Internship Opportunities

Farm Credit of Southern CO –  Marketing Intern

DATE POSTED:   March 14th, 2025

POSITION:   Marketing Intern

LOCATION:   Colorado Springs, CO

Farm Credit of Southern Colorado (FCSC) is seeking a Marketing Intern to join our team for the Summer 2025 semester.  The chosen candidate will receive an opportunity to gain important and practical job skills to be successful in both the financial services and agricultural industries.

This position is part-time, working approximately no more than 30 hours a week. Occasional travel may be required to sufficiently support other locations within territory.

Organizational Information

At Farm Credit of Southern Colorado, we believe in creating a culture where teammates enjoy coming to work and feel included. We live this every day by enacting our FIRST principles, Fun, Integrity, Respect, Service, and Trust.  Our commitment to our employees has earned Farm Credit of Southern Colorado  recognition by the Colorado Springs Gazette a Best Place to Work for the past 3 years. Come join us in Colorado Springs, ranked No. 3 in US News & World Report’s 2023-2024 Best Place to Live survey!

As one of the Farm Credit System’s associations, Farm Credit of Southern Colorado is a robust organization serving its member/owners in 31 counties throughout Southern Colorado.  With over $1.6 billion in assets, Farm Credit of Southern Colorado’s approximately 100 staff members bring strength to its shareholders and communities.  Farm Credit of Southern Colorado is a member-owned cooperative that provides a wide range of financial products and risk management services for agricultural producers, agribusinesses, land owners and rural homeowners.

Today, the Farm Credit System is one of the strongest, most financially sound lending institutions in the U.S.  Its 59 institutions serve our country’s farmers and ranchers, rural America, and agribusiness. 

Responsibilities:

• Assist in drafting a wide variety of Marketing Communications materials to promote campaigns, events and programs (e.g., resource links, internal tools, photos, or other multimedia, etc. 

• Gain exposure to a variety of marketing technologies, such as CRM, marketing automation, design tools, social media advertising, and analytics. 
• Responsible for collaborating and assisting the marketing communications team in planning and executing the marketing and communications efforts to promote via earned media or paid media strategies, programs, campaigns and initiatives. 

• Provide ideas to support strategic marketing, public relations, and corporate communications. 
• Assist in managing social media accounts for Farm Credit of Southern Colorado platforms

Minimum Qualifying Characteristics:

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree in Journalism, Communications, Public Relations, Marketing or other related field. Must be in good standing academically with a minimum 3.0 GPA and have a minimum of one semester remaining prior to receiving a bachelor’s or master’s degree.
• Experience with social media management.
• Demonstrated skills in effective one-on-one and group communications and comfortable with working with all levels of an organization.
• Ability to be professional in a corporate or non-profit environment and assume responsibility for guiding projects and programs from inception through completion.
• Intermediate to excellent proficiency in MS Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint, and Canva.
• Ability to work independently, learn new tasks/handle multiple tasks, solve problems, meet deadlines, and show strong self-motivation and initiative
• Skill in oral and written communication, sufficient to exchange information effectively with peers, supervisor and management.
• Skill in behaving in a manner consistent with the values of the organization
• Skill in maintaining confidentiality with employee personal identifiable information.

Farm Credit of Southern Colorado is an Equal Opportunity Employer dedicated to diversity in the workplace and offers a great work environment.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

The following information is disclosed in compliance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act. Similar positions applied for outside of Colorado will not necessarily receive the same compensation.

Pay Rate: $25/hr.

This range is a good-faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of this posting. Actual salaries could vary and may be above or below the range as permitted by Colorado Equal Pay Transparency Rule 4.1.2.  Variation is based on various factors including but not limited to location, qualifications, experience, operational needs and other considerations permitted by law. In compliance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, a potential new employee’s salary history will not be used in compensation decisions.  In addition, benefits for this position include medical, dental, vision and life insurance, 401k, tax advantage accounts, paid vacation, sick leave and parental leave.  

FINAL DATE FOR APPLICATION: April 4^th , 2025