Social Media Contractor

Educators for Peaceful Classrooms and Communities - Virtual meetings, CA

Skills and Experience

• Good writing skills for social media
• Experience using Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and other platforms and best practices for posting on those platforms
• Familiarity and enthusiasm for issues of diversity, equity and social justice especially as they relate to children
• Work collaboratively
• Learn quickly and be self motivated
• Excellent organizational skills

Desired but not required:

• Familiarity with Facebook ads and boosts, Canva, and Hootsuite
• Experience writing marketing copy
• Experience developing and maintaining a following on Facebook and Instagram
• Experience creating or maintaining a business’s presence on Facebook and Instagram

Job Description

Help EPCC expand our presence and visibility in social media

Phase I

• Work with a content mentor (Wilma Gold) through regular meetings to acclimate, design a strategy and know where and how to look for content  (dos and don’ts)

• Work with tech/marketing mentor (Shira Coleman) to strategize around boosting posts and creating ads  (dos and don’ts)

• Become familiar with the EPCC organization, values, mission, and philosophy

• Become familiar with EPCC branding, and content we create on our website and newsletter

• Set up Canva with EPCC Brand Kit

• Set up Hootsuite to be able to plan out automatic posting to Instagram and Facebook

• Translate content from EPPC members and partner organizations into social media style posts

• Provide draft posts to EPCC your content mentor for review

• Schedule and post on behalf of EPCC, on Facebook and Instagram on an agreed schedule

• Bring any trolling or upset from followers/public to the attention of your content mentor immediately. Work with content mentor for dos and don’ts of responding

• Research what is being posted related to social media about diversity, equity and social justice by other organizations and thought leaders

Phase II

• Begin to identify content more independently from EPCC that would be good to post on social media

• Work with EPCC content mentor to glean and create content for posting

• Work with EPCC content mentor around interaction/dialogue with followers and public on Facebook and Instagram

• Bring any trolling or upset from followers/public to the attention of your content mentor immediately

• Delete inappropriate comments and inform content member of all such incidents 

• Familiarity with what like minded, partner and potential partner organizations are posting on social media

• Work with EPCC content mentor to select like minded organizations content for reposting, linking and referencing

• Work with EPCC tech/marketing mentor to learn and create ways to design, link, share content from other organizations or EPCC platforms (dos and don’ts)

 

Phase III

• Become a regular presence on social media for our organization

• Identify new material forward to the webmaster for EPCC

• Post trending activities for educators, and families for example 

• Engagement posts/conversations

• Downloadable activities to play with children

• Staff education activities

• New childrens’ books or games reviews

• Pass along opportunities for grants, events, donations, fundraising etc. to EPCC members

 

Time and Compensation

6 month internship with possible extension

4 hours per week to begin

$20 per hour – paid as a $1700 honorarium, in monthly installments

 

Types of posts:

Quotes/inspiration

Engagement questions

Images

Links to resources

Downloadables

Invitations- (sales)

Activities and events

Connections to partner organizations/like minded groups

Reposts of other’s content

 

EPCC Social Media Intern Application

To apply for the EPCC Social Media Intern position please submit your resume or CV and respond to the following questions:

1. What skills and or knowledge would you bring to this position?

2. Why would you like to be a social media intern for EPCC?