Shipt - Marketing Intern - Social Media, application via RippleMatch

This role is with Shipt. Shipt uses RippleMatch to find top talent.

Shipt is a retail tech company that connects people to reliable, high-quality delivery with a personal touch. Shipt connects customers to the things they want from the stores they love, retail businesses to more satisfied customers, and workers to new earning opportunities.

Impact

The Social Media intern will assist with all day-to-day social media efforts with the goal of fostering a loyal online community of Shipt enthusiasts. Social Media at Shipt leverages insights and cultural trends to help shape transformational creativity at Shipt and drive brand awareness, favorability, and buzz in service of business growth. This role is responsible for social media publishing, curating content from shoppers and consumers, engaging 1:1 with followers, and helping with real-time content ideas. 

The ideal candidate will bring experience in social media across Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Linkedin. This person is someone who lives and breathes Social, has experience with social media monitoring and community management, and is a flexible team player with a positive attitude. 

How You’ll Spend Your Summer

• Content Ideation & Creation: Brainstorming content ideas, monitoring emerging trends, seasonal moments, and worldly events as it relate to social media while looking through the Shipt lens, producing creative briefs and overseeing actionable items needed for execution, actively collaborating and contributing with the broader Creative team

• Content Curation: Curate both user and shopper-generated content across all channels and community groups

• Publishing & Quality Check: Help manage the editorial calendar timelines, flight of content, and scheduling of posts weekly, publish and/or schedule all content across (Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, Pinterest, Twitter, Linkedin, etc.), ensuring all asset crops, post copy, tags, etc. are accurate per each channel 

• Community Management & Engagement: Actively monitor and proactively engage with consumers across all channels (Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, Pinterest, YouTube, Twitter, Linkedin, etc.) in the brand’s tone of voice. Look for opportunities to create 1:1 relationships with fans through conversations and surprise and delight mailers. 

What You’ll Need to Be Successful

• Pursuing a degree in Marketing, Communications, Public Relations, Advertising, etc or similar

• Be a creative problem solver and blue sky thinker, innovating around interesting ways to grow the Shipt brand, versus relying on the expected playbook.

• Be a team player with a resilient attitude and a proven ability to manage multiple projects on tight deadlines efficiently.

• Creative mindset, strategic problem-solving

• Strong communication skills and attention to detail

• Photography, videography, digital content creation experience

“Nice-to-Have” Skills

• Basic knowledge of social media platforms and best practices, tools, and analytics for the following platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, TikTok, YouTube, and LinkedIn.

• Analytic skills and ability to relate results to our key business goals.

• Copywriting skills, including writing engaging copy under time pressure.

• Experience with creative, video editing and/or content creation is a plus

• Working knowledge of Google Docs, Zoom, Slack, and Wrike – these are the primary tools you’ll be using for all of your work at Shipt. 

Work Arrangement

This is a full-time hybrid Summer 2025 Internship for those based around Birmingham, AL, with remote options for those outside of our office locations. Our program will run for 10 weeks, beginning on Monday, June 2, 2025, and ending on Friday, August 8, 2025. All interns will maintain a consistent, full-time work schedule and participate fully in program activities. 

Shipt considers candidates located near a Shipt office or workspace in Birmingham, San Francisco, or Minneapolis to be hybrid, which means that they have the flexibility to work from home (with leader approval) or at a Shipt office in order to facilitate the ability to innovate, collaborate, and spark team connections. In-office expectations will vary by role and leader. 

About Shipt

At Shipt, we aim to put our team first to boost a sense of belonging, spark opportunities for growth, provide unique benefits and commit to giving back to our communities in ways that make life better, both personally and professionally. We understand that our service, our culture, and our connection to our communities are only made better by every single person who shows up to work here every day.  Learn More.

Shipt is an independently operated, wholly owned subsidiary of Target Corporation and available in more than 5,000 U.S. cities. Shipt was founded and is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. For more information, please visit Shipt’s company site at Shipt.com.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnicity, religion or religious belief, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, military or veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Please inform your recruiting contact upon initial connection if you need any accommodations.