Internship
SOCIAL MEDIA STUDENT INTERN
Finance & Administration
Nashville, TN
Internship Compensation: $20 per hour
Closing Date: 08/17/2026
Remote
Background Check:
This position requires a criminal background check. Therefore, you may be required to provide information about your criminal history in order to be considered for this position.
Who we are and what we do:
Internship Details:
Location: Remote Schedule: Part-time, approximately 515 hours per week Compensation: $20 per hour Duration: Six months, with the possibility of an extension
Anticipated start date: September 1.
Schedule flexibility: Hours may be arranged around your class schedule.
Equipment: Equipment will be provided
What You'll Gain:
During this internship, you will have opportunities to:
- Manage content for professional social media accounts.
- Create portfolio-ready writing, graphics and videos.
- Learn how communications and social media are managed in state government.
- Gain experience with content planning, digital storytelling, community engagement, and social media analytics.
- Receive feedback and mentorship from experienced professionals.
- Participate in campaign planning and creative brainstorming.
- Use performance data to make content recommendations.
- Collaborate with professionals across different programs and areas of expertise.
- Develop a stronger understanding of accessible, accurate, and audience-focused communication.
How you make a difference in this role:
Enjoy creating content and following social media trends. Have strong writing, proofreading, and communication skills. Like turning complicated information into clear and interesting messages. Are comfortable sharing creative ideas and receiving feedback. Can balance creativity with accuracy and professionalism. Are organized, dependable, and able to meet deadlines. Can work independently while staying connected with a remote team. Want to build a portfolio of professional work with a public-service purpose.
Job Overview:
- Help tell the story of how the Tennessee state government serves its employees and communities.
- The Tennessee Department of Finance & Administration is seeking a creative, curious, and dependable college student to support the departments social media platforms.
- In this paid internship, you will create content for real audiences, contribute ideas to active communications campaigns, and gain hands-on experience in public-sector communications.
- This role is a strong fit for a student who enjoys social media, writing, graphic design, short-form video, digital storytelling, or finding clear and engaging ways to explain complex information.
- You do not need previous professional social media experience to apply. Relevant coursework, class projects, student organization work, volunteer experience, and personal creative projects are welcome.
Key Responsibilities:
- As the Social Media and Content Creation Intern, you will: Create and adapt engaging social media content, including written posts, graphics, photos, short-form videos, carousels, and other digital content.
- Help develop content for Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter/X. Assist with building and maintaining a social media content calendar.
- Schedule approved posts across department platforms.
- Brainstorm ideas for campaigns, recurring content series, employee spotlights, public-service messages, events, and department initiatives.
- Help turn detailed or technical information into clear, accessible, and engaging content.
- Monitor comments, messages, and conversations on department social media channels and respond or escalate them when appropriate.
- Review performance data such as reach, engagement, impressions, follower growth, and content performance.
- Help prepare reports and recommend ways to improve future content.
- Collaborate with communications, marketing, program, and department team members to maintain consistent branding and messaging.
- Learn and follow professional standards related to accessibility, accuracy, privacy, approvals, public comments, and government communications.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Currently enrolled in a Tennessee college or university studying communications, marketing, journalism, public relations, graphic design, digital media, public administration, or a related field.
- Familiarity with major social media platforms. Basic experience with Canva. Strong attention to detail. Ability to manage time effectively and complete assignments on schedule.
- Experience with photography, Photoshop, video editing software, social media scheduling tools, or analytics platforms is helpful but not required.
Pursuant to the State of Tennessee's Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State's policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person's race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.