Creator Intern

Praytell; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 51,660,000 - 57,859,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Paid sick time

Job summary

Praytell is seeking a Creator Intern for a six-month internship in a hybrid role based in Chicago or New York. The internship runs from September to February, with 40 hours per week and a pay rate of $19 per hour.

The position includes medical insurance eligibility and 40 hours of paid sick time frontloaded at start. The role requires working from the office about once a week and attending in-person events as needed.

Responsibilities

• Support social and creative teams across a range of brands and industries
• Help create social-first content for platforms like TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and emerging channels
• Assist with designing and editing social content, including static graphics, short-form video, Reels, TikToks and other platform-native content
• Take a first pass at social copy, captions, headlines and other short-form creative
• Keep a pulse on social trends, memes, creators, sounds and cultural conversations to help spot opportunities for brands
• Contribute ideas during brainstorms for social content, campaigns, activations and real-time cultural moments
• Support content shoots from prep through production, including shot lists, props, filming and capturing behind-the-scenes content
• Help edit and adapt content for different social platforms, formats and audiences
• Research brands, competitors, creators and emerging trends to help inspire new creative ideas

Skills

Social media content creation

Video editing

Copywriting

Content planning

Job description

Praytell is a creative communications agency made up of strategic minds, spirited hearts and people with a strong instinctive recoil from anything remotely boring. We create culture-driven, integrated work that earns attention, sparks conversation and makes people… well, give a shit. But more than that, we’re a team of curious builders, thoughtful challengers and collaborative problem-solvers who believe the best work starts with a simple question: what if we?

What if we pushed the idea further? Solved the problem differently? Built something better?

Our work moves fast, evolves constantly and rarely fits neatly inside a box - which is exactly how we like it. The people who thrive here ask questions, chase ideas, spot opportunities and care enough to go beyond the brief. They don’t wait for a perfect roadmap or a tap on the shoulder - they’re energized by figuring things out, making things better and helping shape what comes next.

We hold ourselves to a high bar, but we’re not pretending to be a perfect agency filled with perfect people doing perfect work 100% of the time. We’re humans. Sometimes the work runs late. Sometimes the process is still being built. Sometimes there isn’t a policy, playbook or perfect answer for every little thing. What we do have is a genuine commitment to getting better - evolving how we work, support our people and build the kind of agency we want to be, together.

So that’s our promise to you. If curiosity drives you, ownership excites you and “what if we?” feels more like a life mantra than a question - we’d love to hear from you.

The Opportunity

Overview

• Dates: Tuesday, September 8 - Friday, February 26 (six-month internship)
• Hours: Monday - Friday, 9am - 6pm local time, with a commitment of 40 hours/week
• Location: Chicago or New York. This is a hybrid role, with interns expected to work from the office approximately once per week and attend in-person client events, activations or team needs as they come up.
• Pay: $19/hour, with overtime eligibility
• Benefits: Since you're expected to work more than 30 hours/week, you will be eligible for medical insurance. You will also receive 40 hours of paid sick time, which will be frontloaded at the start of your employment.
• Commitment: This is designed as a full-time internship, so candidates should be available during standard business hours throughout the six-month program
• Post-Internship: While there may be an opportunity to transition into a full-time role following the internship, it is not guaranteed and will depend on individual performance and company needs

As a Creator Intern, You Will

• Support social and creative teams across a range of brands and industries
• Help create social-first content for platforms like TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and emerging channels
• Assist with designing and editing social content, including static graphics, short-form video, Reels, TikToks and other platform-native content
• Take a first pass at social copy, captions, headlines and other short-form creative
• Keep a pulse on social trends, memes, creators, sounds and cultural conversations to help spot opportunities for brands
• Contribute ideas during brainstorms for social content, campaigns, activations and real-time cultural moments
• Support content shoots from prep through production, including shot lists, props, filming and capturing behind-the-scenes content
• Help edit and adapt content for different social platforms, formats and audiences
• Research brands, competitors, creators and emerging trends to help inspire new creative ideas