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May 15, 2026
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Social Media Marketing Intern (Summer 2026)

Earth City, MO
Internship
Onsite
Intern
Spectrum Brands, Inc is seeking a creative, detail-oriented Social Media Marketing Intern to support their social media and digital marketing teams. The intern will assist in producing engaging content, managing posting schedules, and monitoring performance to strengthen brand awareness and community engagement across key social platforms.

Responsibilities

  • Assist with planning and executing a weekly/monthly social media content calendar
  • Draft and edit social copy aligned to brand voice and platform best practices
  • Support creation of short-form content (e.g., Reels/TikTok-style clips, Stories, carousels) using templates and brand guidelines
  • Coordinate approvals and schedule posts through tools like [Sprout Social/Hootsuite/Buffer/Meta Business Suite]
  • Help translate brand briefs or brand directions into organic social concepts, captions, hooks, and platform-native content ideas that align with both brand voice and what performs on social
  • Monitor comments and messages; flag priority items and help respond using approved guidelines
  • Track community sentiment and elevate trends, customer feedback, and FAQs to the team
  • Support paid and organic campaigns by preparing creative variations, hashtags, and audience-targeted copy
  • Help coordinate with cross-functional partners (Design, PR, Product, Sales) to gather content and align on timelines
  • Support agency coordination by helping track briefs, feedback, and deliverables
  • Help manage affiliate workflow, including creator follow-up, content status, and posting support
  • Assist with social commerce storefront and organic posting operations
  • Pull basic weekly performance metrics (reach, engagement rate, follower growth, clicks, video views)
  • Help translate results into learnings and recommendations (what worked, what to test next)
  • Monitor social trends, platform feature changes, and competitor activity
  • Bring forward fresh content ideas that align with brand and audience

Qualification

Required

  • Seeking a Junior or Senior pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Communications, Digital Media, Business, Journalism, or related business field
  • Experience creating content for social channels (personal projects, student orgs, prior internships welcome)
  • Familiarity with tools such as Canva, Adobe Express, CapCut, or Adobe Creative Suite
  • Basic knowledge of social media best practices (hashtags, accessibility, engagement tactics)
  • Exposure to scheduling or analytics tools (Sprout, Hootsuite, Buffer, Later, native insights)
  • Interest in brand strategy, community building, and digital storytelling
  • Exposed to AI tools such as Gemini, ChatGPT

Preferred

  • Preference will be given to current Juniors and Seniors; May 2026 graduates may be considered

Benefits

WE MAKE LIVING BETTER AT HOME. Spectrum Brands is a home essentials company trusted by millions of consumers around the world.
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3.5
Founded in 2007
Middleton, Wisconsin, USA
1001-5000 employees
http://www.spectrumbrands.com
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