Summer Intern - Digital News, NBC

Job Description

Responsibilities

NBCUniversal Local is NBCUniversal's local media division that delivers English and Spanish-speakers and bilingual audiences in 31 US markets and Puerto Rico, the very best in local sports, news, weather, consumer and investigative reporting, and lifestyle entertainment across any platform and screen. NBCUniversal Local is comprised of three individual media groups including the NBC Owned Television Stations, the NBC Sports Regional Networks and the Telemundo Station Group. The division is also home to multicast networks NBCLX, COZI TV and TeleXitos, the regional cable news network NECN, as well as NBC Spot On, an advanced video advertising business designed for local/regional CTV and OTT advertisers and several in-house companies including production company LXTV, marketing and promotions company Skycastle, its out-of-home business NBC Everywhere, and the Arthouse, a graphics design group. With seven regional sports networks and 42 NBC and Telemundo stations serving 38 percent of US homes, NBCUniversal Local is the only network-owned local media division that is home to the largest bilingual local newsrooms within the country's top 10 TV markets. NBCUniversal Local's stations and networks serve diverse audiences and communities across linear, streaming, OTT, digital web, mobile and audio, and cable platforms and work together to keep local audiences informed anytime and anywhere. For more information, visit NBCUniversal.com.

Job Description

NBC Sports Philadelphia is looking for an intern to help plan and develop unique digital content. This intern will play a major role in supporting the digital team by finding high-interest stories and posting content to digital and social platforms, including articles, videos, social posts and interactive content. The digital intern is also expected to assist editors and producers by conducting research and compiling information for sports news and events.

Job Duties
• Systems and Workflow: Understand how we approach content discovery, production and delivery. Gain confidence in abilities to enterprise and produce good stories
• Daily Briefs: occasionally represent the digital team each during the editorial meeting, briefing news staff on analytics, stories in the works and content that's ideal for sharing with broadcast viewers.
• Daily original reporting: report out story ideas, getting whatever support they need for each assignment.
• Shift Assignment: Master publishing tools, systems and original reporting.
• Professionalism: relationship-building and professional presence. Shows up to work on time, no excessive absences. Learns how to problem solve with maturity. Handles issues with appropriate urgency. Meets deadlines. Learns ins and outs of the daily workings of a local news room.
• Presentation: Successfully completes a presentation of experience in a way that is engaging and shows off technical/creative skills.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:
• Experience in writing, video and social media
• You must be in pursuit of an Associate, Bachelor, or Graduate degree at an accredited institution.
• Current class standing of sophomore or above
• Must be 18 years or greater
• Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in United States.
• Must be willing to work in Philadelphia, PA

Desired Characteristics:
• Flexibility, including the ability to thrive in a team-based work structure
• Adobe creative suite skills are preferred
• HTML and Photoshop skills are preferred
• Video-editing skills are preferred

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-dyvo6m-3-140-208-203-42 in your application.