Post-Production Intern - CHI

Barstool Sports; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 22,868; Part time

Job summary

A prominent sports media company is seeking a Post-Production Intern to join their Production team in Chicago for the summer. The role involves assisting with video editing and sound mixing, content organization, and developing skills in Adobe Premiere Pro. Ideal candidates should demonstrate knowledge of social media and video storytelling. The pay rate is $16.60/hr. This internship offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of social media, sports, pop culture, and current events.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Portfolio available for review.

Responsibilities

• Assist in video editing, color grading, and sound mixing.
• Support social video clipping output for multiple platforms.
• Help organize and maintain media and backups.

Skills

Social media understanding

Adobe Creative Cloud proficiency

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Video editing passion

Fast-paced environment adaptability

Tools

Adobe Premiere Pro

Job description

Barstool Sports is seeking a Post-Production Intern to join our Production team for the summer. This role is ideal for a highly creative, hard-working individual with a strong understanding of the Barstool brand. You’ll gain hands‑on experience editing a variety of content, from podcasts, social clips, behind the scenes footage cutdowns, one‑off content, etc. This internship runs from May 26 to August 28 and is based 100% in our Chicago office.

What You'll Do

• Assist in video editing, color grading, and sound mixing for a range of Barstool projects and brands.
• Support social video clipping output, ensuring engaging and high‑quality content for multiple platforms.
• Help organize and maintain media, project files and backups, ensuring a smooth post‑production workflow.
• Learn and develop skills within Adobe Premiere Pro and other industry‑standard editing software.
• Gain hands‑on experience with the post‑production workflow, contributing to various tasks and projects as needed.

What You Have

• A strong understanding of social media, sports, pop culture, and current events.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, particularly Adobe Premiere Pro.
• Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced, deadline‑driven environment.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.
• A passion for video editing and storytelling.
• Long‑form and short‑form editing experience is a bonus
• Experience creating social clips and using captioning
• A good idea of YouTube content as well as an ability to recreate it into a social format
• A portfolio available for review

Pay Rate

$16.60/hr

*THIS INTERNSHIP IS NOT BENEFITS 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:

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.