Barstool Sports is seeking a Viceroy Intern to join our team for the summer. This role provides hands-on experience in social media strategy, content creation, and community management, helping to grow and engage Barstool’s network of college viceroys. This internship runs from May 27 to August 29 and is based out of our New York office.
What You'll Do
- Manage content creation, social copy, and publishing across various platforms.
- Develop engagement strategies to foster community growth and increase fan interaction.
- Oversee the post-sale process for social campaigns, collaborating with internal teams to provide creative direction and refine social content.
- Adapt content for different social platforms, ensuring each post is optimized for Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and more.
- Transcribe, caption, and quality-check video content for accessibility and accuracy.
- Track content performance, analyze key metrics, and implement actionable insights.
- Maintain and oversee college viceroy accounts, ensuring activity, content quality, and engagement meet Barstool standards.
- Communicate merchandising and advertising opportunities with viceroys to drive brand expansion.
- Develop and implement new engagement strategies to grow Barstool’s presence on emerging platforms.
What You Have
- Experience running a social media account in sports, entertainment, finance, gaming, or a related field for 6+ months, with consistent posting (15+ posts per week).
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, multifaceted environment while managing multiple projects.
- Strong organizational skills, with the ability to manage key stakeholders and prioritize tasks effectively.
- Creative and critical thinking skills, with a passion for digital trends and audience engagement.
Pay Rate: $16/hr
*This position is not benefit-eligible*
Barstool Sports is a company that will drive the way media is created and consumed for years to come. Working at Barstool Sports means being part of a team that is solutions-oriented, celebrates creativity, and supports one another.
Joining means having access to competitive and valuable benefits and perks, including but not limited to:
- Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance; Flexible Spending Accounts and Commuter Benefits
- A 4% 401(k) employer match
- Unlimited vacation time, including Summer break in July and Holiday break in December
- Monthly employer contribution towards cell phone reimbursement
- Employee discount to the Barstool Sports store
- Financial wellness benefits through Origin
- A monthly stipend for UberEats
What We Value
- Rep the brand as best you can
- We have lots of different brains, be open to them
- Never change who you are, that's who we hired
- Find the solution, don't be the problem
- Don't be afraid to try something new
- Common Sense. Use it.
- Be there for your audience
- Always think about how you can help
Barstool Sports is for everyone. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.
Barstool Sports does not accept unsolicited headhunter or agency resumes. Barstool Sports will not pay any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement.
What We Do
Barstool Sports is one of the most influential lifestyle brands in America. With a rich history, Barstool Sports has one of the most highly coveted, fiercely loyal, and incredibly engaged audiences, which has put Barstool at the top of the charts.
Barstool Sports is the preeminent digital sports media brand that has established an extremely influential and deeply authentic voice. Barstool Sports creates innovative content with massive distribution on multiple platforms including web, apps, podcasts, radio, video, social, events, pay-per-view, subscription, and TV to an incredibly engaged audience.
Barstool steals the spotlight in cultural moments. Their presence at major sporting events drives more awareness, engagement, and viewership in younger demographics than any other media brand. Barstool Sports and its founder, Dave Portnoy, consistently ranks as the #1 most influential social media account at major sporting events like the Kentucky Derby, Super Bowl, PGA Championship, U.S. Open Golf, Stanley Cup Finals, NASCAR's Daytona 500, and more.
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