Social Media and Podcast INTERN

Responsibilities

• Assist with creating, editing, packaging, and publishing short-form and long-form social video content.
• Review social media and podcast performance data to identify patterns in reach, retention, engagement, audience growth, and content performance.
• Research platform trends, algorithms, best practices, emerging formats, and successful content from other creators and organizations.
• Participate in team meetings, content planning, brainstorming, performance reviews, and strategic discussions about how to reach and grow digital audiences.
• Support podcast and social workflows through tasks such as identifying strong clips, writing or refining copy and metadata, selecting hooks, and adapting content for different platforms.
• Contribute to special growth experiments, which may include helping launch and develop Focus on the Family clip channels using existing short-form content and applying what is learned to grow new audiences.

Requirements

• Pursuing a degree in communications, marketing, digital media, journalism, video production, broadcasting, or a related field, or equivalent demonstrated experience.
• A strong personal understanding of social media platforms and digital culture, with demonstrated interest in how and why content performs.
• Strong creative instincts, communication skills, curiosity, and a willingness to learn both the creative and analytical sides of social media.
• Ability to interact professionally with coworkers, partners, guests, and ministry constituents and to receive feedback well.
• A desire to learn and grow in social media strategy, audience development, video editing, podcasting, analytics, and digital content production.
• Examples of social media, video, podcast, or other digital content work are encouraged but not required; personal projects or channels may be included.

Preferred

• Examples of social media, video, podcast, or other digital content work are encouraged but not required; personal projects or channels may be included.

Benefits

• Lunch will be provided during workdays, and housing will be provided for out-of-town students only.