Marketing & Communications Intern

Job Title: Marketing & Communications InternDepartment/Program: Development and Marketing Reports to: Communications Coordinator Internship Timeline: September 2025-December 2025 (with opportunity for extension after three months)
Work Location: Portland, Oregon (In-person)
Work Hours: M, W, F (20 hours per week)
Compensation: Unpaid / College Credit FLSA status: (non-exempt/hourly)      Overview:       Morrison Child & Family Services:       Morrison Child and Family Services is a non-profit organization that provides a comprehensive array of services to children, adolescents, and their families.   As an agency, Morrison, its team members, and clients commit to the following values of trauma-informed care:         

• Nonviolence - being safe and doing the right thing  
• Emotional Intelligence - managing our feelings so we don’t hurt ourselves or others   
• Social Learning - respecting and sharing ideas of our teams  
• Democracy - shared decision making whenever possible  
• Open Communication - saying what we mean and not being mean when we say it  
• Social Responsibility - everyone makes a contribution to the organizational culture  
• Growth and Change - creating hope for our clients and ourselves  

Job DescriptionAre you Interested in marketing and communications and passionate about mental health? Morrison Child and Family Services is a 500-employee nonprofit leader in behavioral health with ten different programs serving a wide array of services to more than 8,300 children and families.The Marketing and Communication Intern will support the Marketing and Communications team with key duties, including content creation, social media management, event planning, writing, media relations, and more. This position will report to the Communications Coordinator and Vice President of Development and Marketing.

 Key Responsibilities

• Assist the Communications Coordinator with marcomms tasks
• Writing marketing and communications content, including newsletters, blog posts, press releases, and more
• Creating social media content and assisting with social media campaign strategy and implementation
• Collaborate with marcomms teams on new ideas, campaigns, and tools for marketing and communications
• Graphic design help
• Event planning tasks as needed 
• Performing general marcomms administrative tasks as needed
• Demonstrate a commitment to developing a thorough knowledge and application of the Sanctuary model and other organizational policies & practices. 
• Participate in staff development, in-services, and training related to workplace effectiveness; model professional behaviors and implement improvements to business practices with awareness of their impact in a trauma-informed behavioral healthcare organization.  
  
  

Preferred Skills and Qualifications

• Interest in the field of communications
• Completed or working towards a B.A. in communications, English, Public Relations, or related field
• Strong communications skills: Excellent writing, editing, and verbal communications skills
• Strong organizational skills and time management skills
• Ability to work well independently and in a team setting
• Strong writing skills
• Knowledge of social media platforms, including LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook
• Graphic design experience preferred
• Understanding of the basic principles of public relations and media relations preferred  
• Proficiency with the Microsoft Su