Content Creator Intern

About the Role

OUR NATIONAL CONVERSATION (ONC) seeks a Content Creator Intern to contribute to its mission of reducing partisanship and promoting effective solutions to America’s challenges through a media outlet, educational materials, and facilitated dialogue. This role focuses on assisting with the production of ONC’s podcast.

Key Responsibilities

• Recording podcasts
• Editing podcasts
• Ensuring the research and completion of episode outlines by the deadline
• Publishing all finished podcast episodes
• Creating snappy episode titles and thumbnails
• Creating short-form reels from podcast episodes
• Writing concise descriptions for Spotify and YouTube uploads
• Completing deliverables marked on the content calendar and suggesting ideas for approval
• Executing the production of podcast episodes including writing, recording, and editing of the content
• Sending finalized content to the podcast team lead in a timely manner
• Developing targeting strategies to drive engagement for ONC’s video content by understanding key audiences for different podcast segments
• Applying social media and marketing knowledge to suggest ways to improve podcast reach and engagement
• Effectively communicating with other ONC team members via Slack, Email, and Zoom
• Committing to at least the end of the current semester
• Attending the Organization-Wide meetings every other week
• Attending the weekly Podcast team meetings

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Remote position, with work primarily conducted over Zoom and Slack
• Comfortable coordinating in a remote environment
• Expected to maintain a high level of communication
• Google Workspace experience preferred
• Must be authorized to intern in the U.S.

Qualifications

• Creative and a good team player
• Familiar with podcast styles and trends
• Knowledge of social media platforms and basic marketing principles
• Ability to write concise, engaging titles and descriptions
• Basic technical skills for creating thumbnails, editing reels, and preparing content for upload
• Understanding of basic file management
• Knowledge of Sound Editing required
• Knowledge of Video Editing preferred
• Responsive, consistent, and effective communicator
• Ability to work remotely and on their own schedule to meet deadlines
• Current student working towards a degree in Communications, Video & Graphic Arts, Film/Video Production, Script Writing or related fields; and/or passionate about Film Studies, Video Production, and/or Communication
• Include a one-page Cover Letter submitted with application