Podcast Production Intern

Job Title: Podcast Production Intern

Reports to: Podcast Team Lead

Job Description: The Podcast Intern contributes to ONC’s mission of providing nonpartisan news, opinions, and policy solutions by assisting with the production of Our National Conversation (ONC)’s podcast. This intern is responsible for, including but not limited to, the recording of podcasts, editing of podcasts, ensuring the research and completion of episode outlines are completed by the deadline, and the publishing of all finished episodes. The Podcast  intern must be creative and a good team player.

This position is remote, with work primarily conducted over Zoom and Slack, so applicants must be comfortable coordinating in a remote environment and are expected to maintain a high level of communication. This intern must commit to at least the end of the Summer semester (December 8th, 2025). However, many people choose to extend their internship past the amount of time they initially committed to, provided their performance meets the required standards.

Compensation: This is not a paid position.

Benefits: Flexible schedule, college credit, professional networking, and resume-building experience.

Responsibilities:

• Completing deliverables marked on the content calendar and suggesting ideas for approval on the content calendar
• Executing the production of podcast episodes including writing, recording, and editing of the content and sending finalized content to the podcast team lead in a timely manner
• Understanding key audiences for different ONC podcast segments and developing targeting strategies to drive engagement in regard to ONC’s video content 
• Effectively communicating with other ONC team members (Slack, Email, Zoom)