Marketing Assistant: Social Media & Content Creation
Are you a video creator who loves turning raw footage into engaging, trend-aware short-form content? Come join CED! With over 850+ locations nationwide, we're an established electrical wholesaler looking for a creative Social Media & Video Production Intern to help us level up our digital presence across our branches. You'll work directly with our Marketing Coordinator, owning post-production and publishing for three Profit Centers (PCs), turning raw, on-location footage into polished Reels, TikToks, YouTube Shorts, and graphic posts, and getting hands-on exposure to the trade industry along the way.
Reports to: Marketing Manager and Profit Center Manager
Minimum Qualifications: What You'll Own This role is the engine behind our short-form content pipeline. You'll be responsible for:
- Video Editing: Editing raw branch footage into finished, on-brand short-form video (Reels, TikToks, Shorts) with captions, cuts, and trending audio.
- Content Scheduling: Building and maintaining the posting calendar across Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and TikTok for all three PCs.
- Caption Writing: Writing engaging, on-brand captions for every post, following CED's voice and tone guide.
- Target output: 5 videos or photo posts per week, per PC (15 pieces/week total), with content reused and repurposed across branches to maximize reach.
Preferred Qualifications: Supporting Responsibilities
- Graphic Design: Create simple, eye-catching graphics for promotional events, sales announcements, and swag previews using Canva or Adobe Suite.
- Asset Management: Organize raw and finished media files in shared cloud folders (Google Drive / Dropbox).
- Trend Tracking: Track viral audio, video trends, and social features that can be adapted for a trade and B2B audience.
Working Conditions: Hybrid Structure Editing, scheduling, and caption writing can be done independently, on your own schedule, within the week's deadlines. Everything else, training, planning, and hands-on learning happens in person:
- In-Person Meetings: Regular check-ins and content planning meetings with the Marketing Coordinator.
- Warehouse & Counter Rotation: Time in the warehouse and at the counter to understand how a branch actually runs, this is where your best content ideas will come from.
- Sales Ride-Along: Shadow outside sales or a branch manager for a day to see the customer relationship firsthand and capture real footage while you're at it.
- Vendor & Product Training: Sit in on a vendor demo or product training session so you can speak knowledgeably about what you're filming.
- Branch Travel: Occasional paid travel to our Salt Lake City and Ogden branches for multi-location content and cross-branch collaboration.
- Events: Priority access to shoot any trade events, branch openings, or promotional days that fall during your term.
Supervisory Responsibilities: No
Essential Job Functions: What We're Looking For
- Editing Skills: Proficiency in desktop and/or mobile-first editing tools (CapCut, Adobe Premiere/Rush, Canva, etc.).
- Social Savvy: Familiarity with short-form video pacing, hook creation, auto-captions, and trending audio.
- Writing Ability: Comfortable writing clear, on-brand captions and adapting tone across platforms.
- Organization: Able to manage a weekly content calendar and deadlines independently.
- Communication: Clear, proactive updates on project status, feedback, and post schedules.
- Portfolio: A reel or portfolio link is preferred but not required we're happy to review raw samples of your work.
Why Join Us?
- Flexible Hours: 20 hrs/week fits easily around a student class schedule.
- Real Portfolio Building: Direct, measurable impact creating B2B/trade content across multiple retail and wholesale locations, great for your reel.
- Industry Immersion: Learn the trade industry from the ground up, warehouse, counter, sales, and vendor exposure most marketing interns never get.
- Mentorship & Collaboration: Direct access to marketing leadership with a clear, structured workflow
CED is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Disability | Veteran Compensation Range: The compensation range for this position is $19 to $21 hourly.