Executive Social Media Intern

Hewlett Packard Enterprise • San Jose, TX

15d • $25 - $29 • Hybrid

About The Position

About HPE enables organizations to accelerate outcome-driven digital transformation. Our Global Marketing & Communications team builds trusted relationships with customers, partners and employees through strategic storytelling and executive thought leadership. Join us this summer to gain real-world experience supporting executive social media, building content toolkits, and helping leaders amplify HPE’s most important messages. Role overview HPE is seeking a creative, organized and digitally savvy college intern to support social media activities for our Chief Marketing & Communications Officer (CMCO) and other executives across the company. In this role you will help plan and produce content, own parts of the editorial calendar, develop curated “social toolkits” for company announcements, and monitor performance to recommend optimizations that increase reach, engagement and message pull-through.

Requirements

• Current rising college student ( undergraduate ) studying Communications, Marketing, Journalism, Business, or a related field.
• Strong writing and editorial judgment with the ability to adapt tone for executive voices.
• Familiarity with social platforms (LinkedIn, X/Twitter, Instagram, Threads) and a solid understanding of social best practices.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities and tight deadlines.
• Creative mindset with an eye for visuals and content that drives engagement.
• Commitment to maintaining confidentiality and adhering to corporate communication policies.

Nice To Haves

• Basic experience with social analytics or reporting tools a plus (native platform analytics, Sprout Social, Hootsuite, etc.).
• Collaborative, proactive, and comfortable working with senior leaders and cross-functional partners.

Responsibilities

• Help ideate , produce and edit social content aligned to executive priorities and HPE brand guidelines.
• Build and maintain an editorial calendar for the CMCO and select executive channels.
• Create curated social toolkits (post copy, suggested imagery, tagging, suggested posting cadence) for company news, events and campaigns to enable fast activation by executive communicators.
• Monitor and analyze social performance (reach, engagement, sentiment, audience trends) and synthesize insights into actionable recommendations.
• Stay current on social media trends, platform best practices, and what CMCOs and industry leaders are discussing online.
• Tailor messaging to reflect an executive’s voice and audience while ensuring consistency with HPE messaging and compliance guidelines.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (executive communications, PR, content, design, legal) to coordinate assets and approvals.
• Support ad-hoc project work and participate in the Global Marketing & Communications intern program and cohort activities.

Benefits

• Health & Wellbeing We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.
• Personal & Professional Development We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.
• Unconditional Inclusion We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern