are no employee benefits aside from the hourly wage.
Application Process
Please contact Caleb Munro at [email protected] to express interest in the role.
Teens Talk Podcast Host/Intern
The Teens Talks Podcast Host/Intern is responsible for the creation of new episodes for the Teens Talk Podcast. This role reports to and works closely with YCD’s Executive Director. Download a PDF version of the role description here.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- Working with the Executive Director, create new seasons and episodes for the Teens Talk Podcast, including topic selection, speaker identification and recruitment, brainstorming questions for interviews, and editing recorded sessions for upload.
- Working with the Social Media Intern, create a marketing and publicity plan to generate views and downloads of the Teens Talk Podcast episodes.
- Assist the Executive Director with virtual training sessions and other virtual programming, as needed.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate is a college student who is passionate about social justice and inclusion, and who is an alumnus of the YCD program, or a similar program.
We are prioritizing candidates in Colorado, but are open to candidates with the right background and experience located elsewhere in the country.
Qualifications include:
- A deep understanding of one’s own identity and privilege, and an ability to engage others on these topics in an honest, transparent and constructive manner.
- The ability to effectively mentor, facilitate and guide adults as well as young people through challenging conversations, including topics such as identity, race and ethnicity, stereotypes, understanding political differences or current events, and more.
- Passion, idealism, integrity, a positive attitude, and an enduring commitment to support all young people.
- Competency with computers, including use of e-mail, word processing software, spreadsheets, and related software. Some computer training will be offered as part of this role.
Working Conditions
This is a part-time internship position requiring 10 hours per week. There is flexibility on when these hours will be performed, though a standard schedule will be agreed upon at the start of the internship.
The candidate must work from home in all cases. The candidate is expected to use their own personal computer and home Internet access to fulfill the duties of this role.
Compensation and Benefits
This position pays $18 per hour. There are no employee benefits aside from the hourly wage.
Application Process
Please contact Caleb Munro at [email protected] to express interest in the role.