Sustainability Communications Intern

Company: FoodprintAI

Location: Remote

Type: Internship

Time Commitment: Part-time, around 20 hours/week

Compensation: Unpaid

Start Date: Early July 2026, with flexibility for an earlier start

How to Apply

Please send the following materials:

Your resume
A short note explaining your interest in the role and relevant qualifications
1–2 samples of social media content, graphics & designs, writing, or marketing materials

About FoodprintAI

FoodprintAI is a climate technology startup helping companies understand, manage, and reduce product-level environmental impacts. Our platform supports emissions analysis, sustainability data workflows, and decision-making across product design, sourcing, and procurement. FoodprintAI supports CPT and OPT opportunities for eligible international students, with potential pathways to future paid internship, part-time, or full-time roles based on performance and company growth.

Role Overview

As a Sustainability Communications Intern, you will support FoodprintAI’s marketing and communications efforts by helping create engaging content, monitor industry trends, and strengthen our external presence. You will work closely with the team to translate company updates, product insights, sustainability topics, and market developments into content for LinkedIn, newsletters, and other marketing materials.

This role combines content creation, market research, social media marketing, and visual design. We are looking for someone who is curious, proactive, and interested in understanding industry trends, generating new content ideas, and helping communicate FoodprintAI’s work in a clear and compelling way.

Key Responsibilities

Support the planning, creation, and execution of content for company’s LinkedIn page and other marketing channels.
Draft and refine social media posts, newsletter content, and other external-facing communications.
Monitor trends and developments in sustainability, climate tech, AI, and related industries to identify relevant content opportunities.
Conduct market research to help inform marketing initiatives and content strategy.
Create visual assets such as social media graphics, carousels, one-pagers, and other marketing materials using Canva or similar tools.
Maintain a content calendar and support the organization of marketing assets and materials.
Track content performance metrics and provide recommendations for improving engagement and reach.
Collaborate with the team to develop new content ideas, marketing campaigns, and brand-building initiatives.

Required Qualifications

Currently pursuing a degree in marketing, communications, business, design or a related field.
Strong written communication skills and ability to create engaging content for professional audiences.
Experience creating social media, marketing, design, or public-facing content through coursework, internships, student organizations, startups, nonprofits, or personal projects.
Strong Canva skills or experience with similar design tools.
Comfortable using AI tools or LLMs to support content creation, research, and productivity.
Strong attention to detail and ability to revise content based on feedback.
Organized, reliable, and comfortable managing multiple content tasks at once.
Proactive, curious, and comfortable suggesting new ideas and taking initiative.
Interest in startups, sustainability, climate tech, AI, or digital marketing.

Preferred Qualifications

Prior experience supporting social media marketing, brand communications, content creation, or digital campaigns.
Familiarity with LinkedIn content creation, content calendars, social media analytics, or campaign planning.
Exposure to sustainability, carbon accounting, supply chains, climate technology.

What You’ll Gain

Hands-on experience creating social media and marketing assets for an early-stage climate tech startup.
Build a portfolio of published and presentation-ready content, including LinkedIn campaigns, Canva designs, graphics, and marketing materials.
Direct mentorship from the founding team and exposure to startup decision-making processes.
Gain firsthand experience working at the intersection of AI, sustainability, climate tech, and entrepreneurship.

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