Tales of the Cocktail Foundation is looking for a reliable and creative intern with digital marketing experience who is interested in diving into the world of marketing in the nonprofit sector. TOTCF’s Marketing Intern will assist our Marketing team in creating, posting, and analyzing social media and web-based content to promote Tales of the Cocktail Foundation, our events, brand content, and educational materials. They will assist with graphic design. They will also assist in research for various projects to help tell the Foundation’s story, competitive event analysis, and verify KPIs.

The Marketing Intern will walk away with a more profound knowledge of the day-to-day planning and overall concept of marketing and how ideas become KPIs for clients. TOTCF is a fast-paced and creative work environment, and we hope to find a meticulous and passionate intern to join our team. This position is held virtually. 

Essential Core Position Functions & Responsibilities:

Assist with content on social media platforms

Assist with content research and planning year-round

Review the social media content calendar for copy edits or suggestions

Stay up to date on best practices and emerging trends in social media

Assist with social media monitoring across all platforms including user generated content (UGC) sourcing

Assist with copywriting and content development for web pages and blogs on www.talesofthecocktail.org

Assist with creating media kits for campaigns, including writing media kit text and organizing folders

Assist with photo library organization, including photo selection for graphic design

Assist with newsletter strategy, planning, and creation

Add input on marketing campaigns and strategy

Assist with audience engagement by answering emails to the general Tales of the Cocktail Foundation email address and answering direct messages on social media

Assist with graphic design asset creation and edits in Canva and InDesign as well as other graphic design support

Market Research could be added as a separate responsibility. (Researching foundation competition, demographics etc.)

Support the Marketing department with administrative work, planning, scheduling, and note-taking in departmental and/or client and stakeholder meetings

Assist in additional marketing tasks when requested

Other duties as assigned

Tales of the Cocktail Event Duties

Assist with content (photo & video) capture and editing during Tales of the Cocktail using your own equipment

Monitoring attendee engagement on ticketing/conference app

Counting in and out merchandise

Organizing signage

Updating signage around the host hotel

Assisting other departments as needed

Requirements

Be located in New Orleans, LA, for the week of Tales of the Cocktail and part of the week prior (July 13-25) - housing is not provided or reimbursed by TOTCF

Be available for a 1-hour Zoom meeting on Monday or Tuesday (date and time to be agreed upon) for a Marketing Team call

Candidates must be 21 years of age by January 1, 2026 participate in the Marketing Internship

Basic photography and video capture & editing for social media

Graphic design skills and experience preferred, working knowledge of InDesign and Canva, please include links or PDFs to creations in application, if applicable

Engagement experience on all Meta platforms

Copywriting skills and experience are a plus

Have an understanding of emerging social media trends

Have a new generation (14 or newer) iPhone or Android phone with a camera suitable for content capture during the week of Tales of the Cocktail

Have access to a computer to use design software and access documents from the shared Google Drive

Bonus: Experience editing videos for TikTok or Instagram Reels (please include links or PDFs to creations in application, if applicable)

Additional Position Benefits

Class credit (if applicable)

$15 / hour offered during the week of Tales of the Cocktail 2026 (July 19-24) as applicable

All Access pass to Tales of the Cocktail 2026 for you and a guest

Mentorship opportunities

Industry access and networking

Brand partner education opportunities 

Additional benefits may be included throughout the duration of the internship

Work Authorization

Must be currently authorized to work in the United States for any employee and provide documentation supporting this authorization.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this internship:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit, stand, walk; use hands and fingers, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.

Maintain visual attention and mental concentration for significant periods of time.

Extended periods of sitting while using a computer or other devices are common.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Must occasionally lift or move office products, materials, and supplies, up to 30 pounds.

Tales of the Cocktail Foundation (TOTCF)  has reviewed this job description to ensure that essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is intended to provide guidelines for job expectations and the employee's ability to perform the position described. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills, and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate. This document does not represent a contract of employment, and TOTCF reserves the right to change this position description and/or assign tasks for the employee to perform, as TOTCF may deem appropriate.