Sips by® is a female-founded and led rapidly growing startup based in Austin that strives to make discovering tea fun, personalized, and affordable. Through our monthly tea subscription box, we inspire people to explore the wide world of tea. Our digital marketing expertise has made us a major-player in the Austin start-up realm and we're looking for stellar social media, video, and content interns looking to gain experience working in influencer marketing, video creation, and graphic design for social media. Our internship program will provide an opportunity for you to showcase and develop your creative and entrepreneurial skills in a local and thriving start-up environment.

You will be a member of a small marketing team creating, and implementing a distribution plan for digital content. Content will be used by Sips by for omnichannel marketing across social and other digital platforms like: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Shopify's Blog platform. You will be assigned responsibilities based on your strengths to perform any of the following tasks such as: social media, influencer marketing, content generation, graphic design, copywriting, content editing, market research, photography, photo editing, video creation and video editing, working with Shopify's blog platform to post content using HTML and CSS, creating posts in Canva, responding to customer engagement on social media, and public relations. You'll receive one-on-one mentorship from our senior marketing TEAm.

WHAT YOU'LL GAIN

• Experience working hands-on in a rapidly growing start-up
• Real-world content to include in your professional portfolio
• The opportunity to develop and refine skills in growth marketing, graphic design, video creation, and social media engagement
• Set your own schedule. Potential to earn course credit. Potential part-time hours available before/after the Program

REQUIREMENTS

• Students currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business Administration, Public Relations, Graphic Design, Communication, or other relevant major
• An ambitious and creative professional with stellar interpersonal communication and a growth-mindset who demonstrates an eagerness to learn
• Candidates passionate about all things social; strong familiarity of social media platforms including Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, and LinkedIn
• Fearless creativity
• Solid communication – including taking ownership of your deliverables
• Solution-oriented approach to accomplishing your work
• Experience in one or more of the following areas:
  • Public Relations & Partnerships
  • Content Marketing
  • Copywriting, Blog Creation, and HTML
  • Social Media
  • Graphic Design
  • Photography & Videography

What you'll be doing as part of the Growth Marketing Intern TEAm:

• Utilizing creative and entrepreneurial skills to support marketing team in developing data-driven, innovative, and strategic campaigns
• Creating engaging content (including blog and social media posts) that will reach our social network of over 100,000 people
• Developing and establishing new marketing partnerships

Preferred experience:

• 2+ years of experience in marketing including work experience, education, and/or training
• Passion for social media
• Experience with Canva or Adobe Suite

COVID-19 Notes: This will be a fully remote internship for the foreseeable future. The marketing team works from home and collaborates via slack, email, and G Suite.