Teens Make Health Happen Marketing & Communications Internship

Teens Make Health Happen Marketing & Communications Internship

At HealthCorps in San Diego, we're recruiting in the following areas: San Diego Unified School District

? 8+ hours/week, academic year 2026 2027

Stipend + College Credit Available

Are you interested in serving your community and empowering the next generation of healthy leaders? HealthCorps and our mission to improve the lives of youth, both mentally and physically, provides you with the opportunity to do just that.

We're HealthCorps a national, non-profit organization committed to improving lives by addressing health challenges in communities through programming that includes innovative and engaging experiences for teens in education, leadership, and service learning. We empower teens by encouraging them to become change agents within their families, schools, and neighborhoods. Our program is grounded in the understanding that limited access to health education can lead to a lifetime of social, emotional, and physical challenges.

We're looking for a creative, organized, and proactive communicator who is passionate about storytelling, community engagement, and promoting health and wellness. As a MarComm intern, you will help elevate the HealthCorps mission by supporting a variety of regional marketing and communications efforts that connect students, educators, partners, donors, and community members to our work.

In this role, you will serve as a key member of your regional HealthCorps team, helping to share the impact of our programs through compelling stories, digital content, event promotion, outreach materials, and strategic communications. You'll gain hands-on experience across multiple areas of marketing and communications, including social media, content creation, public relations, community engagement, event marketing, brand management, and internal communications.

This internship is ideal for students interested in building real-world experience in marketing, communications, nonprofit storytelling, public health, and community outreach. You'll collaborate with regional staff, mentors, and fellow MarComm interns across the country while developing professional skills that translate to a variety of fast-paced communications and marketing environments.

As a MarComm Intern with HealthCorps, you will play a key role in supporting regional marketing, communications, content creation, and outreach efforts that promote health and wellness in schools and communities.

We're looking for someone who can commit to 8 hours a week throughout the academic year, with 1.52 hours a week being spent at local school sites capturing content. Your responsibilities will include:

• Content Creation & Storytelling: You will support content collection and storytelling projects for digital communications, social media, newsletters, websites, donor communications, and regional outreach efforts. This may include developing written, video, and visual content that highlights the HealthCorps mission, student impact, community partnerships, and program successes.
• On-Site Engagement & Coverage: You will be expected to visit local school sites each week to capture stories and content from the Teens Make Health Happen Clubs. You may also attend regional events, community outreach opportunities, and partner engagements to document and showcase HealthCorps' impact.
• Social Media & Digital Marketing: You will help manage regional social media channels (Instagram & TikTok) by creating and publishing content, monitoring engagement, conducting social listening to identify trends and content opportunities, and maintaining brand consistency. You may also support content creation for platforms such as LinkedIn and YouTube in collaboration with the national team.
• Communications Support: You will assist with the development of communications materials for students, families, school partners, community partners, and stakeholders. This may include drafting email communications, newsletters, announcements, presentations, event invitations, promotional messaging, and other materials that support regional and national HealthCorps initiatives.
• Marketing Materials & Design: You will help create and update marketing collateral such as flyers, posters, presentations, event signage, one-pagers, and promotional materials that support program recruitment, event promotion, community engagement, and regional initiatives.
• Regional Event Promotion & Support: You will support the promotion and execution of regional events through digital communications, outreach campaigns, and marketing efforts. This may include assisting with pre-event promotion, attendee engagement, and post-event storytelling.
• Performance Tracking & Reporting: You will help track engagement analytics and assist in monthly reporting to assess the performance and impact of regional marketing and communications efforts.
• Campaign & Creative Project Support: You may assist in brainstorming, developing, and executing awareness campaigns, recurring content series, storytelling initiatives, and other creative projects that highlight HealthCorps programming and impact.
• Collaboration & Teamwork: You will collaborate with a team of college mentors who deliver TMHH programming to local middle and high school sites, as well as other HealthCorps MarComm Interns across the country. You will also participate in national intern huddles with the HealthCorps marketing team to align on messaging, storytelling strategy, best practices, and key campaigns.
• Represent HealthCorps in Your Community: You will serve as an ambassador for HealthCorps and its mission, both inside and outside your sites. Your presence at schools, events, and community engagements will support outreach efforts that connect students, staff, partners, and community members to HealthCorps programs and resources.