Job Description

Job Title: Podcast Scheduling and Outreach Intern

Reports to: Podcast Team Lead and Director of Media

MISSION STATEMENT

OUR NATIONAL CONVERSATION (ONC) seeks to reduce partisanship and promote effective solutions to America’s challenges. Powered by America’s youth, we produce educational materials and host constructive dialogue intended to address America’s challenges head-on.

Job Description:

The Podcast Intern will contribute 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 must be organized and a good team player. The podcast scheduling and outreach intern will be responsible for the scheduling/rescheduling of podcasts with all parties involved, maintaining the content calendar, networking and outreach with potential guests, and ensuring the completion of episode outlines for each of the 2 segments.

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 Summer semester (August 30th, 2024). However, many people choose to extend their internship past the amount of time they initially committed to, provided their performance meets the required standards.

Benefits: Flexible schedule, college credit, professional networking, and resume-building experience.

Compensation: This is not a paid position.

Responsibilities:

• Ensuring the content calendar is filled out properly and on-time.

• Communicating with interns, advisors, and guests including, but not limited to networking, outreach, and scheduling them.

• Understanding key audiences for different ONC podcast segments and developing targeting strategies to drive engagement in regard to ONC’s video content.

• Effectively communicating with other ONC team members (Slack, Email, Zoom).

Qualifications

The Podcast Scheduling and Outreach Intern should have the following skills, education, and experience:

• Preferably majoring in Communications, Public Relations, Film/Video Production, or related fields; and/or passionate about Public Relations, Video Production, and/or Communication

• Understanding of basic file management required

• Understanding of podcast trends preferred

• Exceptional writing skills are required (English)

• Proficient verbal communication/speaking skills are a plus

• Responsive, consistent, and effective communicator, even during conflict

• Ability to work remotely and on their own schedule in order to make deadlines

• Google Workspace experience preferred

• Ability to attend weekly organization-wide meetings

• Ability to attend weekly Podcast team meetings

• Must be authorized to intern in the U.S.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.