Content Strategy Intern - Creator Communications/Partnerships
This internship is a structured academic learning placement designed for a student pursuing academic credit or university-funded experiential learning.
The role provides guided training inside a real creator communications environment, where the intern completes supervised learning projects focused on content strategy, storytelling, and campaign development.
Each assignment is structured around education first - mentorship, skill-building, and portfolio outcomes. The internship mirrors professional communications workflows while prioritizing training and applied learning.
Content strategy is the core focus. Additional exposure to creator partnerships and PR packaging is introduced as supervised learning extensions, offering a broader understanding of how modern story-driven campaigns are built.
This placement is ideal for students studying communications, media, marketing, digital storytelling, or related fields.
Learning Projects
• Developing editorial calendars as a guided strategy exercise
• Practicing cross-platform storytelling frameworks
• Learning partnership research and communication structure
• PR/media packaging and pitch development
• Campaign analysis and recap documentation
• Observing workflow from brief → execution → reporting
Projects are structured as mentored learning modules tied to defined outcomes.
Learning Outcomes
Students will develop:
• Content strategy and creative planning skills
• Professional communication frameworks
• Campaign organization and documentation systems
• PR positioning fundamentals
• Story-driven media strategy
• Portfolio-ready strategy materials
• Confidence operating within a structured communications workflow
This internship is designed to accelerate academic-to-professional transition.
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is a student who is already fluent in social media and excited to deepen their skills through a structured, mentored academic internship.
This role is best suited for someone who:
• Actively uses platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn and understands how content performs across them
• Is comfortable editing short-form video (Reels, TikToks, Shorts) using tools such as CapCut, InShot, Adobe Premiere, or similar
• Pays attention to trends, formats, hooks, and pacing — and can articulate why certain content works
• Has a strong sense of storytelling and understands how captions, visuals, and timing work together
• Is organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable working within content calendars and structured workflows
• Is curious, proactive, and eager to learn through guided projects and mentorship
• You do not need extensive professional experience. You do need digital fluency, creative instincts, and a genuine interest in content strategy and modern storytelling.
Students who enjoy experimenting with content, analyzing engagement, and thinking strategically about social media will thrive in this role.
Organization Overview
Brandon Farbstein is a Los Angeles–based keynote speaker, author, and digital creator working at the intersection of storytelling, media, and human connection. His partnerships include Meta, LVMH, LG, and The Ritz-Carlton, and his platform reaches 250,000+ followers across channels.
Recognized as a LinkedIn Top Voice and an ADL Hero Against Hate, Brandon collaborates with large-scale organizations on story-driven campaigns that center visibility, belonging, and inclusion.
As a disabled professional, he brings a unique lived perspective to the work, offering interns meaningful experience collaborating within an environment grounded in accessibility and human-centered communication.
Compensation
Unpaid academic internship designed for course credit or university-funded experiential learning programs
Location
Hybrid*: Remote + optional in-person collaboration in Los Angeles
Transportation and food costs will be covered for in-person mutually agreed upon work days.
*Only if in LA metro area. If not, the role will be fully remote.
Schedule
10 hours per week (flexible)