Youth Capital: Multimedia Creator Intern at DG Murray Trust

Role

Are you interested in advocacy or social justice within the youth development sector with a focus on solving youth unemployment? Are you passionate about shining a light on young people’s lived experiences through storytelling? Do you have experience creating multimedia content? Do you know the ins and outs of TikTok? Are you comfortable to work in a fast-paced environment?

Youth Capital is looking for a dynamic multimedia creator intern who is looking to gain workplace experience in the youth development sector. This is a full-time paid internship position based in Cape Town. Currently incubated by the DG Murray Trust, Youth Capital, is a campaign advocating for youth-centred and evidence-based solutions to youth unemployment. You will be working with a motivated team, increasing Youth Capital’s multimedia presence on social media, focusing on TikTok.

Minimum requirements

• A relevant degree or diploma in journalism, media or communications.
• Adobe suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere Pro);
• Sound editing (Audacity or similar),
• Veed.io (motion graphics editing platforms)
• Basic knowledge and ability to use sound equipment (E.g. lapel mics, XLR microphones).

Additional qualifications or experience that will be an added advantage

The ideal candidate should:

• Understand the role of multimedia content in social media reach/ advocacy calls;
• Understand Tiktok and Instagram reels, and social media algorithms;
• Actively follow multimedia trends;
• Be able to make audience considerations;
• Have a basic understanding of design and motion graphics principles and photography and mobile production;
• Love contributing to and working in a team, and appreciate feedback from team members;
• Have a love for learning and an interest in social justice and advocacy.

Responsibilities

• Undertake research to understand multimedia trends for social media with advocacy purposes, short-form narrative and online audiences;
• Support the Communication team in identifying influencers across social media channels in line with Youth Capital’s communication and campaign goals (Instagram and TikTok);
• Help strategise multimedia campaigns across platforms to reach agreed outcomes;
• Support the creation of concepts and help write storyboards for short clips/video ad ideas;
• Shoot and edit short-form clips of interviews or public engagement sessions;
• Record and edit audio clips /vox pops;
• Repurpose existing multimedia content (live panels, TV or radio interviews) into short-form clips;
• Create artwork for soundbites and gifs/motion graphics for social media.