Social Media Intern For Growing Startup

New York, NY, us on site Until 8/22/2026 First posted March 23, 2025 Last posted March 23, 2025
Job description

Company Description

GONG! is a well-funded new mobile startup changing how we share and consume the web’s most talked about news & stories. With our product launch quickly approaching, you will be joining a company that is quickly expanding. Our founders are experienced leaders in the startup space, managing over $1BB of P&L in private and publicly-listed companies, and building teams of over 2,000 people. Our CEO was even on the team that created World of Warcraft! 

Ideal Candidate:

Do you consider yourself to be a sports or pop culture junkie? Are you a social media maven? Are you an outgoing people-person that can strike up a conversation with anyone? Do you have your own theories on how The Walking Dead will end? (It will all be a dream, btw) Then we want you! We are looking for fun and energetic interns to join our growing startup in our Tribeca loft. Perks include all the free Fresh Direct and espressos your stomach can handle, college credit (depending on your school’s policies), and valuable startup experience with veteran mentors.


Tasks:

Source and create engaging, entertaining content for our communities

Manage tracking and performance metrics for numerous social media channels

Manage & curate content for multiple social media accounts to maximize engagement among our users and ensure timeliness of trending stories

Engage and interact with numerous topic specific online communities

Reach out to community leaders and bloggers

Source and promote content and users that represent the best of the GONG! community


Work Schedule: 

Part-time with flexible hours. 


Qualifications:

To be successful in this role, you’ll have:


An awesome sense of humor

An understanding on trending content and stories from around the web

In college or recent graduate

Exceptional writing, communication and editing skills

Solid judgment as a brand’s social media ambassador

Experience collaborating well with others

An ability to work well and in a timely fashion under no supervision

To apply, let us know why you would be a stellar intern.


Additional Information

Job Type: internship/unpaid 


All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

About this role

Summary

Create engaging content, manage social media, interact with online communities, track performance metrics.

Job title

Social Media Intern

Experience level

college student or recent graduate

Industry

software

Location requirements

New York, NY, remote work not specified

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

writingcommunicationeditingsocial media management

Preferred skills

humortrending content understandingcollaboration

Specializations

social mediacontent creationcommunity engagement
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

New York, NY, USA

On-site City