Summer Intern, Video Strategy

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Job Description

About the DDM Summer Internship Program:

The Dotdash Meredith Summer Internship Program is a 9 week full time, paid program that runs from June 9th - August 8th, based out of our New York office. The intern program consists of hands-on learning opportunities to create work that has an impact on the business, along with workshops in preparing you for post-college life (resume / interviewing) plus fun events throughout the summer!

Dotdash Meredith is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and representing the communities that we serve. We strongly encourage BIPOC and LGBTQIA students to apply.

Deadline to Apply: Friday, February 14th

Eligibility Requirements:

• Internships are available to students who will be Juniors and Seniors in Fall 2025 at an accredited college or university.

• You must be available to work full time for the entire 9 weeks of the program in the NY office, 3 days a week

• You must have access to your own housing and transportation to/from the NY office

About the Team:

The Video Strategy team at Dotdash Meredith has three core functions, each with the goal of growing video viewership and revenue: Creative Development, Channel Management & Optimization and Strategy & Insights. The team analyzes, develops, produces, directs and distributes a YouTube first programming slate across key DDM brands.

About the Role:

As a Video Strategy Intern at Dotdash Meredith you will be acting as "Air Traffic Control" to our creative development, optimization and production teams. You will largely focus on research, organization, creative documentation, and production support. You will be learning on the job, the entire process from ideation to going live on YouTube. You will learn from some of the best content creators and strategists in the industry.

Responsibilities will Include:

• Act as an assistant to the creative development team, with all aspects of video production and new concept development

• Deeply research interview subjects and topic areas of interest being explored in video, documenting findings in clearly organized and effectively summarized ways

• Apply research to wide ranging talent opportunities to help expedite brand/channel programming.

• Anticipate and meet the changing needs of a fast-paced production environment that always has multiple active projects in the pipeline

• Help to coordinate and curate props, track receipts, and budgets

• Assist in thumbnail designs when needed.

• Play a role in upload and output schedules; wrangle, track and publish video assets

About You:

Candidates for this role should have:

• Excellent communication, time management, and organizational skills.

• Open to new challenges and excited to grow within a fast-paced, expanding, and constantly evolving organization

• Creative and driven self-starter that can take direction and run with it, asking questions up front to ensure you're able to complete the task successfully

• Motivated problem solver who will proactively troubleshoot and create solution

• Experience with Google & Microsoft Suites

• Some experience with digital media is a plus but not required

It is the policy of Dotdash Meredith to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, the Company will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.Accommodation requests can be made by emailing ddm.hr@dotdashmdp.com.

The Company participates in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees. For further information about the E-Verify program, please click here:https://www.e-verify.gov/employees

Pay Range

The pay range above represents the anticipated low and high end of the pay range for this position and may change in the future. Actual pay may vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to work location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Dotdash Meredith's total compensation package for employees. Other compensation may include annual bonuses, and short- and long-term incentives.In addition,Dotdash Meredith provides to employees (and their eligible family members) a variety of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, unlimited paid time off (PTO), adoption or surrogate assistance, donation matching, tuition reimbursement, basic life insurance, basic accidental death & dismemberment, supplemental life insurance, supplemental accident insurance, commuter benefits, short term and long term disability, health savings and flexible spending accounts, family care benefits, a generous 401K savings plan with a company match program, 10-12 paid holidays annually, and generous paid parental leave (birthing and non-birthing parents), all of which may vary depending on the specific nature of your employment with Dotdash Meredith and your work location. We also offer voluntary benefits such as pet insurance, accident, critical and hospital indemnity health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance.