Areya

Content Marketing Manager

• Create short-form social-first content for Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube Shorts, and X.
• Conduct street interviews, vox pops, and community conversations.
• Attend cultural events, concerts, launches, festivals, and local happenings.
• Spotlight local businesses, restaurants, creators, artists, and emerging trends.
• Pitch and develop original social content ideas and recurring series.
• Film simple mobile-first content independently while maintaining strong storytelling instincts.
• Collaborate with OkayAfrica’s editorial and social teams.
• Help represent the voice, energy, humor, and culture of the continent in an authentic way.

On-Ground Content Apprentice

Social Media Manager

• Lead the planning, creation, and posting of original TikTok content.
• Consistently monitor platform trends, proactively propose weekly content ideas, and execute strategies to drive significant channel growth.
• Expertly edit videos and motion graphics using tools like Premiere Pro, After Effects, Canva, and Photoshop.
• Create timely, high-quality, platform-native visuals that enhance brand voice and maximize engagement.
• Actively watch and review Okayplayer's long-form content to identify compelling, high-impact moments.
• Pull, edit, and repurpose these clips for TikTok, Instagram Reels, and Stories, ensuring contextual relevance.
• Identify and attend relevant cultural events, shoots, and brand activations in New York City.
• Capture engaging, social-first content, and handle real-time or near real-time posting and publishing as required.
• Maintain a deep awareness of current social and cultural trends.
• Use this insight to pitch timely, brand-aligned concepts that resonate with the voice and values of Okayplayer's audience.
• Manage all digital assets, including raw and edited content.
• Maintain clean, organized internal folders, ensuring all brand assets are properly labeled, filed, and easily accessible to the wider team.
• Serve as a key collaborator with the editorial, partnerships, and design teams to ensure social content is seamlessly integrated and aligned with broader campaigns, coverage plans, and brand initiatives.

Social Media Intern, Summer 2026

Designer

• Brainstorm relevant content ideas for the Areya Media Brands
• Research and compile compelling design work and content executions from around the web
• Create mood boards, website mockups, and marketing decks
• Assist in creating various assets for editorial and social channels
• Work closely with the Creative, Production and Editorial Team to uphold the content standards of the Areya brand

Design Intern, Summer 2026

Business Development Rep

• Conduct sales and market research across brands, agencies, and potential partners
• Identify and compile prospect lists aligned with Areya Media’s offerings (media, experiential, podcasts, branded content)
• Support the development of sales materials including pitch decks, one-sheets, and proposals
• Design high-quality, visually compelling presentations using Figma, Google Slides, and PowerPoint
• Translate rough ideas, notes, and strategy into structured, client-facing narratives
• Maintain and update templates for decks and sales collateral to ensure brand consistency
• Collaborate with the sales, audience development, and content teams to align on messaging
• Assist in customizing decks for specific clients, campaigns, and pitches
• Organize assets, case studies, and performance data for use in presentations
• Stay on top of design trends and presentation best practices to continuously elevate output

Business Development Intern – Summer 2026

Video Editor

• Edit a variety of short-form (social clips, reels, promos) and long-form (interviews, mini-docs) video projects from start to finish.
• Ingest raw footage from shoots, organize media, and archive completed projects according to our post-production workflow.
• Sync audio and video from multi-camera and multi-source recordings to prepare projects for editing.
• Perform color correction and apply brand-consistent color grading to ensure a high-quality, professional look across all footage.
• Resize and reformat videos for various distribution channels, including social media (TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts) and web platforms.
• Add and animate assets, including applying GFX (titles, lower thirds) and other design elements to enhance storytelling and brand identity.

On-Ground Content Apprentice

Social Media Intern, Summer 2026

Design Intern, Summer 2026

Business Development Intern – Summer 2026

Video Editing Intern, Summer 2026