Social Media and Content Creation

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Summary

The Social Media and Content Creation position takes on a variety of communication tasks: Authoring press releases from raw promotional materials; drafting conversational blog posts from the press releases, and preparing multi-part social media campaigns that draw from this work. Wednesday evenings you’ll attend live radio interviews of two local musical artists and produce a short noncritical written blog-style piece reflecting their uniqueness. A monthly independent music blog will be consolidated into a single post to our web site. Proofreading of documentary transcripts will support a film project. As volunteer writers join the crew you’ll help polish their interviews and acquaint them with our editorial style. You’ll help with outreach to volunteers and students from the community, expanding the writing team and fostering editing skills in others.

  • Position Title: Social Media and Content Creation

  • Department: Big Heavy World - Production 

  • Location: In Person (4 Howard St A-8, Burlington, VT 05401)

  • Position Status: Unpaid Internship 

  • Interacts With: Production Crew & Social Media Team 

Essential Job Duties 

  • Take creative control in authoring promotional materials; conversational blog posts, multi-part social media campaigns, and a monthly independent music blog;

  • Attend live in-house radio concert/interviews and produce short blog posts about the performance;

  • Assist other volunteers with writings projects helping create a consistent style for Big Heavy World;

  • Help in the editorial process of current documentary films.  

All internship positions are unpaid, supervised positions for college credit. Applicants not seeking college credit or who are not accepted into the intern program are encouraged to apply as a volunteer. Interns and volunteers are expected to engage with projects both as part of a team and independently; to show commitment to the BHW ethos by attending crew meetings and pledging to uphold our substance-free policy on the BHW premises; to demonstrate professionalism when representing BHW; and to maintain regular and respectful communication with all collaborators both inside and outside of the BHW team. 


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