History Education Social Media Intern: Content & Outreach

Minnesota Historical Society; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

Minnesota Historical Society in St. Paul, MN is seeking an Intern - History Education Social Media Intern to coordinate social media and communications for the TED team and MNHS K-12 programs.

The role focuses on researching and implementing a strategy for Instagram and Facebook, planning a calendar of posts, and creating monthly newsletters. The intern will work about 10 hours weekly in a part-time, temporary capacity from January 2027 to May 2027, with in-person seminars and presentations.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student, or have graduated within the past 12 months at the time of application.
• Ideal candidates might be currently pursuing, or a graduate with a degree in Education, History, Media Studies, Public Relations, Marketing, or related field.
• Undergraduate junior or senior able to work well independently and in a team setting.
• Experience planning, developing, and implementing projects, conducting research, video creation and building good working relationships with a diverse pool of people is required.
• Student must be self-motivated, comfortable using social-media technologies, possess excellent written communication skills, and be able to think creatively.
• Experience with Facebook, Instagram, and/or other social media outlets required.
• Experience with education and/or history is preferred.
• Experience with engaging students in a variety of contexts is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Work with Teacher Education staff to research, design, develop, and implement social media plan.
• Develop content for Instagram and Facebook (@HistoryEdMNHS).
• Research online tools, social media strategies, and make recommendations for future initiatives.
• Attend social media meetings with supervisor and strategic communications as appropriate.
• Develop and design monthly teacher email newsletters.
• Increasing Instagram and Facebook engagement.
• Conducting research to make recommendations for growing engagement with the teacher audience.
• Suggest, develop, and oversee other projects as assigned.

Skills

Social media

Video creation

Research

Written communication

Independent work

Team collaboration

Education

Undergraduate/Graduate student

Tools

Facebook

Instagram

Job description

Minnesota Historical Society in St. Paul, MN is seeking an Intern - History Education Social Media Intern to coordinate social media and communications for the TED team and MNHS K-12 programs.

The role focuses on researching and implementing a strategy for Instagram and Facebook, planning a calendar of posts, and creating monthly newsletters. The intern will work about 10 hours weekly in a part-time, temporary capacity from January 2027 to May 2027, with in-person seminars and presentations.