Urban Outfitters is hiring: Urban Outfitters Social and Content Intern in Philad
Urban Outfitters, Philadelphia, PA, United States
You thrive online and social media is your second language!
Urban Outfitters is looking for a Social & Content intern to join us for the Summer. This opportunity focuses on the curation, creation, strategizing, community, and reporting of the brands organic social channels. This role works closely with the brand marketing and creative team to create meaningful, engaging, and entertaining social campaigns that drive conversation and community to the brand.
About the Summer Internship Program:
Each summer URBN Inc. welcomes candidates from across the country to immerse themselves within various teams across our portfolio of brands and gain hands-on learning experience in the area of business which they choose to pursue. Our paid internship program also offers a summer full of intern focused events including exposure to our senior leadership across the business in small group settings, insight into company initiatives, off-site field trips & for those qualified a chance to interview for a full-time job opportunity. See for yourself what our past & present interns are up to @urbnearlycareers!
The URBN 2025 Summer Internship Program will run from 6/2 through 8/8 at our Home Office in Philadelphia, PA.
Summer Internship Program Application Process:
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1. Apply to one (1) internship posting that best suits your interest & skills.? If there is a project component in the application (see below within role qualifications), it is required that you submit this to be considered for a position.??This is due at the time of your application submission.
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2. Complete Video Interview: Candidates selected will receive an email with a link to complete a video Interview. You will have 2 days to complete this portion of the application once the email is received.??
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3. Interviews will be scheduled with our internal teams, continuing on a rolling basis.???
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Applications will close at 5:00pm EST on November 4th 2024.?
Role Responsibilities:
- Assist in the development and organization of social media assets, including gathering samples, content creation, scheduling, community management, and reporting.
- Assist in building strategy for internal communication and presentations as related to social media.
- Help identify trends, creators, and relevant topics across multiple platforms and sensibilities.
- Ideate and brainstorm with team for new ways to develop and expand UO social channels.
- Assist in social media project management, including shipping and gifting, organizing products and communicating with internal teams and external agency partners.
Role Qualifications:
- Proficient skills in content editing programs (such as Adobe Creative Suite, Capcut, etc)
- Strong sense of UO brand and customer
- Thorough understanding of relevant and emerging social media platforms, including Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, X, and Pinterest
- Strong organizational skills. Ability to self-manage, meet deadlines and complete tasks in timely manner.
- Ability to research and identify tastemakers and trends as related to social media
- Ability to translate happenings in the social media zeitgeist into relevant, actionable and on-brand content opportunities or dialogues for UO
- Deep understanding of the ever-evolving social media vernacular
Project Requirement:
In addition to your application and resume, to be considered for this role you must submit a Concept Board (8.5 X 11 PDF format is preferred).?This is due at the time of your application submission. Once you complete your project, please upload it to additional documents section in the application process.
- Create a social media marketing campaign concept board focused on Fall 2025 featuring tears of images (still life styling, editorial, artistic, branding, etc.) that you find aspirational for the brands creative direction and could be used as a potential collective campaign idea across email, digital and social platforms (Instagram and TikTok)
- You may use visuals from blogs, Instagram, magazines, etc. to show your point of view but be sure to think like a marketer when pulling your aspirational tears and compiling the concept board.
- Be sure to include 2-3 creators/influencers you could see as partners with this Fall 2025 campaign and why you think they would be great fits with our brand.
The Perks:
URBN offers comprehensive Perks & Benefits to employees. Availability and eligibility to specific benefits may be subject to your location and employment status. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, PTO, generous employee discounts, retirement savings and much more! For additional information visit www.urbn.com/work-with-us/benefits
EEO Statement:
URBN celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We are proud to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression), religion, creed, age, physical or mental disability, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, citizenship, service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic as established by law. We believe strongly in fostering a safe, fair and respectful work environment. To ensure compliance with our non-discrimination and anti-harassment policies, we offer anti-harassment training to managers and employees.