Title: Content Creator Intern Location: Los Angeles, California Posted Date: 2026-09-29T02:17:38.898Z Employment Type: Intern
Company Description: OUR NATIONAL CONVERSATION (ONC) seeks to reduce partisanship and promote effective solutions to America’s challenges. Powered by America’s youth, we host a media outlet, produce educational materials and facilitate dialogue intended to make America a better country.
Job Description: The Content Creator Intern contributes to ONC’s mission of providing nonpartisan news, opinions, and policy solutions by assisting with the production of Our National Conversation (ONC)’s podcast. This intern is responsible for, including but not limited to, the recording of podcasts, editing of podcasts, ensuring the research and completion of episode outlines are completed by the deadline, and the publishing of all finished episodes.The intern also helps the podcast team reach and engage audiences by creating snappy episode titles, thumbnails, and short-form reels, as well as writing concise descriptions for Spotify and YouTube uploads. The Content Creator Intern must be creative and a good team player.This position is remote, with work primarily conducted over Zoom and Slack, so applicants must be comfortable coordinating in a remote environment and are expected to maintain a high level of communication. This intern must commit to at least the end of the current semester. However, many people choose to extend their internship past the amount of time they initially committed to, provided their performance meets the required standards.Compensation: This is an unpaid internship.Benefits: Flexible schedule, college credit, professional networking, and resume-building experience.Responsibilities:Completing deliverables marked on the content calendar and suggesting ideas for approval on the content calendarExecuting the production of podcast episodes including writing, recording, and editing of the content and sending finalized content to the podcast team lead in a timely mannerCreating engaging titles and thumbnails for podcast episodesEditing short-form reels from podcast episodes for use on social mediaWriting short, engaging descriptions for Spotify and YouTube uploadsUnderstanding key audiences for different ONC podcast segments and developing targeting strategies to drive engagement in regard to ONC’s video contentApplying social media and marketing knowledge to suggest ways to improve podcast reach and engagementEffectively communicating with other ONC team members (Slack, Email, Zoom)
Qualifications: The Content Creator Intern should have the following skills, education, and experience: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 CommunicationFamiliar with podcast styles and trendsKnowledge of social media platforms and basic marketing principlesAbility to write concise, engaging titles and descriptionsBasic technical skills for creating thumbnails, editing reels, and preparing content for uploadUnderstanding of basic file managementKnowledge of Sound Editing requiredKnowledge of Video Editing preferredResponsive, consistent, and effective communicatorAbility to work remotely and on their own schedule in order to make deadlinesGoogle Workspace experience preferredAbility to attend the Organization-Wide meetings every other weekAbility to attend the weekly Podcast team meetingsMust be authorized to intern in the U.S.Include a one-page Cover Letter submitted with application
Additional Information: All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
About Our National Conversation (ONC)
Our National Conversation is a non-profit organization based in Los Angeles. Founded in 2021, the group produces educational materials and operates a media outlet to address political partisanship. It employs 82 people. The organization focuses on promoting solutions to national challenges through public dialogue.
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