Summer Intern - Production

This is a Freelance Unpaid Internship

Internship Start Date/Season: September 7, 2026 / Fall 2026 Internship Duration: September 7 through approximately mid-December 2026 Time/Days Required: Approx. 12-18 hours per week. Scheduling is flexible around academic commitments Workplace Requirements: Remote during Fall 2026. Los Angeles/Southern California applicants are encouraged because separate future in-person production opportunities may become available.

This is a learning experience role of Intern

Job Details

This is a learning-focused internship for a student or recent graduate interested in digital marketing, social media, YouTube optimization, entertainment marketing, content strategy, audience development, video editing, analytics, and television/media production.

The intern will primarily learn and assist across three platforms: YouTube, Instagram, and TMDB (The Movie Database). Working with the Executive Producer and other members of the production team, the intern will gain practical experience studying audience performance, repurposing entertainment content, developing promotional strategies, and exploring ways to expand the program's digital reach.

The internship combines producer mentorship, self-directed research, creative experimentation, video editing, digital platform management, and analytics. Previous professional experience is not required.

YouTube & Instagram Strategy

A major part of the internship will involve learning how YouTube Studio, YouTube Analytics, and Instagram Insights can inform content and marketing decisions.

The goal is not simply to record statistics. The intern will be encouraged to examine why one piece of content performs differently from another, research possible explanations, and develop practical recommendations.

A significant part of the internship will involve reviewing existing long-form entertainment material and identifying moments that can be repurposed into effective short-form content.

With producer guidance, the intern will identify strong moments and edit selected material into approximately one-minute YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, and television-style promotional videos. These pieces may promote an interview guest, introduce an episode, highlight a memorable story or moment, or increase awareness of the program. Approved show logos, graphics, stock elements, and other promotional assets may be provided. The learning focus extends beyond simply cutting footage. The intern will develop an understanding of why a particular moment should become a Short or Reel, how it should be packaged, and what audience it may appeal to.

Identify Content • Edit • Package • Publish • Review Analytics • Evaluate • Improve Future Content

Digital Platform & Content Management

The intern will learn and assist with organizing, preparing, and publishing approved digital content across YouTube, Instagram, TMDB, and related entertainment platforms. Responsibilities may include:

• Assisting with scheduling or publishing approved social content
• Organizing photos, graphics, clips, and promotional assets
• Maintaining eligible production information and images on TMDB
• Writing short captions, descriptions, and appropriate tags
• Making basic image adjustments such as resizing, cropping, lighting correction, or cleanup when necessary
• Reviewing names, credits, episode information, and promotional materials for accuracy
• Helping maintain consistent presentation across platforms
• Coordinating content with upcoming episodes, interviews, guests, and promotional campaigns
• Flickr or appropriate IMDb updates

Content Strategy & Entertainment Marketing

The intern will have opportunities to contribute ideas for social media campaigns, short-form content, and television-style entertainment marketing.

Working collaboratively with the Executive Producer and production team, the intern may help develop promotional approaches.

The intern must be willing to learn Google Sheets and maintain a performance report every two weeks. Advanced spreadsheet experience is not required. Reports may track:

• Recently published content
• Views, impressions, and reach
• Engagement
• Watch time and retention
• Strong-performing and underperforming content
• Possible reasons for performance changes
• Recommendations or experiments for the following two weeks

The purpose is to teach the intern how to translate platform statistics into useful content and marketing decisions: The Executive Producer and other producers may periodically introduce focused areas of digital media and content strategy, such as:

• Thumbnail strategy and click-through rate
• Audience retention
• Traffic sources
• Instagram reach
• Shorts performance
• Titles and content positioning
• Cross-platform promotion

Qualifications

We are especially interested in applicants who are:

• Highly motivated, curious, and willing to learn independently
• Interested in YouTube, Instagram, digital marketing, entertainment marketing, social media, or audience development
• Interested in analytics and audience behavior
• Curious about why digital content performs the way it does
• Comfortable contributing creative ideas
• Able to communicate findings and observations clearly
• Comfortable collaborating with producers and receiving constructive feedback
• Organized, dependable, and detail-oriented
• Able to balance creative and analytical responsibilities
• Interested in entertainment, television, film, interviews, conventions, or digital media

Basic video-editing experience is strongly preferred, but professional editing experience is not required. Relevant experience may come from school projects, personal projects, YouTube videos, social-media content.

Recommended Areas of Study

Students studying Marketing, Digital Marketing, Communications, Advertising, Public Relations, Digital Media, Film/Television, Media Studies, Journalism, Business, Entertainment/Media Management, Graphic De