Content Marketing Internship-to-Hire - Paid

Yakkety Yak is seeking a content marketing intern to assist our growing agency with daily editorial work for social media, blog content, and custom marketing pieces. You will report to our agency’s Managing Editor and will be responsible for developing content for multiple brands across several industries, and ensuring all work meets each client’s standard of voice and tone. Your contributions will play a vital role in the growth of our editorial team, as well as Yakkety Yak’s inbound and content marketing services.

This is an excellent opportunity for a recent graduate to gain agency experience in a startup environment with a dynamic culture. This is a paid internship-to-hire with the opportunity to transition to a full-time employee after three months. Candidates should send their resume, salary requirements, portfolio and five reasons this is the right job for you to contact@yakketyyakllc.com.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to long-form content projects such as ebooks, white papers, case studies, and other premium content.

• Enhance customer voice and tone through editorial work.

• Write editorial content including but not limited to: blog posts, website copy, marketing materials, public relations materials and social media content

• Research clients’ online presence to better understand their brand and vision

• Collaborate with editorial and graphic design teams to make sure all projects stay on-brand and meet client deadlines.

• Play an active role in the development of high-quality, journalistic content for clients looking to enhance their communication strategy

• Contribute innovative ideas to drive the agency forward

About You
Yakkety Yak is a fast-paced, startup environment where marketing and editorial excellence is considered a core competency and employees are expected to continually improve upon this excellence. The ideal candidate for this position has the following:

• Bachelor's degree with relevant coursework (journalism, communications, English, marketing)

• Background in writing and editing, showcasing the ability to adopt the style, tone, and voice of a wide range of businesses across multiple types of content.

• Experience writing engaging social media content.

• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects and tasks simultaneously

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Able to take your own initiative, own your work, but also work collaboratively with teammates in all departments of the agency

• Open to constructive feedback from Managing Editor and Editor-In-Chief

Technical Skills

• HubSpot Inbound Certification (required upon first day if hired)

• HubSpot Content Marketing Training

• Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)

• Working knowledge of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest

• WordPress and SquareSpace knowledge

• Experienced in SEO and organic marketing

• Email automation in platforms including Constant Contact, MailChimp and HubSpot

About Yakkety Yak
Yakkety Yak is a Chicago-based, full-service content marketing agency that produces custom written content for businesses, including blogs, website copy, case studies, newsletters, social media marketing, public relations and more. Our goal is to be an extension of each client’s marketing team, helping connect them to end-users and decision influencers, based on the principle of one common voice, for one target audience. Yakkety Yak was built on the principle of writing for a specific audience, so that the customized content reaches the right consumer. With our client’s target audience in mind, we generate custom written content for any organization trying to stay relevant and send a clear message.

Yakkety Yak is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Yakkety Yak recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.