Job Title: Digital Intern

Department: Digital

Manager: Producer

The Nickelodeon UK Network is available in 14 million cable and satellite homes and now reaches more than 10 million viewers a month. Launched in 1993, the top-performing Nickelodeon network comprises seven dedicated entertainment channels for kids aged 4-15 and their families: Nickelodeon, Nickelodeon HD, Nickelodeon +1, Nicktoons, Nick Jr., Nick Jr. +1 and Nick Jr. Too. The entertainment company has built a diverse multi-platform business by putting kids first in everything it does – Kids Rule!

Content is at the core of the business with critically-acclaimed and hugely-popular television programming from the UK and around the world merging with bespoke content online, as well as consumer product and recreation opportunities such as the UK’s first-ever Nick theme park, Nickelodeon Land.

Nickelodeon network shows include: SpongeBob SquarePants, Dora the Explorer, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles live action hits Sam & Cat, The Haunted Hathaways, The Thundermans and iCarly.

The Department:

The Digital team at Nickelodeon UK creates award-winning content for all the interactive services on Nick, Nicktoons, and Nick Jr, for our websites and emerging technologies. The team is made up of a Director, Senior Designer, two Producers, Commercial Producer, Assistant Producer, Associate Producer, and a digital Intern.

The successful applicant will report into one of the Producers and will, initially, be responsible for supporting content publishing across channel sites and apps, with particular focus on Nick Jr.

Job Description/Responsibilities:

The Intern has responsibility:

• To provide daily support and maintenance for site homepages and content areas. • To collate content and material for the relevant areas from other sources (i.e. programme makers, team members, the wider business and external suppliers). • To re-write content and re-fashion material from other sources to ensure suitability for the web or other interactive platforms or services. • To manipulate electronic material such as text, graphics, video and audio files, convert these for use on the web or other interactive platforms and update as necessary. • To liaise with relevant network/programme makers to ensure that daily content supports the relevant content area as appropriate. • To source sections of content or services as required. • To seek out opportunities for cross promotion and linking across all Nickelodeon sites and services, and to encourage collaboration and co-ordination of efforts on joint projects.

Required Knowledge and Experience

• HTML and Photoshop and experience of using web development applications such as Dreamweaver and/or CMS. • Excellent written and spoken communication. • Experience of working in an environment where projects have to be delivered to specific timescales. • An understanding of the needs, expectations and aspirations of children and parents in the digital world. • Ability to take on and/or support the needs of a number of projects.

Desirable Knowledge and Experience

• An appreciation of Nick, Nick Toons, and Nick Jr’s output and the potential for interactive technologies to enhance offerings. • Experience of working in an interactive and/or children/youth marketplace. • Understanding of XML/Flash/HTML. • Creativity and enthusiasm to generate ideas for the individual network or content area.

The Intern has to maintain the following internal and external relationships

• Editorial, design and content people within Nickelodeon’s Digital Team, providing support during full project life cycles • Digital agencies outside of Nickelodeon, providing thorough briefs and feedback. • Internal Digital Viacom groups.

The Key Challenges

• Support Nickelodeon’s digital producer and assistant producer • Work within the commercial, technical and editorial constraints of a small, commercial, digital media team. • Keep abreast of standards and guidelines and make sure Nickelodeon’s sites and apps follow them.

Personal Attributes

• Excellent organizational skills and a strong eye for detail. • Able to deal with competing demands, and remain calm under pressure. • Able to communicate effectively at all levels, making allowances for different levels of understanding. • Able to meet challenging deadlines. In the event of difficulty or delay, to communicate this as early as possible.

Key Outputs

• To update websites using html, Photoshop, and other software. • To manage schedules and processes for sites updates that relate and support other departments i.e. Marketing, Scheduling, Consumer Products, Acquisitions, Press. • To write scoping documents for small projects based on ideas, and/or an available brief. • To liaise with content production teams/designers and technical teams during the scoping phase of new projects