JOB TITLE: PR/Social Media Intern
DEPT. NAME: PR/Marketing
LOCATION: Studio City, CA
REPORTS TO: Coordinator, Marketing & Visual Communications
- DO NOT CALL * PLEASE FOLLOW APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS BELOW
PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE POSITION
Provide general office and administrative support in the company’s marketing and public relations department. The candidate will be expected to work a maximum of twenty (20) hours a week and must be available at least 3 days a week.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Will identify social trends and assist in generating content ideas that leverage those opportunities.
- Will assist in scheduling and publishing social content related to The Jim Henson Company’s brands.
- Will draft original posts and digital content for The Jim Henson Company’s social media platforms.
- Will work closely with members of a variety of company teams, including legal, sales, creative affairs, and executive.
- Will assist with general office support, telephones, and filing.
- Will assist in website building and edits via Squarespace and WordPress platforms.
JOB-RELATED QUALIFICATION STANDARDS
- Understanding of publishing on social platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and Snapchat.
- Experience with databases, particularly Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Experience in Google Analytics and social platform analytics is a plus.
- Proficiency in creating social content including editing video clips and gifs are a plus.
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
- Ability to multitask and get work completed on or before deadlines.
COLLEGE CREDIT
- PR/Social Media Internship is an unpaid position open to all current students who will receive school credit for the internship.
- All candidates must go through their college career center in order to get prior approval from their school/academic advisor confirming that they will receive school credit for the internship.
- School credit confirmation must be presented to JHC prior to beginning an internship.
- Major in film, television, entertainment, media, English or art is preferred, but not required.
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About The Jim Henson Company
The Jim Henson Company has remained an established leader in family entertainment for over 70 years and is recognized as an innovator in puppetry, animatronics, and digital animation. The Company’s most recent credits include the hit holiday special for Apple TV The First Snow of Fraggle Rock, as well as the Emmy-nominated Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip for Disney+, the Oscar®-winning Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio for Netflix, and the Emmy®-winning Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock for Apple TV. Other television credits include Slumberkins and Harriet the Spy for Apple TV; Dinosaur Train, Splash and Bubbles, and Sid the Science Kid all for PBS; Earth to Ned for Disney+; and the Netflix series Word Party and the Emmy-winning The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. Iconic catalogue titles include Fraggle Rock, The Storyteller, Farscape, and the ground-breaking fantasy classics The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth.
Headquartered in Los Angeles with additional locations in New York and London, the Company is also home to Jim Henson’s Creature Shop™, a pre-eminent puppet and creature-building group and industry leader in puppeteered digital animation, with international film, television, theme park, and advertising clients.
The Jim Henson Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
We strive to foster an inclusive environment and build a team that is inclusive across race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability, age, national origin, and veteran status.