Audience intern

Yahoo serves as a trusted guide for hundreds of millions of people globally, helping them achieve their goals online through our portfolio of iconic products. For advertisers, Yahoo Advertising offers omnichannel solutions and powerful data to engage with our brands and deliver results.

Title: Audience team intern (U.K.)

Level: Internship (paid, 12 months) 

Manager: Sofia Diogo Mateus, Head of Audience, Yahoo News U.K.

Location: Remote, coming in when required

A little about us

Yahoo is a global media and tech company that connects people to their passions. We reach nearly 700 million people around the world, bringing them closer to what they love with the trusted products, content and tech that fuel their day. 

At Yahoo News, we are focused on becoming the world’s best curator for our daily users and expanding our distribution to meet millions more users where they are through high-quality content and delightful discovery. Building the best guide to the internet (and the world) requires building the best team.

A lot about you

Yahoo News UK is looking for an intern to join our audience team, focused on social media production. We need a digitally savvy, detail-oriented journalist with a wide range of interests, from news to lifestyle and entertainment. They should understand the fast-moving dynamics of the biggest platforms and be able to produce video, images and write for social media. 

We are looking for a critical thinker who can bring a fresh perspective to our newsroom but who is also keen and willing to learn, and quickly. The right candidate will learn to translate their instincts and understanding of the newest trends into actionable newsroom content. They will be expected to develop a strong editorial judgement and an exceptional ability to prioritise quickly.  

The ideal candidate will be trained to work comfortably in a fast-paced, deadline-focused environment and they will also be taught a wider set of audience knowledge, including how to optimise content for discovery by applying editorial and SEO best practices and interpret data. 

Collegiality and strong communication skills are imperative.

 Requirements:

• A degree in journalism, media production and/or a NCTJ equivalent or a minimum of 2 years of experience in an entry-level social media production position

• Experience running social media accounts for a news publisher or content agency (TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube) OR

• Experience building a vibrant online community (personal or branded, private or public)

• Experience producing and editing photos, graphics and video for social media and writing posts and captions
   

Preferable but not necessary:

• Experience with Canva, Adobe Photoshop/Premiere (or equivalent software)

• Experience using social management tools to schedule and optimise (SocialFlow, HootSuite, Echobox or similar)

• Experience with any other social networks such as LinkedIn, Threads, WhatsApp, Reddit, Snapchat, BeReal, Telegram, Bluesky, Mastodon, Twitch, Discord, Letterboxd, etc

• Have an understanding of media law

• Ability to investigate and verify claims on social media

• Experience reading and using analytics to make decisions. This includes scale and engagement metrics.

• Product interest and curiosity for how information travels online, including news alerts and curated user experiments.

• Willingness to work non-traditional hours, including early morning and late nights.

Yahoo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category. Yahoo will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law. Yahoo is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you need accessibility assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form (

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Yahoo has a high degree of flexibility around employee location and hybrid working. In fact, our flexible-hybrid approach to work is one of the things our employees rave about. Most roles don’t require specific regular patterns of in-person office attendance. If you join Yahoo, you may be asked to attend (or travel to attend) on-site work sessions, team-building, or other in-person events. When these occur, you’ll be given notice to make arrangements. 

If you’re curious about how this factors into this role, please discuss with the recruiter.

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