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Social Intern - Chicago

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  • Internship
    Full-time
    Summer Internship
  • Media & Journalism
  • Chicago

Requirements

  • Have run a social account in sports, entertainment, finance, gaming etc. for 6+ months with consistent posting (over 15 posts a week)
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, multifaceted environment
  • Ability to manage key stakeholders and prioritize appropriately
  • Creative and critical thinking skills

Responsibilities

  • Manage content creation, social copy, and publishing.
  • Develop strategies to drive fan engagement and build community, engaging and interacting with followers.
  • Manage the post-sale process for social campaigns, including collaborating with various teams to advise on social creativity and write and copy-edit social copy.
  • Understand how to create and produce the same piece of content for each varying social platform.
  • Transcribe, caption, and caption check video content as required.
  • Track content performance, discovering, and implementing actionable insights.
  • Have an eye on and develop the strategy for expanding onto newer social platforms - increasing reach and fan interaction with the brand.

Entertainment & Media
Industry
201-500
Employees
2003
Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

Barstool Sports is one of the most influential lifestyle brands in America. With a rich 20-year history, Barstool Sports has one of the most highly coveted, fiercely loyal, and incredibly engaged audiences, which has put Barstool at the top of the charts. Barstool Sports is the preeminent digital sports media brand that has established an extremely influential and deeply authentic voice. Barstool Sports creates innovative content with massive distribution on multiple platforms, including web, apps, podcasts, radio, video, social, events, pay-per-view, subscription, and TV to an incredibly engaged audience. Barstool Sports reaches a hyper-engaged audience of 66+ million monthly unique users, with 46% of men and women in the coveted 18-34 age demographic. Barstool steals the spotlight in cultural moments. Their presence at major sporting events drives more awareness, engagement, and viewership in younger demographics than any other media brand. Barstool Sports and its founder, Dave Portnoy, consistently ranks as the #1 most influential social media account at major sporting events like the Kentucky Derby, Super Bowl, PGA Championship, U.S. Open Golf, Stanley Cup Finals, NASCAR's Daytona 500, and more.