ABC News SEO Intern, Spring 2027

New York City, NY (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableIntern/New GradFull time

Posted 2 days ago

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Optimize daily YouTube videos and live streams by drafting titles, descriptions, tags, and CTAs aligned with trending topics and audience intent
  • Assist in optimizing with keywords, links, and clear headings for traditional search, answer engines, and LLMs
  • Monitor search and YouTube trends using tools like Google Trends, SEMrush, and YouTube Studio to surface timely editorial and video opportunities
  • Assist in compiling daily and ad hoc search trend notes to multiple teams across the news division
  • Partner with editorial and video teams to apply best practices across headlines, metadata, playlists, and recurring video series
  • Assist with SEO support for breaking news, evergreen content, and special projects, including eCommerce and lifestyle coverage

Requirements

  • Experience in journalism, news reporting, news production, or digital news content through coursework, internships, campus media, or related projects.
  • Knowledge of SEO, YouTube, digital video, and audience growth
  • Knowledge of SEO best practices and emerging AI discoverability strategies
  • Experience working with data, trends, and performance metrics
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities with attention to detail in a fast-paced environment.
  • Be enrolled in an accredited college/university pursuing a degree taking at least one class at time of application OR currently participating in a Disney College Program or Disney Internship.
  • Current Disney Interns, College, International, or Culinary Program Participants: You may only work for ONE consecutive year (12 months) in any combination of an internship and/or program.
  • Be at least 18 years of age
  • Possess unrestricted work authorization

Preferred

  • Familiarity with analytics tools is a plus, but not required

Benefits

  • Select benefits may be provided as part of the compensation package, such as medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.
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The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. Our mission is to entertain, inform and inspire people around the globe through the power of unparalleled storytelling, reflecting the iconic brands, creative minds and innovative technologies that make us the world’s premier entertainment company.

Founded in 1923
Burbank, CA, US
176K employees (45,010 in marketing)

Funding

Total Funding
$15B
Last Raise
$4B
Post IPO Debt, 1 months ago

Funding History

  • Feb 2026
    Post IPO Debt • $4B
  • Apr 2020
    Post IPO Debt • $5B
  • Mar 2020
    Post IPO Debt • $6B

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.1M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$30.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
31.5%
Direct
45.7%
Referral
13.6%
Social
8.2%
Paid
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~181.4K

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ABC News SEO Intern, Spring 2027

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