Perhaps this resonates? 

You are a Singaporean or Singaporean PR tertiary student looking for a place to hone and sharpen your skills.

Increasingly, you’ve found yourself reflecting more on your career aspirations, and what would really drive you and wake you up in the morning for the year ahead. 

You want to use your gifts to contribute to a more just, more sustainable and more hopeful future, and like us at Skillseed, you want to build and empower communities around us.  

If you are still reading this, let’s take our resonance further.

RESPONSIBILITIES & LEARNING OUTCOMES

You will…

  • … be our maestro storyteller, supporting our marketing and business development efforts to maintain Skillseed's presence online and offline with compelling content and engaging visuals that engages our different stakeholders.

  • … also have the chance to participate in the upstream activities where all the programme operations come to life!

The responsibilities include

  • The design and development of online and offline collaterals, including but not limited to our website, client kits, marketing slide decks, course guidebooks, certificates, event publicity collaterals, presentation material, our Journal page, social media platforms and e-newsletters.

  • Co-managing our social media platforms including the design and running of campaigns on Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram. You will also be tracking monthly insights from our social media platforms and sharing recommendations, if any. 

  • Supporting our business development team to strategize and execute marketing efforts to potential local and overseas client partners.

  • Supporting our community building and capability development events.

Requirements

  • Relevant background in Marketing or Communications.

  • Interest in the social sector, community development and social issues.

Skills & Knowledge

  • Good written and verbal communication skills in English.

  • Articulating complex ideas in a simple and compelling manner.

  • Previous knowledge and/or experience email marketing (Mailchimp), Canva and social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn).

  • Optional but preferred: competent in a Second Language, written and verbal.

  • Good to have but not essential: Familiar with Slack, Notion.

Traits

  • Creative skills and be able to think outside the box and stand out from a crowded market.

  • Possesses strong time management and organizational skills.

commitment

We are looking for Singapore Citizen/ Permanent Residents full-time students from the local Institutes of Higher Learning (IHL) who can commit full-time for a minimum of 5-6 months for any of the following periods. Students aged 25 years old and below and pursuing their Master’s Degree are also welcome to apply.

We are offering this internship under Youth Corps Community Internship Programme

  • Cycle 1:  Sep to March 

  • Cycle 2: Mar to Sep

[Please note that the current application period for YCCI will close on 31 January 2025.]

We are offering this internship under Global Ready Talent Programme

  • Cycle 3: Aug-Jan

  • Cycle 4: Feb - Jul

All applications will be thoroughly evaluated based on their merits, aligning with the requirements of each role. As we’ll be doing this on a rolling basis, we encourage those of us who are really keen to apply early, to maximise the possibility of securing the funded internship. Thank you for your kind understanding and we look forward to receiving your application!

NEXT STEPS

Submit your application, resume and cover letter through this form link bit.ly/skillseedintern

Your cover letter must include the following:

  1. Why you think you would be a good fit for this internship given the requirements.

  2. Your MBTI

  3. Your Tendency

Here’s what we are offering under this internship:

  • 5-day work week (from 9.30 am - 6.30 pm).

  • Hybrid working arrangements (in-person and remote work).

  • Centrally located work location on WFO days.

  • Positive work environment with free snacks.

  • Regular check-ins with supervisor once every 3 - 4 weeks.

  • Work that contributes to a purpose and meaningful goals for a better world.

  • Full-time job opportunities for interns who have excelled in their internship.

The lovely faces of our Skillseed team! :D

PERKS

Work at your favourite roasters, by the beach, at Ya Kun, or anywhere you like every Tuesday and Thursday! In fact, our remote working days are mandatory and prepared us for COVID-19. We like to think of it as some form of national service, in reducing train congestion. (Also, you will only have to think of what to wear to work three times a week!)

Appear at the office in your weekday best- if it’s a casual pair of shorts and a t-shirt, we don’t mind at all! We won’t bat an eyelid even if you show up in the same outfit all the time (unless we begin to smell...smells).

We enjoy having fun together too - once every quarter, our amazing welfare department organises fun activities that the team gets to do together, outside of the office. We even get to vote for the team bonding activities we want to do, from Escape Rooms to Board Games and even Ninja Warrior courses!

Place. We’re a five-mins walk from Bugis or Bras Basah MRT! No matter your dietary needs, there’s always affordable and authentic hawker fare around us in the heart of Bugis area, not to forget, Bubble Tea, anytime!

Our People are what truly matters. We have Readers, Repairers, Rescue Divers, Fermenters, Crafters, and Really charismatic people*. Extraverts and Introverts. We all come with different experiences and backgrounds, but what unites us is the desire to do deeply meaningful work that helps us grow together, not kill us. 

*Comes with quite a bit of drama too, like it or not.    

Basically, it won’t be just a job. If you’ve always wanted to support a good cause, this will be a great opportunity to fulfill that desire! And you can tell that we are also seriously fun.

Click here for more information on YCCI. You might also be interested to hear more about the experience from some of our previous interns like Haziqah and Akshay, about their YCCI Internship.

Banner Photo from Unsplash, rest of the photos are from Skillseed.