Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Artsefact LLC is a wildlife art and conservation-focused small business that uses art, education, and storytelling to raise awareness for wildlife, particularly endangered and lesser-known species. The Marketing & Conservation Communications Intern will receive hands-on training and mentoring in digital marketing, content creation, conservation communications, SEO, social media, video, e-commerce, and analytics while contributing to real-world projects.
Responsibilities
- Researching endangered and threatened wildlife using credible sources
- Conservation communications and responsible wildlife storytelling
- Blog writing and long-form content development
- Email newsletter strategy and writing
- WordPress publishing
- SEO fundamentals
- Search intent, audience-question research, and hook development
- Tools such as Google Trends, Google Autocomplete, AnswerThePublic, and similar research platforms
- Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube, and other platform strategies
- Reels, Shorts, time lapses, carousels, graphics, and other digital content
- Short- and long-form video strategy
- Content repurposing
- Audience personas and customer journeys
- Educational versus promotional messaging and calls to action
- A/B testing and marketing experimentation
- Social media and content analytics
- Competitor and industry analysis
- Campaign planning
- E-commerce and digital merchandising concepts
- Ethical and responsible use of AI in marketing and research
- Developing and practicing your professional elevator pitch
- Turning internship experience into stronger résumé bullet points
- Identifying portfolio-worthy work
- Developing a professional marketing or communications case study
- Presenting your work and explaining the strategy behind it
- Documenting projects and creating professional handoffs
- Receiving individualized feedback on your strengths and areas for continued development
Skills
- •Meetings are done via Google Meet and require a camera and microphone•
- •Stable internet connection is required•
- • Interested in marketing, communications, wildlife, conservation, art, creative business, or related fields
- • Curious and willing to research unfamiliar subjects
- • Comfortable communicating and writing in English
- • Creative while able to work within an established brand
- • Reliable with communication and deadlines
- • Comfortable asking questions and receiving constructive feedback
- • Able to work independently after receiving direction
- • Interested in understanding the •why• behind marketing rather than simply completing tasks
- • Careful about accuracy, particularly when communicating wildlife and conservation information
- A minimum commitment of four months is required
- Internship activities should not exceed 20 hours per week
- Late-evening availability is required due to scheduling constraints
- Previous experience with Canva, WordPress, video editing, SEO, social media, email marketing, photography, e-commerce, analytics, or similar tools is helpful, but not required
- Portfolio or work samples are welcome if you have them, but they're not required
Benefits
- Unpaid educational internship with mentoring, practical experience, feedback, and opportunities to develop work for a résumé and portfolio
- Academic credit support for currently enrolled college or university students, including coordination with the school and reasonable documentation regarding the internship and its learning objectives
- Training, mentoring, project reviews, demonstrations, strategy discussions, feedback, and planning through regular virtual meetings
- Individualized feedback on strengths and areas for continued development
- Opportunities to develop résumé bullet points, portfolio-worthy work, a professional marketing or communications case study, presentation skills, and professional handoffs
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