Communications and Social Media Intern Spring/Summer 2025 – Research Park

Posted: 1.28.25

Communications and Social Media Intern Spring/Summer 2025 – Research Park

Research Park

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About the Research Park

The Research Park at the University of Illinois is a leading innovation hub for technology commercialization with a unique environment that cultivates startups and increases capabilities for established companies. The mixed-use composition promotes creative collisions and interdisciplinary collaborations, strengthening the bridge between campus and community.

The internal team at Research Park includes a small team of interns that manage communication, marketing, promotion, event planning, recruitment, and more for the Research Park as a University unit and as a whole.

About the Role

Do you love to write and pride yourself on being creative and good with words? Do you love to use social media? Do you enjoy working with different types of people? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, team-oriented atmosphere? The Communications and Social Media intern will be part of the University of Illinois Research Park and EnterpriseWorks team to highlight the exciting things happening at the Research Park.

The Communications and Social Media Intern will demonstrate their excellent written and verbal communication skills by writing news stories, crafting social media posts, working with graphic designers on promotional materials, and more. They will collaborate and coordinate with Research Park leadership and the EnterpriseWorks intern team to ensure timely marketing/branding and promotions of jobs, events, and news through appropriate platforms. An intern will be able to propose new and innovative ways to increase Research Park’s brand awareness in the community and campus and manage ongoing communications projects such as weekly announcements and monthly student newsletters. In addition, the intern will ensure that information on the Research Park website, calendars, and all social media platforms are up to date and correct.

Upon successful performance reviews, this internship can continue through multiple semesters.

Requirements

  • Must be a full-time enrolled student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign at the time of employment
  • Graduation date of December 2025 or later
  • Ability to start training in March 2025 (5-7 hours per week)
  • Applicants must be available to work full-time hours on-site throughout summer 2025 (37.5 hours per week)
  • This role has the potential to continue in Fall 2025 (10-15 hours per week) Must be available to begin training immediately after spring break working 5-7 hours/week and during Summer 2024 working up to 40 hours/week.

Qualifications

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to tell a great story in multiple formats and lengths (e.g. photos, video clips, and words)
  • Understanding of Internet and social media marketing best practices
  • Experience in multiple social media platforms including Facebook, X, Instagram and LinkedIn
  • Excellent proofreading and editing skills; strong attention to detail
  • Good project management and time management skills/work within structure
  • Ability to work in fast-paced environments and balance multiple projects
  • Ensure all projects are delivered on time and within scope
  • Maintain clear communications with management on project status

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with Webtools, Canva
  • Ability to edit web content through WordPress
  • Practical writing experience outside of the classroom
  • Seeking at least one candidate who is familiar with Agriculture to adequately communicate the advances in AgTech being produced by many of the companies at Research Park. If applicable, please provide the extent of knowledge you have in this field in either your cover letter or resume.

To apply, please fill out this form. Reach out to bdgoode@illinois.edu with any questions.

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