Social Video Intern
Rest of World is a non-profit international newsroom that challenges expectations about whose experiences with technology matter. We connect dots across a rapidly evolving digital world, through on-the-ground reporting in places typically overlooked and underestimated.
Since launching in 2020, we’ve published more than 1,600 stories from over 100 countries outside the West. Our work explores the spaces where tech, business, culture and human experience collide, through compelling storytelling and fresh, innovative design. Our journalism ranges from deep authoritative reporting to highlighting the surprising online cultural phenomenons. We’ve covered everything from gig workers, internet shutdowns and supply chain abuses to livestreaming battles, disappeared influencers and unexpected crypto contagion. Our reporting has won recognition in the U.S. and internationally, and our work has prompted companies and policymakers to take action.
Rest of World is looking for a Social Video Intern to join our audience team, a 3-6 month opportunity to collaborate with our editorial staff on new initiatives in audience engagement through social video. The right person for this opportunity appreciates the art and science of reaching, engaging, and building loyal readership among a truly global audience, and knows a thing or two about social video, the platforms where people post, share, and consume them, and how people are finding news via social video right now. You understand the uses and idiosyncrasies of each of the key social platforms, with specific experience creating for TikTok, Instagram, and other video-first platforms. You know how to listen for what audiences are discussing and sharing in platforms that reach across the geographies and subject areas we cover. We’re looking to connect with people wherever they are around the stories we’re telling, and want your help in experimenting, testing, and measuring how to get there.
This position will report to the Head of Audience and work closely with our audience, product, and editorial teams.
Location: New York, NY
Responsibilities
Create social video about Rest of World, our articles, and our journalists for TikTok, Instagram, and other platforms
Work closely with the editorial team to find the best ways to translate their journalism into video and other visual posts
Test out concepts, determine which work best, and create templates that we can return to in the future
Ideate on ways to spark conversation with our audience and build interest around our journalists
Measure the performance, reach, and impact of your work, and share the results, insights, and recommendations with the larger team
Qualifications
Do you know what it means to engage people through social video? You’re qualified.
Video and audio creation and editing experience, and particularly in-platform editing and creation tools.
Knowledge of major platforms, including TikTok, Instagram, YouTube
Familiarity with journalism and curiosity about creating journalism in social video formats
Ability to write smart, concise, witty headlines, threads, and synopses for articles
Knowing what kind of video formats, imagery and illustrations resonate with social video audiences
Ability to work in an experimental environment
Image editing and motion graphics experience a plus
The internship will pay $20/hour for up to 20 hours per week. The internship will last from February-April, with the possibility of extending through July.
To apply, please send a resume and a cover letter to jobs@restofworld.org with “Audience Intern, Social Video” in the subject line. In your cover letter:
Present two social video ideas based on recently published Rest of World stories.
Take a look at our Instagram — tell us what we’re getting right or wrong, and if you were given access, what you’d do differently.
Include links to your recently published work to give us a sense of how it might fit into what we’re looking for.
We will be accepting applications until January 19, 2024 at 5pm ET.
Working at Rest of World
Rest of World is an equal opportunity workplace. We value inclusion and diversity, and anyone who applies and qualifies for opportunities in the organization will receive consideration for employment without discrimination against age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, color or disability.