Community and Audience Development Howcast Media

Howcast is set apart by our pursuit of the very best video content. We produce our own video content in our New York City studio with cutting-edge directors as well as through the Howcast Emerging Filmmakers Program, which provides emerging filmmakers with the opportunity to gain experience, exposure and a paycheck. We also welcome stellar instructional content from trusted sources like Playboy, Popular Science, and Home Depot, as well as from some of the best individual video contributors on the web.
Role

Reporting to the Senior Partner Manager, the Community and Audience Development will be responsible for critical ground-level tasks that will add direct value to the content & distribution partnership functions of the company.

Starting with administrative tasks, s/he will eventually take on greater responsibility by assisting in all aspects of partner acquisition, partner management and the distribution of Howcast content. We currently distribute content online, in the home and on mobile devices through top tier partners including YouTube, MySpace, AOL, Verizon V CAST, TiVo, Hulu, and many more.

Day-to-day responsibilities also include:

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Implementation of specific community or distribution based projects that will need to be completed during the internship.
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Assisting Howcast's efforts to create communities and build audience on each of our distribution partners' platform by developing traffic drivers to Howcast.
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Assist in partner management by managing, analyzing and programming the Howcast channel on various partners' pages (track feature videos, change featured videos, gathering and examining analytics etc.)
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Assist in community outreach for online distribution partners.
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Assist in content delivery to our partners by learning and optimizing delivery mechanisms (feeds or consoles.)
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Brainstorming ideas and implementing tactics to drive revenue & playbacks including the creation and management of compelling sales materials tailored to distribution partners ad sales efforts.


Skills

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Enthusiasm about being part of the Howcast team
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Willingness to learn
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Keen attention to detail and good organization skills
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Strong written and inter-personal communication skills - you will be working across teams and time zones (we have offices in New York City and San Francisco)
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Candidate should be web savvy and able to perform tasks on the web easily
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Candidate should have a knowledge of social media networks
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A knowledge of online, broadcast & mobile distribution channels preferred

Requirements

Candidates should be:

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a full-time university student or recent graduate.
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available to work at least:
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Fall/Spring terms: 2 full days or 3 part time days a week
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Summer semesters: 4 days a week
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Candidate must have at least a 3.0 GPA.

Location:	New York, NY United States