Social Media Marketing Intern

Company Description

Lighthouse Relief is a humanitarian organization dedicated to creating safe harbor for refugees, upholding human rights, and supporting equal opportunities for all. Based in Greece, the organization delivers award-winning sports programs for children and young adults living in refugee camps, with a strong focus on physical and mental wellbeing. Working with coaches trained in trauma-informed approaches, Lighthouse Relief offers safe, empowering spaces outside the camps where participants can build resilience, confidence, and self-worth. Programs emphasize emotional regulation, teamwork, and sportsmanship, and are co-designed with the children to promote agency and empowerment. Guided by flexibility, accountability, and inclusivity, Lighthouse Relief adapts quickly to evolving needs and draws on the lived experience of refugees to shape its work.

Role Description

The Social Media Marketing Intern is a part-time, remote role. As a Social Media Intern, you will bring LHR’s ground-level impact to life across digital platforms. Working closely with the Head of Communications, you will combine creative content production with field site presence. You will edit raw visual material and transform it into dynamic, high-engagement content - specifically Instagram Reels and TikToks - to raise awareness and support our fundraising efforts.

Key Responsibilities

• Content Gathering & Fieldwork: Visit program sites (Ritsona, Corinth, Malakasa) 1-2 times per week to shoot high-quality photo and video content documenting sessions and activities (if based in Athens).
• Short-Form Video Production: Script, edit, and publish engaging, mobile-first short video content (Instagram Reels, TikTok) aligned with brand guidelines and messaging goals.
• Social Media Management: Draft, schedule, and publish regular posts across LHR social channels, writing compelling captions that reflect the realities of refugee support in Greece.
• Safeguarding & Ethics: Strictly adhere to LHR’s Child Protection and Safeguarding policies, ensuring informed consent, participant dignity, and privacy in all visual assets.
• Engagement & Analytics: Monitor social media channels, interact with the audience, and track basic video performance metrics to optimize future content strategy.

Qualifications

• Editing Skills: Hands-on experience editing short-form video content specifically tailored for Instagram Reels and TikTok (using CapCut and Canva or any other tools).
• Location & Mobility: Based in the Athens/Attica area with the ability to travel to field sites 1–2 days a week (transportation costs covered from Athens).
• Language Skills: Full professional fluency in English (written and spoken). Knowledge of Greek, Arabic, Farsi, French, Turkish or African languages is a significant advantage.
• Ethics & Safeguarding: Understanding of trauma-informed visual storytelling and a commitment to maintaining participant safety and dignity.
• Administrative: Valid work authorization for the Schengen area and a clean Criminal Background Check.

This is an unpaid, volunteer based position. While we can't offer any compensation at the moment, you will get the opportunity to work with a highly committed and experienced team and receive hands-on experience and knowledge on the context of migration in Greece.

The part-time internship agreement offers flexible working hours and full cover of transportation expenses incurred during field visits. To apply, please send your CV and a work sample (social media reel you shot/edited) to [email protected] by September 30, 2026.