FamilySearch Social Media Team Intern (Hybrid, Lehi UT)

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints•Lehi, UT

11d•Hybrid

About The Position

FamilySearch is seeking a sharp, driven Social Media Intern to join its global social team. This is a working internship where you will contribute to real projects from day one alongside a small, fast-moving team that manages millions of followers across social platforms worldwide. The role offers the opportunity to build skills in experience design, social media, or digital marketing, with tangible work to showcase for future career opportunities. The social team plays a significant role in FamilySearch's mission to help people discover and connect with their family.

Requirements

Current student status or recent grad within 12 months (Experience Design, Communications, Marketing, or related field preferred)
A genuine passion for sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ and connecting families
An experience design mindset, considering audiences, user journeys, and digital experience improvement.
Some experience or interest in managing or growing a YouTube channel, including YouTube Studio, SEO, and performance metrics.
Familiarity with TubeBuddy or similar tools, or a strong drive to learn them quickly.
Genuine comfort with data, including using analytics platforms, finding stories in numbers, and reporting findings.
Strong PowerPoint skills: clean, well-structured, and clear presentations.
Strong written communication skills and the ability to adapt tone across platforms and audiences.
A track record of meeting deadlines and managing multiple projects simultaneously.
Ability to stay composed and communicate clearly in busy situations.
Availability to work full-time, 40 hours per week, 8am–5pm MT.

Nice To Haves

A portfolio with experience design, digital marketing, storytelling or social media work.
Experience with project management tools like Monday.com, Asana, or similar.
Basic video production knowledge or familiarity with livestream workflows.
Background or coursework in Experience Design, user journey mapping, or audience research.
Skills with CapCut, Canva, Adobe Premiere, or Photoshop.
Experience with influencer strategy or PR collaboration.
A track record of growing social accounts across multiple platforms.
Interest in family history and genealogy.

Responsibilities

Support YouTube optimization efforts including SEO, metadata, thumbnails, Tube Buddy, and multi-language strategy.
Analyze data regularly and present clear, data-backed findings and recommendations to the team, including building PowerPoint decks.
Help map and improve the user journey across social channels, considering audience discovery, engagement, and action.
Support livestream production efforts by learning the workflow, ensuring smooth operations, and contributing ideas.
Coordinate and distribute campaign and program assets to global social teams, ensuring best practices are shared.
Work alongside FamilySearch social teams across multiple countries and continents.
Help maintain content systems to ensure regional teams can publish consistently.
Support influencer and VIP strategy in partnership with the PR team.
Assist with drafting social copy as needed.
Identify opportunities and proactively suggest ideas.