MLS – New York, NY
Internship
Internships: Communications/Community Relations
2014 Intern-Social Media – Major League Soccer (New YOrk, NY)
Reporting to the Social Media Manager, the Social Media intern will work to achieve the league’s online and social media goals. The focus of this internship is to manage and optimize the league’s social media sites and aide in the production of a comprehensive social media campaign.
Responsibilities
• Manage, monitor and optimize MLS activities on all social media platforms including Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Foursquare, MySpace, etc.
• Write, publish and update content on MLSsoccer.com including articles, blogs, videos and more.
• Coordinate user-generated content collected via social media promotions and sweepstakes.
• Monitor article and blog comments on MLSsoccer.com.
• Create photo galleries by selecting, editing and uploading photos.
• Support additional digital staff members when requested.
• Evening and weekend hours will be required.
Qualifications
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Web savvy; Must possess experience with social media platforms.
• Knowledge of HTML; Experience with an HTML editor preferred.
• Experience with photo editing software (i.e. Adobe Photoshop) preferred.
• Knowledge of soccer a plus.
• Self-motivated, driven team player.
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