Intern: Social Media (Spring 2027)

Volvo Construction Equipment; Shippensburg (Cumberland County); On-site; USD 23,000 - 63,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing assistance

Career opportunities

Training & development

Job summary

Volvo Group in the United States seeks a Spring Social Media Marketing Intern to support content and channel development for Volvo CE North America. You will craft engaging posts, manage communities, and help shape our social strategy with tools like Sprout Social and monday.com.

You will collaborate with the Public Relations team and dealer marketers, creating visuals, captions, and evergreen content ideas to drive engagement across Instagram, Facebook, X, LinkedIn and YouTube.

Qualifications

• Enrolled in a Marketing or related degree with at least 30 semester hours completed.
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75.
• Strong analytical and communication skills, able to present data clearly.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Assist in creating engaging social media content and captions.
• Manage social community through reposts, comments, and likes.
• Update and maintain social media tools for efficient scheduling.
• Suggest evergreen content ideas to boost engagement and traffic.
• Schedule posts across Instagram, Facebook, X, LinkedIn and YouTube.
• Support videography/photography, editing with Canva or Premiere, and assist shoots.
• Coordinate with marketing agencies on social tasks.
• Monitor trends and provide content strategy insights.
• Support dealer marketing and PR/events content where needed.
• Contribute to Marketing Team activities as required.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Team collaboration

Education

Pursuing a Business degree in Marketing

Tools

monday.com

Sprout Social

Job description

Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future. If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.

What You Will Do

This portion of the internship will play a key role in supporting the content and channel development of our social media marketing efforts. You will be responsible for creating engaging content, managing our social community, and contributing to overall social media strategy.

Support the content and channel development of social media marketing.

• Content Creation: Develop creative and compelling social media posts and captions that align with our brand voice and objectives. Create approximately 50% of monthly social media content for Volvo CE North America, ensuring high-quality visuals and copy.
• Community Management: Engage with our social media community by reposting, commenting, and liking user-generated content to foster a sense of community and brand loyalty.
• Social Process Management: Update and maintain our social media management tools, such as monday.com and Sprout Social, to ensure efficient workflow and scheduling.
• Evergreen Content Strategy: Actively suggest evergreen content ideas, such as giveaways, contests, and stories, to maintain audience engagement and drive traffic.
• Multi-Platform Posting: Manage and schedule posts on Instagram, Facebook, X (Twitter), LinkedIn, and YouTube to reach our target audience across various channels.
• Videography and Photography: Take compelling photos and videos. Edit social media videos using Canva, Adobe Premiere, or other applications. Assist in video and photoshoots for Public Relations team.
• Agency Relations: Attend meetings with marketing agency partners. On occasion, work with agency to complete tasks related to social media.

Additional Responsibilities (as Needed)

• Trend Reporting: Monitor social media trends and provide insights to inform content strategy and identify opportunities for growth.
• Support dealer marketing team with content creation for Volvo CE dealer marketers as needed
• Support Public Relations and Events team with content creation and graphic design
• Take on Marketing Team activities and support the team as needed with various tasks.

Who are you?

• Applicants must be currently enrolled and pursuing a Business degree in Marketing or another relevant topic at an accredited school and have completed 30 semester hours prior to the start of the internship.
• Applicants must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.75.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with the ability to analyze complex data and draw insights.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to present data and insights clearly and effectively.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint, is needed.
• Spring interns may work up to 30 hours per week.

Personal Competencies

• Detail Oriented
• Data Driven
• Customer Focus
• Technical Skills
• Peer Relationships
• Integrity and Trust
• Independent Work
• Action Oriented
• Adaptability
• Open-Minded
• Multi-Task

At the Volvo Group, we strive for a clear, transparent, and straightforward compensation approach, motivating you to contribute to the company’s growth. For all intern and co-op positions, the hourly range is set at $17.00 - $46.00. The hourly rate for these roles is determined by several factors including, but not limited to, geographic location, academic classification, and degree seeking area of study. In addition to these factors, we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as part of any final offer.

We also offer the following benefits to interns and co-ops:

• Housing assistance, when applicable
• Countless career opportunities / internal mobility across our global organization
• Training and personal development

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

We value your data privacy and therefore do not accept applications via mail.

Who We Are And What We Believe In

We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.

Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.

Part of Volvo Group, Volvo Construction Equipment is a global company driven by our purpose to build the world we want to live in. Together we develop and deliver solutions for a cleaner, smarter, and more connected world. By unleashing everyone’s full potential, we build a more sustainable future for all our stakeholders. Come join our team and help us build a better tomorrow.