Intern, Marketing

Over 20 years ago, Stride was founded to provide personalized learning — powered by technology. We reached students where they were in their own journeys. We knocked down their barriers to great education. And we gave every learner equal opportunity to succeed — however they defined success. Stride innovated the learning experience with online and blended learning that prepared them for their lives ahead.

Stride is a community of passionate leaders.  Whether teachers, engineers, curriculum writers, or financial managers — whatever your expertise or role, we all work to empower futures through learning. And changing the trajectory of learning itself is one of our greatest missions.  Join us in developing more effective ways to learn and helping learners build the skills and confidence they need to make their way forward in life.

As an Intern, you will be responsible for assisting with various projects within the Marketing department at Stride. Essential functions may vary from administrative, clerical and project work to which is determined by the business needs. This role will provide support for multiple K12-powered school social media channels which include, but not limited to, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Snapchat, and Twitter. This role will also provide website support, social media strategy, graphic design support, and blog writing. Your role will be to ensure that prospective parents are fully aware of and understand what K12-powered schools offer, thus supporting the company’s overall enrollment goals.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• Demonstrates an understanding of the company’s main business line: our management of 70+ online schools
• Creates and prepares various content, presentations, and materials as assigned
• Executes tasks by utilizing various technologies and platforms specific to the business
• Provides additional marketing and ideation support to the team as needed
• Supports creating graphics and videos for Social Media Channels, submitting ideas for Snapchat, TikTok challenge videos, YouTube Content Creation and Strategy, and Facebook Live planning
• Evaluates social media metrics and help prepare team reports to monitor performance
• Organizes social media content in a monthly editorial calendar. 
• Plans and schedules social media content using management platforms and tools
• Collaborates with the school staff to highlight and showcase student stories
• Provides suggestions on best practices for collecting user-generated content
• Provides trending ideas and actively contributes to content planning meetings. Create weekly pitches about trending challenges and ideas for multi-platform campaigns
• Assists the team with day-to-day administrative and operational duties, as assigned
• Assist with developing marketing materials as assigned by team
• Forge strong relationships with internal teams and external organizations
• Ensure thorough, timely and accurate communication

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no formal supervisory responsibilities.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:   

• Currently working towards an undergraduate degree in Communications, Marketing, English or another relevant field or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Working knowledge of social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat, and Twitter
• Excellent presentation skills with ability to leverage technology effectively
• Excellent interpersonal and collaborative skills with ability to build strong working relationships
• Ability to work both independently and within a team-oriented environment
• Strong project and time management and organizational skills with attention to detail
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, meets deadlines consistently
• Ability to prioritize effectively and manage competing priorities to deliver and drive results
• High level of quality and accountability for work product
• Unquestionable personal code of ethics, integrity, diversity, and trust
• MS365; Web proficiency.
• Ability to clear required background check

Preferred QUALIFICATIONS:  

• Experience with photo editing and graphic design tools, including Canva
• Experience with video editing, including Animoto, TikTok video creation skills, and YouTube Knowledge
• Experience with a Social Media Management system, like Sprout Social or Hootsuite

WORK ENVIRONMENT:  The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This position is virtual and open to residents of the 50 states, D.C

Compensation & Benefits: Stride, Inc. considers a person’s education, experience, and qualifications, as well as the position’s work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value when determining a new employee’s salary level.  Salaries will differ based on these factors, the position’s level and expected contribution, and the employee’s benefits elections.  Offers will typically be in the bottom half of the range. 

• We anticipate this position will pay between $18 to $20 per hour.  Eligible employees may receive a bonus.  This salary is not guaranteed, as an individual’s compensation can vary based on several factors.  These factors include, but are not limited to, geographic location, experience, training, education, and local market conditions. Stride offers a robust benefits package for eligible employees that can include health benefits, retirement contributions, and paid time off.