Social Media Marketing Intern

About Northern Ocean Habitat for Humanity

Northern Ocean Habitat for Humanity (NOHFH) is a New Jersey-based affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International that was founded in 1999. Through volunteerism, skilled labor, and donations of money and materials, the organization rehabilitates and builds safe houses alongside its homeowner/ partner families. Northern Ocean Habitat also operates the ReStore, a retail thrift shop with high foot traffic that gently used donated furniture and home goods with an average of 2800 sales transactions per month. The ReStore proceeds are to support new home builds and its Neighborhood Revitalization programs. The Neighborhood Revitalization initiative includes the Home Preservation, Housing Plus Aging in Place, A Brush with Kindness, and Veteran Repair programs. These programs provide home renovations and address health and/or safety issues, all with the goal of keeping residents in the comfort of their own homes. To date, we have completed 24 new homes, over 500 home repairs, and 60 Hurricane Sandy critical home repairs.

Northern Ocean Habitat for Humanity is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best-qualified personnel for all our positions in a manner that does not unlawfully discriminate against any person because of race, color, religion, gender, marital status, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, veteran/reserve national guard status, or any other status or characteristic protected by the law.

Role Description

The Social Media Intern will work closely with the ReStore and Marketing Department. They will gain experience in outreach, marketing efforts, creative design concepts, social media management, increased social media visibility, photography/videography, and copywriting. The following are the responsibilities of the position:

Internship Details

• Compensation: $20/hour
• Duration: 15 hours per week for 10 weeks
• Internship Type: In-Person
• Anticipated Start Date: June 1, 2026

Responsibilities Include:

• Listing items for sale for the Northern Ocean Habitat’s ReStore Facebook Group page, responding to customer messages, and updating inventory sold
• Collaborate with staff to understand appropriate topics, issues, and events relevant to Northern Ocean Habitat to generate content for social media platforms
• Help create a weekly/ monthly social media calendar for the ReStore
• Create collateral on Canva for social media and the Habitat Happenings newsletter
• Use omni-channel social media to increase volunteer recruitment
• May be requested to go on a build site or fundraising event
• Report social media analytics monthly

Student Eligibility

• Current NJ undergraduate student
• Current NJ graduate student
• Recent NJ college graduate: must have graduated less than 1 year prior to start of the internship experience (May 2025 - May 2026 graduates)
• A current undergraduate student who is a permanent NJ resident

Required Qualifications:

• Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to create relevant, original, high-quality content
• Initiative with pursuing projects independently and ability to work on a team
• Proven ability to solve problems creatively
• Intuitively creative
• Strong interpersonal skills and resourceful
• Use of proper grammar and spelling

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with social media marketing
• Marketing Major

To apply, please send your resume to Alice Adams at aadams@northernoceanhabitat.org.