Social Media Content Editor/Researcher - Internship

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EXTREME is a uniquely positioned brand and community that lives at the nexus of sports, entertainment, and lifestyle and we are we are looking for someone brilliant to source and create exciting content for our many growing social media pages.

 

Driven by our mission to entertain and inspire our highly engaged 20 million strong community we create, curate, upload and post highly engaging content when, where and how our fans want it. Focusing on what’s fun, entertaining, and relevant now we post scripted and unscripted longform, short form videos, events, and podcasts across our network of social media pages and streaming platforms. For brands, content creators, event owners and media partners, we help them activate and engage with our highly engaged community.

 

We are youth focused and whether it’s a great story or a brilliantly entertaining video, our aim is to be across travel and adventure, extreme sports, environment and sustainability, dance and gaming areas.

 

About The Internship

 

The ideal candidate will be passionate about social media (Facebook, Instagram and TikTok in particular) and capable of finding, agreeing, uploading, and delivering outstanding content on a daily basis.  You will be responsible for working on our social media schedule, sourcing, and posting videos from around the world. You'll be driving our jointly agreed vision and overall performance of our social media pages with our social media team. You can look forward to responsibilities and involvement that will provide you with a rewarding and fast-paced day to day.  

 

If this sounds like the ideal internship for you then keep reading...

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This role is divided into 2 roles, we are looking for 2 people to split the responsibilities of the role, one to focus on content research and another responsible for content editing.

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The Ideal Candidate will:

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• Love social media and be creative.

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• Understand Extreme/action sports, motorsports, sustainability, and the subcultures that exist around them.​

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• Experience of digital publishing/editorial is desirable.

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• Demonstrable competence in writing and editing. 

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• Competent in schedule management for the pages and working with the wider team.

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• Good communication skills, both written and verbal.

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• Some journalistic skills in spotting and developing stories/themes. 

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Personal Characteristics:

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• The ability to interact with internal and external people at all levels from our CEO to social media users online.

 

• Be a good problem solver, with a passion for storytelling and innovation.

 

• Strong attention to detail, with the ability to nuance messaging of complex topics for different audiences.

 

• Not afraid to pitch new ideas and constructive feedback to the social media team.

 

• Understanding of consumer trends and spot them as they emerge.

 

• Be a positive and energetic team player – be someone we would want to go on a road trip across Europe; hang out at a mountain bike park with; and spend a day surfing!

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If you are interested in this exciting and fast-moving role and you meet the selection criteria, please email joinus@extremeinternational.com with a short cover letter outlining why you are interested in joining EXTREME and what excites you about the role and the opportunity; how you fit with the specific role; and don’t forget your CV.