Cotta
Social Media Intern (Paid, 3 days/wk)
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Location: Hybrid, London
Contract: 6 months, 3 days/week, with the potential to turn full-time and permanent.
Pay: £22,000-£25,000 per annum (FTE), pro rata for 3 days/week and the 6-month term (approx. £6,600-£7,500 for the placement)
About Cotta
Cotta is a curated food marketplace bringing meals from independent chefs, artisan makers and producers together in one delivery. We launched in July 2026 and we're now focused on building our community and audience across social media as we grow.
The Role
We're looking for someone to help us build Cotta's following on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. You'll work primarily from our existing photo and video library, but if you want to shoot new content yourself, we're open to that too, whatever gets the best result. This is a hands-on, high-visibility role for someone who already understands what makes content work on social media and wants to prove it with a real brand and a real budget behind them. Do well here and there's a genuine path to a permanent seat on the team.
More than a marketing internship
We're a lean team, which means you won't be boxed into one lane. Alongside social media, you'll get exposure to how the rest of the business actually runs, product, partnerships, operations, whatever's happening that week. If you want to understand how a startup works end to end, not just how to run an Instagram account, this is the kind of seat you don't often get as an intern.
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What you'll do
- Create engaging posts, Reels and short-form video, working from Cotta's existing image and video library or shooting new content yourself if you'd rather, across Instagram, Facebook and YouTube
- Track social and cultural trends and translate the relevant ones into content ideas for Cotta
- Help grow our follower base and engagement across all three platforms
- Edit and design content using whatever tools you're most comfortable with, Canva, Instagram's native editing tools, CapCut, or similar (Canva access provided, but we're not precious about the toolkit)
- Support managing community interactions (comments, DMs) and keep our channels feeling responsive and alive
- Monitor performance (likes, shares, follower growth, watch time) and feed learnings back into what we post next
- Support the wider marketing team with ad hoc content and campaign needs
What we're looking for
Must-haves
- A genuine, demonstrable interest in social media, you understand what makes people stop scrolling and why
- Personal experience creating engaging content (your own accounts, a side project, a passion page, whatever it is, show us)
- Comfortable using at least one design/editing tool (Canva, CapCut, Instagram's native editors, etc.), we care about the output, not which tool you use
- Strong written English and an eye for detail
- Based in or able to commute to London
- Eager to learn, genuinely curious, happy to ask questions and take feedback on the chin
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Nice-to-haves
- A degree or coursework in marketing, communications, media or a related field (not required)
- Basic shooting or video editing experience
- Experience with a food, hospitality, D2C or marketplace brand
What you'll get
- Direct mentorship from Cotta's executive leadership team and exposure to how a startup builds a brand from the ground up
- Real ownership of channels with a genuine audience, not busywork
- A genuine, front-of-mind path to extend or convert to a permanent role for the right person
- Standard part-time employee terms: pro-rated annual leave (approx. 16.8 days/year, roughly 8 days across the 6-month placement) and pension auto-enrolment (subject to standard eligibility criteria), same statutory rights as any other Cotta employee
How to apply
Email hello@cottavita.com with your CV and a piece of creative content you've made that you're proud of, a post, a Reel, a design, whatever best shows us how you think about social. Tell us briefly why Cotta.
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