n. An intern hired to monitor and post messages to a company's social media accounts.
2013
You know all of those unpaid work experience kids that are handed the keys of a business’ Twitter account? They now have a name for their situation — 'twinternship.’
2011
A twintern is a graduate or university student who completes an internship at a company and has a focus on social media, including — but not restricted to — Facebook and Twitter.
2009 (earliest)
COMPANY Pizza Hut Inc.
JOB TITLE Summer Twintern
JOB TITLE, TRANSLATED A summer intern who uses Twitter….
JOB PURPOSE …The Twintern must also play social-media defense, monitoring Twitter for any mentions of the brand and alerting superiors whenever anything negative about the Hut is being said.
JOB TITLE Summer Twintern
JOB TITLE, TRANSLATED A summer intern who uses Twitter….
JOB PURPOSE …The Twintern must also play social-media defense, monitoring Twitter for any mentions of the brand and alerting superiors whenever anything negative about the Hut is being said.