Role Snapshot
This part-time internship with the University of Kentucky's Smart Campus Initiative involves creating student-focused digital content, including videos, graphics, and podcasts, that highlights campus life, events, and resources for the UK student community. It aims to build a student following while giving interns hands-on production and broadcasting experience.
Key Responsibilities: Interns film, edit, and produce short-form videos, graphics, and podcasts, brainstorm content with peers, create weekly content on campus events and resources, and coordinate podcast scheduling and social media presence.
Skills & Tools: Interest in podcasts, technology, content creation, or editing, plus creativity, initiative, independent work, problem-solving, and a collaborative, positive attitude.
Qualifications: Current student enrolled at the University of Kentucky seeking an internship that requires 150 hours, averaging about 15 hours per week; prior video or graphic content is optional but encouraged as a writing/portfolio sample.
Compensation: $18K–$28K/yr (estimated)
Job Description
The Smart Campus Initiative is seeking student interns interested in joining the Bowman’s Friends Student Media and Podcast team. Interns will help create engaging, student-focused content that highlights campus life, events, resources, and other fun or need-to-know happenings at the University of Kentucky and in the surrounding community.
Responsibilities may include:
* Filming, editing, and producing short-form videos, graphics, podcasts, and other digital content.
* Brainstorming and Collaborating with other student interns for content ideas and podcast topics.
* Creating weekly content around campus events, student life, resources, and trends.
* Incorporating relevant information from sources such as UKNow, BBNvolved, and Wildcat Rundown
* Bringing their own personality, creativity, enthusiasm, and ideas to the Bowman’s Friends social media presence
* Scheduling and coordinating podcasts.
The overall goals of the podcast are to:
1. Build an interest and following of UK Students.
2. Provide a student perspective on events and news that affect campus and the community.
3. Offer students an internship opportunity to gain skills and experience in production, broadcasting, communicating, and technology.
4. Create community and partnerships among the Smart Campus Initiative, the College of Communication and Information faculty and students, UKPR, and ITS.
5. Use the podcast to draw attention to university and campus resources for students.
The ideal intern(s) will have an interest in podcasts, technology, content creation, and/or editing. Applicants should have an innovative, problem-solving, and curious mindset. Interns will be expected to take initiative and work independently while also having a positive attitude and a collaborative spirit. Students seeking for an internship opportunity will need to complete the 150-internship hours. Students will be expected to work an average 15-hour work week. Students will have flexibility in work location but will also be given the opportunity to work in the cornerstone building.
Please note-hiring officials have included an optional Writing Assignment in the applicant documents section, please feel free to upload any video or graphical content created in the past.
Responsibilities may include:
* Filming, editing, and producing short-form videos, graphics, podcasts, and other digital content.
* Brainstorming and Collaborating with other student interns for content ideas and podcast topics.
* Creating weekly content around campus events, student life, resources, and trends.
* Incorporating relevant information from sources such as UKNow, BBNvolved, and Wildcat Rundown
* Bringing their own personality, creativity, enthusiasm, and ideas to the Bowman’s Friends social media presence
* Scheduling and coordinating podcasts.
The overall goals of the podcast are to:
1. Build an interest and following of UK Students.
2. Provide a student perspective on events and news that affect campus and the community.
3. Offer students an internship opportunity to gain skills and experience in production, broadcasting, communicating, and technology.
4. Create community and partnerships among the Smart Campus Initiative, the College of Communication and Information faculty and students, UKPR, and ITS.
5. Use the podcast to draw attention to university and campus resources for students.
The ideal intern(s) will have an interest in podcasts, technology, content creation, and/or editing. Applicants should have an innovative, problem-solving, and curious mindset. Interns will be expected to take initiative and work independently while also having a positive attitude and a collaborative spirit. Students seeking for an internship opportunity will need to complete the 150-internship hours. Students will be expected to work an average 15-hour work week. Students will have flexibility in work location but will also be given the opportunity to work in the cornerstone building.
Please note-hiring officials have included an optional Writing Assignment in the applicant documents section, please feel free to upload any video or graphical content created in the past.