Virtual Sports Thread Social Media Marketing Internship

- This internship is conducted remotely from your college campus -

Sports Thread is the USA’s most extensive social media network for college sports. Sports Thread is purpose driven: To help high school athletes who aspire to play at the collegiate level get inside information about colleges and their sports programs before making life changing decisions on which school to attend. In addition to aiding high school athletes in their decision, Sports Thread enables college athletes and college students to be part of a vibrant online sports community where fans, current college student athletes, aspiring high school athletes, parents and coaches can all communicate through their unique Sports Thread profiles.

THE INTERNSHIP:

Sports Thread seeks talented individuals who have a passion for collegiate athletics and an interest in social media marketing. Interns will learn the fundamentals of how businesses use various social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, LinkedIn, etc. for business development and brand recognition all conducted remotely. Additionally, interns will participate in a semester long course on social media marketing where they will implement social media techniques in a real-life scenario. The internship is unpaid and can be taken either for class credit or work experience.

 

Interns will develop the following skills:

• Learning to recognize social media trends.

• Effective content marketing.

• Developing social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc. for business growth and to reach target market segments.

• Understanding methods behind growing a following on various platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.

• Increasing brand awareness.

• Implementing social media strategies.

• Monitoring and analyzing social media data to reach set goals.

• SEO and its significance social media marketing and business development.

• Networking.

WHAT WE REQUIRE:

• Self-motivated and enthusiastic people.

• Interest in social media and social media marketing.

• A passion for using social networking sites, and general excitement to learn new skills.

• Highly organized.

 

DURATION:

The internship will be conducted on a semesterly or quarterly basis (depending on the school). Interns are expected to dedicate 2-5 hours a week for tasks assigned by Sports Thread. The internship is an independent study program and will be performed on the intern’s own schedule throughout the week.

 

Sports Thread is happy to provide necessary documentation to receive course

credit for our internship. Requirements vary for each institution; it is the intern's

responsibility to determine if this internship will count for credit at your school.

 

REFERENCE ON CAMPUS

Interns will also serve as a point of reference for questions about Sports Thread around

campus. If an intern is approached by a University official or faculty member, interns will be provided a formal statement and will refer all questions about Sports Thread to that statement. It is expressly understood that interns shall serve only as intermediaries between Sports Thread internship coordinator and University officials. Interns are not in a position to make formal statements for the company without prior written approval from the company.

 

HOW TO APPLY

 

Email lauren@sportsthread.com to submit your resume.

 

Testimonials from past Sports Thread Interns:

“I just wanted to send a friendly email saying how appreciative I am of how much I learned during the SportsThread internship process, and it's all thanks to you! I am currently interning at NGIN with an elite internship marketing and advertising position in Kendall Square Cambridge, and I am actually teaching the other interns social media here! I never would've thought I had learned so much, but you prepared me well to intern in the big leagues and I am forever grateful.” - Matthew Higgins, email, Spring ‘17

 

“...Glad I could be helpful! I also just got a new internship that I am working as part of the marketing team and have used 90% of what I have learned so far from you posts and the hootsuite videos in actually building their brand. So I am extremely grateful for all the resources you have provided so far!” - Rachel Mydosh, text message, Spring ‘17

 

“I wanted to reach out to you and personally thank you for the opportunity you gave me to be a Social Media Marketing intern for Sports Thread LLC. and all the knowledge and experience I have gained over the last five months. I found the internship to be extremely rewarding in a myriad of ways, and I am forever thankful for the real-life, daily experience working with Sports Thread offered to me.

Over the course of the semester working as a representative for Sports Thread on the Ole Miss campus, I was able to gain insight into Social media marketing tactics and in-depth knowledge regarding strategies, Search engine optimization, and networking. Moreover, having the Sports Thread app as an outlet to my disposal was a fun, enjoyable experience because I was able to gauge what content interested users and spiked the biggest response not only from just Ole Miss fans, but Sports Thread users too.

Your advice, lessons, and experience throughout the internship were very helpful and direct, and I just wanted to thank you for being an amazing supervisor throughout this experience.

I appreciate Sports Thread for believing in me and allowing me to get my foot in the door of the professional sports and marketing industry. I hope that we can maintain this relationship, and I would love to stay in touch and continue to use the Sports Thread app. Perhaps, I could even gain some advice and directions to take as search for a professional career in the sports and marketing industry. Once again, thank you very much for the opportunity to work for Sports Thread. It was a really enjoyable five months, and I am extremely proud of the work produced as an intern and hope that I met all of your organizational expectations.” - Aidan Johnston, Letter, Spring ‘17

“I want to thank you so much for such a great internship. I am amazed at what social media has become and the power it has. The tools that are available for companies to use to get their message across and promote their product are infinite. I relaly hope to use the skills I learned in whatever career I may take. It has been so much fun getting closer to my school and seeing what it has to offer and to know that all you have to do is look for what you want and you will find it. Thank you so much and I know sports thread will be HUGE!!!” - Lorenzo de la Garza, text message, Spring ‘17.

 

“I really enjoyed being a part of the Sports Thread team and I am grateful for everything I learned during the internship. I know it will help me in my future endeavors in the social media marketing field. Even though the internship is done, I would love to stay in contact!” - Kelli Tatum, email, Spring ‘17.