Social Media and Digital Intern (Paid) - Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust

Job Posted: 5 March 2025

• Contract Term: Seasonal
• Location: East Cowes, Isle of Wight
• Contract Type: Full time
• Salary: £12.21 per hour
• Industries: Media Sales & Marketing Charity / Voluntary

* Are you passionate about the power of social media to tell stories?

* Do you have a creative mind and a love for creating joyful content?

* Are you confident and experienced in iPhone filming, photos and editing?

* Could working for one of the country’s leading young person’s cancer charities help progress your future career?

This is a three-month paid internship where you will be hands-on in supporting the Communications Team during our peak trip season (June-September). 

No sailing experience or knowledge is required.

Use your content creation and social media skills to help inspire young people to join our life-changing trips and generate the fundraising support we need so the door is open for more young people to benefit from our support.

To make strong connections with the 8-24(ish) age-group we support, and for them to really believe what we offer is for them, we need our social output to be authentic, fun, inclusive, accessible and inspiring.

You will support our Senior Digital & Social Media Lead on (primarily) producing TikTok and Instagram content, plus potentially YouTube/YouTube Shorts depending on experience.

You must be comfortable going out on the water and spending time with young people during their trips to gather and produce content, and have a strong eye for recognising what could make great social content in the moment.

You will also have important responsibilities managing digital content and, depending on skills and experience, supporting the comms team with other admin tasks /in any other ways outlined below and/or requested.

Please download the full role description - including key responsibilities & duties, benefits, who we're looking for and the application process - below.