Social Media and Marketing Intern

Social Media & Marketing Intern – Return® Good-for-the-Earth Growing Supplies

Are you passionate about social media, growing brands, and making a positive impact on the earth? 

Return® is looking for a creative, driven Social Media Intern who is eager to learn about growing and engaging online communities and contributing to omni-channel marketing efforts.

Duration: 3-6 months, with the ability to extend or return.

Please note: you must be eligible to receive college or graduate credit to accept this internship.

Key Responsibilities:

Learn and assist with community management: 

• Learn how our marketing team engages with our online community and help create positive touchpoints with our online community by reading and responding to comments, messages, and inquiries across platforms. 
• You’ll help create a positive, interactive space for our audience, fostering meaningful conversations about growing food and fostering soil health.

Support content creation efforts: 

• This will be the largest learning opportunity in your internship. Our marketing team curates and develops original, engaging content for our social media platforms (Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, LinkedIn), with a focus on gardening, growing food, and soil health/sustainability. 
• This includes a balance of breakthrough gardening and product-focused content. You will learn how to identify and curate relevant content from other creators to keep our feed fresh and help us expand our online community. 
• It’s important to note that Return is a modern gardening brand targeting millennial and GenZ urban gardeners. We differentiate ourselves with a distinct and witty voice that’s like your older brother (think: Yeti, LADBible, Barstool) and a focus on growing food, rather than just houseplants. By targeting this niche within the lawn and garden sector, we aim to serve and bring more men into the sustainable gardening movement. (They represent more than 52% of gardeners, yet are underserved in the product space.)  

Contributing to social media strategy: 

• Collaborate with our marketing team to support and execute social media strategies aimed at increasing brand awareness, audience growth, and engagement. Help follow and monitor trends, find new opportunities to elevate Return® across social channels. 
• With time, we’ll be looking to you to bring fresh ideas to the table. You’ll develop an eye for spotting social trends and the ability to quickly pivot and adapt content to them in a way that’s on brand. 

Reinforce community management: 

• Learn how to manage and increase engagement for a startup brand alongside our Marketing Manager and Creative Director. In a few short weeks, you’ll start assisting with our online community by responding to comments, messages, and inquiries across platforms. 
• You’ll help create a positive, interactive space for our audience, fostering meaningful conversations about growing food and fostering soil health.

Support brand alignment: 

• Learn the ins and outs of strong brand development while helping ensure all content and customer touchpoints align with Return’s core values of soil health and regeneration.
• You’ll help the Return brand breakthrough with a distinctively witty tone and approachable style.

Provide input to analytics & reporting: 

• Learn how to develop a powerful social media report. Help track performance and assist Marketing Manager with engagement, follower growth, and post effectiveness. 
• Discover findings from data and use them to inform content and engagement strategies.

General marketing support: 

• Get mentorship from two marketing professionals with more than 30 years of combined experience. 
• Contribute to broader marketing initiatives, from brainstorming creative campaigns to assisting with email marketing, daily project management, and other brand outreach efforts, all designed to grow our brand and boost engagement. This will not take up more than 20% of your time in this role. 

Qualifications:

• Currently studying or has recent experience in social media marketing, digital communications, or related fields. *Must be eligible to receive college credit.
• Track record (can be personal) with at least 2 major social media platforms (preferably: Instagram, TikTok, or Facebook) and their best practices; bonus if you have experience working with retail or CPG brands.
• Solid and clear writing skills, with the ability to understand our brand’s voice.
• Media and trend savvy. We’re looking for fresh ideas and the ability to follow through on them! 
• Experience with social scheduling applications and simple design software (Canva). InDesign is a bonus. 
• Willingness to shoot photos and videos on a smartphone in a designated content space. (Having a garden or potted plants is a big plus!)
• Ability to create and edit from a personal mobile device.
• Desire to learn and work in other areas of marketing.
• Ability to think creatively, stay organized, and work both independently and collaboratively.
• Experience or genuine interest in gardening, sustainability, or growing food is a big plus!

Perks:

• Hands-on experience with a startup brand focused on making a positive impact in lawn and garden care.
• Opportunity to contribute your ideas and creativity directly to a brand that cares about healthy soil, healthy plants, and a healthy planet. Build and start seeing your work right away with zero corporate hierarchy. (hello, portfolio!) 
• Flexible work environment with room for growth. 
• Creative freedom to design and implement social media and marketing strategies that align with our brand vision. 
• Personal device reimbursement program. 

About Return®
At Return®, we believe that healthy soil is the key to healthy plants, healthy people, and a healthy planet. We’re dedicated to providing good-for-the-earth growing supplies that help gardeners of all levels nurture their soil and grow sustainably. We're more than just a lawn and garden brand—we're on a mission to regenerate the earth, one garden at a time.

Follow us on social media to learn more about our journey and join our community:
Instagram: @Return_Co
TikTok: @Return_Co
Facebook: Return Co USA
LinkedIn: Return

Visit our website. 

Return Values 

We hold ourselves accountable to these core values and will be looking for these traits in new team members:

DIG DEEPER 

Respect wisdom, trust your vision, and always challenge convention.  We believe the right questions unearth new solutions that others may have overlooked. 

GET ROOTED

Dig in to make a positive impact—in our community and on our planet. Like a well-rooted tree, we’re more likely to provide shade to those in need, than sit in it ourselves. 

HOLD YOUR GROUND 

Commit to regeneration—not just with our soil, but ourselves. We know that every choice made and path followed contributes to our personal well-being and the overall resilience of our ecosystem. 

KEEP GROWING 

Find purpose, focus on progression, and we’ll all grow as a whole. As we each become  stronger, so will our team—allowing us to endure  any weather, every season, year after year. 

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If you're ready to dig deep and help us cultivate a thriving online community, we want to hear from you! Apply now and let's grow together!

EEO Statement

Return is an equal opportunity employer. We dig in to cultivate a healthy environment, at work and beyond, where all people can bloom—regardless of similarities, differences, or what's growing in their garden. We’re rooted in the idea that a diverse workforce, made up of various perspectives, will help us grow as individuals, and as a team. We hope you’ll share your unique variety to help breathe new life into our selves, soil, food and planet.