AI & Automation Intern (Summer 2025)
Vocal Media
Software Engineering, Data Science
Brooklyn, NY, USA · New York, NY, USA
USD 30-30 / hour
Posted on Jun 5, 2025
AI & Automation Intern (Summer 2025)
We are seeking a curious and tech-savvy AI & Automation Intern to help expand our capabilities in artificial intelligence tools, automation workflows, and innovative content creation processes.
The ideal candidate is passionate about staying current with the latest AI developments, enjoys hands-on experimentation with cutting-edge tools, and can bridge the gap between emerging technology and practical social media applications in a fast-paced environment.
About Vocal Media
Vocal Media is a social impact marketing agency. We build and activate powerful social media movements across the top social platforms: TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, X, and Discord. We work on issues like racial justice, climate change, and economic inequality, as well as creating cultural content around popular topics like health and wellness, beauty, fashion, sports, media, history, and everything in between.
The Vocal Media team brings together talent from music promotion, tech, digital marketing, influencer marketing, and political organizing to support progressive campaigns and organizations. Across the board, our team members believe deeply in helping organizations leverage social media to promote social good.
Responsibilities
AI Tools Research & Documentation
Research, test, and evaluate emerging AI tools for image generation, video creation, and content automation (Flux, ChatGPT, Sora, Kling, Perplexity, etc.)
Develop guides and resources to help social media managers adopt and effectively use AI tools
Automation Support
Support digital asset management migration and organization projects
Help write technical documentation for external developers and internal processes
Contribute to prompt engineering and API integration projects
Assist with light Python scripting and automation workflow development
Innovation & Collaboration
Work closely with the Senior Director of Innovation on various AI and automation projects
Participate in bi-monthly AI Writers Room hackathons, helping social media managers explore and implement new AI tools
Contribute fresh perspectives and ideas to ongoing automation initiatives
Qualifications
Required
Strong familiarity with current AI tools and platforms (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, image and video generation tools, search tools like Perplexity)
Voracious appetite for staying current with the latest AI developments and tools
Basic understanding of Python (able to read and understand existing scripts with AI assistance)
Excellent research and documentation skills
Ability to work independently while contributing to collaborative projects
Strong communication skills and enthusiasm for sharing knowledge with others
Preferred
Experience using AI tools via API (not just web interfaces)
Familiarity with AI coding assistants (Cursor, GitHub Copilot, etc.)
Understanding of automation workflows and scripting concepts
Experience with prompt engineering and optimization
Previous internship or project experience in tech or AI-adjacent fields
Compensation & Benefits
Completely virtual work environment
Work in any timezone within the continental US — EST hours not required
Opportunity to contribute to social impact campaigns and progressive causes
$30/hour for no more than 15 hours/week
Vocal Media is committed to developing leaders, policies, and a team culture that embraces diversity and enhances equity. We believe that differences in backgrounds, experiences, and identities lead to healthier organizations and stronger teams. We recognize that our success requires commitment to obtaining and retaining a diverse staff that provides the highest quality services to our clients and creators.
Vocal is an equal opportunity employer and it is our policy to recruit, hire, train, promote and administer any and all personnel actions without regard to sex, race, age, color, creed, national origin, religion, economic status, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity or expression, ethnic identity, or disability, or any other legally protected basis. Vocal is committed to providing accommodations to individuals with disabilities in the hiring process and on the job, as required by applicable law. Vocal will not tolerate any unlawful discrimination and any such conduct is strictly prohibited.