Digital Media & Social Content Intern

The Digital Media & Social Content Intern will support our digital presence and social strategy, helping to amplify the company’s catalogue, brand identity and partner relationships across social and digital platforms. This role will work alongside the marketing, distribution and production teams to create, publish and analyse digital content that aligns with the company’s core business of global content distribution and production.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in creating and editing digital content (including short-form videos, graphics, stills, captions) tailored for our social media platforms (e.g., Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter/X, YouTube).
• Schedule and publish content across our social channels and digital platforms, ensuring alignment with catalogue launches, market presence (eg. industry events) and company announcements.
• Monitor and respond to engagement on social channels in line with brand voice and community guidelines; track mentions of the company, its content catalogue, and partner/industry activity.
• Conduct research into social media trends, digital content performance, competitor activity within the global content-distribution and production space, and insights relevant to our catalogue (sports, factual-adventure, lifestyle).
• Support the marketing/distribution teams with digital asset management: organising, tagging and archiving assets (photos, video clips, trailers, promotional stills) to support social content and catalogue promotion.
• Assist in tracking digital performance metrics (engagement rates, follower growth, video views, click-throughs), prepare simple reports or dashboards and provide recommendations to optimise content strategy.
• Collaborate with production and distribution colleagues to align digital/social content with upcoming catalogue acquisitions, platform delivery, international sales activity and key industry events (e.g., content markets).
• Occasionally support broader marketing activities: drafting social post copy, assisting with newsletter/social cross-promotion, helping update website or digital listings as needed.

Skills & Competencies

• A solid understanding of social media platforms, digital content formats and best practices for engagement.
• Basic graphic design or video-editing capability (e.g., using Canva, Adobe Premiere Pro/After Effects, mobile editing apps).
• Excellent writing and editing skills, with strong attention to brand tone, grammar and detail.
• Creative mindset with ability to visualise how content from our catalogue (e.g., sport, lifestyle, factual adventure) can engage an audience digitally.
• Organised, proactive and able to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; comfortable working with cross-functional teams (marketing, production, distribution).
• Interest in media, television, digital streaming, global distribution and the international content business is a plus.

About the Organization

We are a well-established and innovative boutique distribution and production company based in London. Since we opened for business in 2007 our company and reputation have grown to specialise in two core areas, post production and distribution. We have built our foundation on a love of travel and adventure. We choose to work with producers and brands who create inspiring content and are passionate about educating and engaging audiences. We continue to grow as we evolve into new commercial models in an ever changing media world.

ADDITIONAL BENEFITS

On-site Supervision and Support

Our internships include 24/7 on-site staff to support students working and living abroad. All students will also report to a supervisor at their internship site. Supervisors provide and oversee daily tasks, introduce the intern to team members, and mentor the intern in organizational agility, skill acquisition, and career readiness. Interns complete a midpoint and final evaluation, and supervisors complete a final evaluation of their interns. All work responsibilities and projects are approved in advance. 

Academic Credit

Students on an internship have the opportunity to enroll in their home university for credit, or enroll in a course through API to transfer back to their university for credit. Email support-internships@apiexperience.com for more information and a syllabus.

Housing and Excursions

Housing and excursions are included in your internship and will be selectable during the application process.

Visa Sponsorship

This position does not offer visa sponsorship for non-US citizens

Visa Sponsorship (London, Edinburgh, Sydney only)

Selected candidates will be responsible for obtaining a temporary work visa with support from API, please note that this has an additional expense on the candidate. For more information visit our visa page.