Media & Research Internship

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About the role

Headout is hiring for the role of Media & Research Intern!

The work

Responsibilities of the Intern

• Work on a 0→1 Product: Be part of Dex, an early-stage product where your work directly shapes how users discover and experience travel.
• Blend Creativity with Research: Go beyond editing. You’ll research venues, destinations, and experiences, and translate that understanding into guided visual stories through images and videos, along with structured, usable documentation.
• Hands-on Learning with AI-Driven Media Tools: Get hands-on experience with cutting-edge AI-driven media tools being built in-house, and learn how they are used to create and scale new content experiences.
• High Ownership, Fast Learning: You’ll be trusted with real deliverables from day one. Initial training will get you started, but growth will come from doing.
• Build for Scale, Not Just Aesthetics: Your work won’t just look good — it will be used in product experiences consumed by users globally.
• Path to Full-Time Conversion: Top performers will be considered for full-time roles as we build out the team.

Who they want

Requirements

• Students (Bachelor’s/Master’s) in Media, Film, Tourism, Journalism or related fields
• Background or interest in documentary research, storytelling, or content creation
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, execution-heavy environment
• Image Editing Basics: Comfort with Photoshop or similar tools. Focus on speed and output quality over complex edits.
• Structured Research Capability: Ability to deeply research venues and experiences, break down ambiguous topics, identify relevant sources, and synthesize insights into clear, usable documentation (Excel/Docs). You should be able to understand an experience as a whole and identify important locations, moments, routes, and stories within it.
• Visual Storytelling: Ability to identify the right images, videos, maps, and other visual assets to communicate an experience clearly and engagingly, and bring them together into a coherent visual story.
• Analytical Thinking: Can approach problems in a structured way, connect different pieces of information, and form clear points of view.
• AI-First Approach: Comfort using tools like ChatGPT and other AI tools to accelerate research and content workflows.
• Video Editing: Familiarity with Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, or similar tools is a plus.
• Learning Mindset: Able to pick things up quickly, apply feedback, and improve with iteration.