Digital & Creative Marketing Intern - California, United States - KOGO

Description

Company Description

KOGO is an artist community & creative incubator focused on empowering under-represented & marginalized talent across music, film & design. We focus primarily on artist development & building live experiences around our creators, most of our roster focused currently on musicians. Artists include Sid Sriram, Asha Imuno, Curtis Waters, REHMA, Alé Araya, KOAD, and CONNIE. Over 250M+ streams across platforms, coverage from Rolling Stone, BILLBOARD, Complex & more.

Role Overview:

The digital & creative marketing intern will work closely with artists & management to advise and execute on strategy across social platforms. This role has an emphasis on music discovery, both creating actionable ideas for artists' to execute on their own and content that would be best seeded on third-party platforms. Strong passion & understanding of music culture in the Hip-Hop/R&B/Electronic worlds is preferred. Looking for a true Digital-Native to help us tell some of the most compelling & original stories in music.

Key Responsibilities

• Conducting research across key social platforms (Tik-Tok, Instagram, Twitter) on trends, best practices, and optimizations for our artist projects.
• Co-designing & assisting in the creation of digital assets — including artist one-sheets, photo/video edits, flyers, etc.
• Ideating with artists & managers on creative strategy. Building content calendars for rollouts & company social pages.
• Scheduling phone calls, sending emails to media pages/influencers, assisting in comms between management & digital partners.
• Drafting copy for digital email blasts, internal pitches, artist one-sheets, press releases etc
• Supporting the day-to-day manager with marketing tasks & organizational duties.
• Communicating with designers, videographers, photographers, marketing agencies etc & ensuring marketing operations runs smoothly.

Qualifications

• Strong oral/written communication skills
• An in-depth understanding of social media platforms, industry trends, new technologies and digital music services
• Extensive knowledge of & passion for the digital music landscape, from Instagram meme pages to Tik-Tok music curator accounts.
• Minimum 1 year of experience working independently or with a brand on digital campaigns/social media management etc.
• Ability to research, conduct successful outreach & manage an on-going social influencer database
• Experience growing the following and engagement for a their own or a brand's social media accounts
• Excellent copywriting skills; ability to write under pressure for multiple campaigns & clients simultaneously
• The highest attention to detail.
• The drive to take initiative, work independently and be accountable while also working asa team player who is collaborative, positive and flexible
• Knowledge using basic audio, photo and video editing programs