Entertainment Jobs and Internships

Job Summary:

WABC-TV, the flagship Disney/ABC – owned television station in New York, is the most-watched television station in the New York Television market and the United States. WABC also leads the market in station websites and has the highest social media engagement.
Channel 7’s Creative Services Department functions as an in-house advertising agency promoting all programming on WABC-TV, including the highly-rated Eyewitness News, and the abc7NY digital brands. The Creative Services internship program is very hands-on. You will gain knowledge and real-world experience in production, post-production, promotion writing, and digital media marketing.

Responsibilities:

A day in the life…
You will assist producers in preparing spots for air and will be responsible for shepherding various projects through to completion. You will gain exposure to multiple departments at the station, including News, Digital, Programming, Production, and Sales/Marketing. Video editing experience is essential.

Basic Qualifications:

What you bring to the role…

• Video editing experience in Adobe Premiere
• Familiarity with WABC-TV and abc7NY properties
• Attention to detail, exacting standards, and superior organization skills
• Major or previous coursework in Broadcast Journalism, Communications, Video Production, or related major

As well as…

• All students must possess unrestricted work authorization
• All students must be at least 18 years old
• At the time of application, must currently be enrolled in an accredited college or university taking at least one class in the semester/quarter (spring/fall) prior to participation in the internship program – OR – must have graduated from a college/university within the last six (6) months, OR currently participating in a Disney Professional Internship
• This is a remote internship. The internship requires a working, reliable internet connection, as well as a quiet dedicated workspace and the ability to work independently.
• All students must provide a consistent, reliable work schedule during the session

Preferred Qualifications:

• Junior or Senior-level standing

Additional Information:

• All candidates must be eligible to work in the U.S.

Program Dates

• All candidates must be available from January 2022 through May/June 2022
• All candidates must be available to work a minimum of 16-24 hours per week during a Monday through Sunday schedule (hours and days to be determined by your supervisor, and could include nights, weekends and holidays)
• All students must provide their own housing and transportation for the duration of the internship
• All students must provide a consistent, reliable work schedule during the session

• Résumé (outlining all of your required qualifications)
• College transcripts (official or unofficial)
• A Cover Letter outlining your interest in this position, and relative experience in work, school, and extracurricular activities

Job Summary:

Disney Parks, Experiences & Products Technology & Digital (DPEP) is a website application design, development, and support group that builds and maintains the websites and applications supporting Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, such as disneyworld.com, disneyland.com, disneycruise.com, aulani.com, and disneyparks.com. This position is for an experienced Producer eager to play an integral role on the Production Operations team at DPEP.

The Production Operations team is accountable for the successful daily operation of the sites and apps during all hours (including nights, weekends, and holidays when scheduled for on-call duty, or when emergent need arises), must aid in estimating the necessary funding and level of effort for minor to medium operations efforts and enhancements, make recommendations for best execution options, interact with business partners, product owners, and creative and technology team members to quickly turn around requests for changes, and build out pages and changes in the Content Management System (CMS). Requests can range from quick efforts such as copy and image swap-outs or vanity URL requests, to building new detail pages or new site sections, performing content entry for large projects, or troubleshooting issues on the websites. Level of effort for the types of requests usually ranges from one hour to six weeks of effort. The work occurs under the direction of Production leadership and more senior Producers, as well as working under direction of Product Managers for content and e-commerce website strategy best practices.

Responsibilities:

Daily activities include the review and comprehension of work requests created and assigned in Jira, clearly communicate requests to and schedule the work of creative resources needed to complete specific tasks (e.g., web developers, copywriters, etc.), utilize established processes to obtain applicable approvals at all levels of development, making updates in the CMS, ensuring requests are completed in a timely manner, working in priority order as determined by Agile methodology, communicating status and roadblocks in daily scrum, interacting with business partners, application vendors, and all internal departments including the ability to communicate effectively with resources of all levels, from entry level interns to senior leadership. This role also has the opportunity to contribute to recommendations for solutions and best ways to execute on requests.

Requests can include, but are not limited to, vanity URL requests, copy and image swap-outs, building new detail pages or new site sections, or troubleshooting issues on the websites. Level of effort for the types of requests usually ranges from one hour to six weeks of effort. The work occurs under the direction of Production leadership and more senior Digital Producers, as well as working under direction of Product Managers for content and e-commerce website strategy best practices.

• Drive the execution of requests across the Product Management, Creative, and Technology teams
• Resource contributors, schedule and oversee the work on requests
• Partner with and motivate a diverse team of resources
• Identify appropriate resources needed, and develop schedules to ensure timely completion of requests
• Flexible schedule with the ability to ensure accountability for the operation of websites that are functional 24/7; this includes serving as on-call on a scheduled basis, and could include at times responding to emergent situations when not the scheduled on-call
• Clearly organize and forecast deliverables and dependencies
• Ensure proactive scheduling of all aspects of requests and on time deliverables within estimated duration and resources
• Manage the full life cycle of operational requests from requirements through launch
• Juggle day-to-day tasks and have in-depth involvement to allow for early identification of potential challenges
• Monitor request scope and execute change control when additional requests for features or functionality are made
• Elevate situations that may require Production leadership intervention
• Provide weekly status reports and regular updates to the Production leadership

• Proactively identify any risk or conflicts based upon creative, technology or business factors
• Proactively look for solutions to implement requests in a more efficient manner

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or significant work experience
• Previous experience as a Digital Producer
• Experience working with content management systems and building websites, including daily updating of copy and images for sites, building out new pages, and troubleshooting
• Experience working in at least one of the following:
  • eCommerce sites with responsibility for product and pricing load, and experience with troubleshooting issues and understanding complex eCommerce-related integrations with other applications
  • Large, complex marketing sites with calendar, feature listings, faceted listings, and feeds from other systems
• Ability to work within a diverse team of resources from strategy, creative, business and technical disciplines
• Experience estimating operational or project costs and level of effort required for each work request
• Previous responsibility for monitoring and staying within budget constraints
• Experience managing requests that include integration with multiple back-end systems
• Experience documenting initiative requirements
• Experience presenting complex messages clearly and succinctly to different audiences with varying level of product and technology knowledge
• High emphasis on guest/customer service with a drive to create and maintain a premium online guest experience
• Able to partner with multiple stakeholders to manage their expectations, gain their acceptance and trust and achieve high client satisfaction ratings
• Able to deliver under extreme deadlines and intense business environment
• Able to understand and clearly communicate technical information to non-technical people
• Basic understanding of the software development process, particularly as it relates to web-based applications
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Great organizational skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred
• Experience in directing, managing film budgets, creative storytelling, strategic thinking, quality writing, research, and fact-checking
• Excellent verbal communication and organizational skills
• Creative mindset, strong confidence, and ability to motivate others

WINTER/SPRING 2022 INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION

Winter/Spring 2022 Internships are REMOTE

COMMS, NY

The Artist Engagement Team of the National ACLU Communications Department has an opening for a graduate or undergraduate internship in New York, NY (remote).

For 100 years, the ACLU has been our nation’s guardian of liberty, working in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States. Whether it’s ending mass incarceration, achieving full equality for the LGBT community, advancing racial justice, establishing new privacy protections for our digital age, or preserving the right to vote or the right to have an abortion, the ACLU takes up the toughest civil liberties and civil rights cases and issues to defend all people from government abuse and overreach. With almost two million members, activists, and supporters, the ACLU is a nationwide organization that fights tirelessly in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and Washington, D.C., for the principle that every individual’s rights must be protected equally under the law, regardless of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, national origin, and record of arrest or conviction.

INTERNSHIP OVERVIEW

Under the supervision of the Director of Artist Engagement, the Communications Artist & Influencer Intern will have the opportunity to gain valuable experience by working alongside the Artist and Influencer Team and learning the ins and outs of artist relations from a nonprofit perspective.

• Time Commitment: A Summer internship requires a full-time commitment of 35 hours per week. A Fall or Winter/Spring internship requires a part-time or full-time commitment of 10, 15, 20, or 35 hours per week*
• Internship Duration: Part-time internships are a 12-week period and full-time internships are a 10-week period. Winter/Spring interns are expected to start January 18 or January 31, 2022
  • Winter/Spring: January – April
• Stipend: A stipend is available for those students who do not receive course credit. Students who receive outside funding are eligible for a partial stipend to bring their total funding up to the level of ACLU’s stipend amount for that term, if applicable. Arrangements can be made with educational institutions for work/study or course credit. Below is the stipend breakdown by term:
  • Winter/Spring/Fall: Stipends are calculated on number of hours and weeks worked. The hourly rate is $18.57 for undergraduate students or equivalent experience and $21.42 for graduate, law, and PhD students or equivalent experience.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Interns will gain valuable experience by working with the team on a wide variety of issues. Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to the following:

• Organize talent data base
• Conduct research within social media platforms
• Prepare pitch documents for issue work work
• Collaborate as necessary with editorial, social media, and digital teams on artist and influencer engagement actions
• Provide support for distribution of materials for events and artist-requested swag
• Conduct Internet and photo research
• Assist with Blue Ribbon campaign
• Demonstrate a commitment to diversity within the office by using a personal approach that values all individuals and respects differences in regards to race, ethnicity, age, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, religion, ability, socio-economic circumstance, immigration status, and record of arrest or conviction
• Commitment to work collaboratively and respectfully toward resolving obstacles and/or conflicts

EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

Interns should possess the following:

• Excellent research, writing, proof-reading and communication skills
• Must be self-motivated, take initiative, and possess excellent organizational and time management skills
• Strong knowledge of social media platforms
• Ability to work independently as well as within in a team while maintaining a high level of efficiency and professionalism
• Must be discrete with confidential information of notable people, as well as the inner-workings of the organization
• Experience in either artist management, talent PR, or as a personal/executive assistant to an artist or other high-profile entertainment professional is preferred; but not required
• A commitment to civil liberties, civil rights, and social justice
• Commitment to the mission of the ACLU

Applications will be considered on a rolling basis and accepted until the position is filled.

This posting provides a general but not comprehensive list of the opportunities of the internship. It does not represent a contract of employment. The ACLU reserves the right to change the posting at any time without advance notice.

The ACLU is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you are a qualified individual with a disability and need assistance applying online, please e-mail [email protected]. If you are selected for an interview, you will receive additional information regarding how to request an accommodation for the interview process.

Who We Are:

ATTN: is a media company that breaks down important societal topics and conversations into digestible, entertaining videos and series across all platforms. We are leaders when it comes to reaching people who want context on the issues and conversations that matter to them.

ATTN: is looking for a Casting Producer to find and book TikTok creators with mid to high level social followings to kick off our co-branded content initiatives on TikTok. The ideal candidate will be someone with a strong knowledge of TikTok and connections to various creators and their representatives, as well as experience contracting talent for branded content. An understanding and vision of how to align talent with brand-specific messaging is imperative.

What You’ll Do:

• Research TikTok creators that align with the brand’s messaging to build preliminary talent pitch lists
• Consistently communicate with the Casting Director and other colleagues regarding any pertinent updates
• Observe and build a strong awareness around viral trends and emerging talent on the platform
• Reaching out to talent and their representatives to send offers and to negotiate rates and deal points
• Communicate with our internal legal team to build talent agreements
• Continually evolve and elevate the content approach based on best-performing approaches and client feedback

• This is a 2 month contract role with the potential to extend

Who You Are:

• 3+ years experience across Talent & Casting, specifically with influencers and content creators. Digital and branded content experience is preferred
• Detail-oriented self-starter who brings hands-on experience in digital media content development and production
• Grasp of current viral trends and emerging talent
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• The ability to stay calm and collected while working on fast-paced timelines
• Ability to work cross-functionally with relevant teams and stakeholders
• Passionate, positive, and self-motivated

Our Commitment to Inclusion & Diversity:

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, ATTN: is committed to building and fostering a workplace of diversity and employee inclusion. ATTN: does not discriminate on the basis of an individual’s sex, age, race, color, creed, national origin, alienage, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation or affectional preference, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic trait or predisposition, carrier status, citizenship, veteran or military status and other personal characteristics protected by law. All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics.

We work with social media influencers to monetize their followers by creating products to sell via eCommerce. We work at a fast pace and have lots of fun along the way. After many requests, we’re starting a new intern program for college students pursuing applicable degrees during the spring, summer, and fall semesters. This is an extraordinary opportunity to gain hands-on experience and to learn from an amazing team. We’re looking for ambitious, creative forward thinkers to learn from, engage with, and contribute to our team. If this sounds like you, we’d love to meet you!

Please note: This is an unpaid opportunity and intended for academic credit, preferred junior or senior level standing. Please submit a resume and a cover letter sharing why you’re interested in working with Inked. The term will coincide with the summer semester, and those with outstanding performance may be invited to continue through the fall semester.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Style and photograph a variety of products. Create and edit video content to be utilized in online marketing efforts.
• Produce engaging and innovative imagery. Learn how to interpret consumer response and translate it into effective media that assists the growth of overall brand and sales of products.
• Collaborate with Marketing and Design teams; learn how many teams work together to run successful marketing campaigns and eCommerce platforms.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously, communicating progress and meeting deadlines.
• Create media catered to the aesthetic of each individual brand.
• Support continuous improvement, challenging the status quo, and offering creative solutions.
• Contribute to and support a positive, creative, and collaborative culture and continuously improve efficiency, communication, and work products.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE TABLE

• Currently, a junior or senior pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Photography, Marketing, Art, or related field.
• Prior work and/or educational experience in photography required; videography experience preferred.
• Must be proficient in basic design programs including Adobe Creative Suite.
• Passion for your art, your role in our customer’s experience, and commitment to personal work ethic, highly creative and imaginative.
• Detail Orientation – Exhibits a high level of accuracy and precision while maintaining a sense of urgency.
• Organizational Skills – Demonstrates strong organization, prioritizing and managing conflicting demands to meet deadlines; consistent follow-up.
• Communication – Superb interpersonal and communication skills. Builds relationships and works collaboratively in a team environment.
• Change Agility – Able to navigate successfully and positively in a fast-paced, high-growth environment where change occurs rapidly. Takes initiative and anticipates needs and responds accordingly.
• Judgment and Decision Making – Considers the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one; looks beyond things accepted as “given” to suggest creative approaches, pulling information from many sources.
• Cultural Fit – Embodies and inspires a positive attitude, in support of our unique culture founded on the principles of excellence, respect, accountability, integrity, enjoyment, and diversity.