Overview
CoinDesk is looking for an intern to work amongst its podcast network and production team. This individual should be audio-centric, detail oriented and ready to immerse themselves into the fast paced production schedule of a media website at the center of a fundamental transformation in the global economy, fueled by the rise of cryptocurrency, blockchain, and digital assets.
The Podcast intern will be exposed to many parts of the CoinDesk machine, including working on different kinds of podcasts, short form audio and network curation: daily shows, evergreen explainers, documentary style productions, and personality based series. Editors will guide and mentor the person on the ins and outs of identifying opportunities, producing high quality audio content and working with talent in our 24-hour global newsroom. You’ll gain experience by pitching topics, shows, pre-interviewing guests, reviewing podcasts, writing show notes, editing audio, building posts in WordPress, sourcing images, proofreading, copy editing, sharing content on social networks, and more. There will also be opportunities to work with the rest of our multimedia team, helping CoinDesk create video and audio assets.
Responsibilities:
- Pitch, assist with production and edit original podcasts
- Review episodes, note problem areas and write summaries for post content
- Engineer remote recording sessions and ensure talent provides best-performances
- Learn to audio-edit the CoinDesk way (fast, dense and polished)
- Help manage CoinDesk Podcasts social media feeds
- Assist with other Media division and Editorial projects as needed
What you’ll learn:
- How to identify content opportunities and go from Idea to Pilot to Series
- Reporting techniques, including interviewing, sourcing, attending events and research
- Audio editing for both speed and density.
- How to create high quality podcasts from templates, and create podcast templates.
- How to create custom intro and outro sequences
- And more!
About you:
- Strong affinity for podcasts, audiobooks or other forms of human speech
- Strong interest in digital assets and cryptocurrency
- Familiarity with online Content Management Systems
- Social media fluency
- Excited by challenges and easily adapt to changing circumstances
- Impeccable attention to detail
- Outstanding work ethic