Marketing & Video Intern

SemiAnalysis • San Francisco, CA

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

SemiAnalysis is seeking Marketing & Video Interns to support its marketing, brand, and content operations as the business scales. This is a single application with two potential tracks: Marketing & Design, and Video Editing. The roles are designed for students, recent graduates, and early-career candidates with strong creative instincts who desire hands-on experience in a fast-paced, technical media environment, producing real work that gets published. Both tracks involve editing, design, and AI-assisted production, working closely with the Marketing and Brand Lead. The Marketing & Design track focuses on designing social graphics and brand assets, editing short-form video, managing the content calendar, proofing content, and supporting PR and merchandise efforts. The Video Editing track involves editing the weekly podcast, cutting clips for various platforms, and assisting with captions and motion graphics. Successful candidates will demonstrate taste, attention to detail, and a willingness to receive feedback and iterate quickly. These are internships in the United States with the possibility of converting to a full-time role based on performance.

Requirements

• Current student, recent graduate, or early-career candidate with 0 to 2 years of experience in design, video editing, marketing, social media, content, or communications. Internships, freelance work, student media, and creator channels count.
• Proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro, CapCut, or other editing platforms (Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve, or similar).
• A portfolio that shows your work, whether design, video, or both. Class projects, personal channels, and freelance work all count.
• Exceptional attention to detail with names, spellings, captions, and brand consistency.
• Reliable on deadlines, takes feedback well, and turns revisions around quickly.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong judgment and discretion when handling confidential or unpublished material.
• Proficiency in Canva, Adobe Photoshop, or other Adobe Creative Cloud products (Illustrator, InDesign, Express, or similar) (Marketing & Design track).
• Excellent proofreading and editing skills, with a reliable eye for errors (Marketing & Design track).
• Working knowledge of copyright, image and music licensing, and fair use basics, or strong willingness to learn (Marketing & Design track).
• Strong ability to manage a content calendar and many small deadlines at once with high accuracy (Marketing & Design track).
• Basic audio fundamentals, including dialogue cleanup, leveling, and music beds (Video Editing track).
• Strong sense of pacing, story structure, and platform-native editing (Video Editing track).
• Ability to hit a weekly publishing cadence (Video Editing track).

Nice To Haves

• Strong AI prompting skills.
• Experience directing AI image, video, audio, and design tools to get consistent, on-brand results is a major plus.
• Experience editing podcasts, interviews, or other conversation-driven formats.
• Motion graphics experience in After Effects, Figma, or similar tools.
• Familiarity with transcript-based editing and captioning tools such as Descript.
• Thumbnail and graphic design skills in Photoshop, Canva, or Figma.
• Experience with PR, communications, or media relations.
• Experience with scheduling and social tools such as Buffer or Hootsuite, and with Slack, Notion, Asana, or Airtable.
• Experience with events, merchandise, or ecommerce platforms such as Shopify.
• Comfort shooting on location, including camera, lighting, and audio.
• Background in B2B media, research, newsletters, or financial services.
• Interest in semiconductors, AI, data centers, or financial markets.

Responsibilities

• Cut and format short-form clips and social video for Reels, Shorts, TikTok, X, and LinkedIn, with captions and platform-native framing.
• Use AI tools for image, video, and audio generation and editing, writing precise prompts and iterating until the output is production-ready.
• Flag pull quotes and clip candidates for the social team as you work.
• Keep project files, asset libraries, and naming conventions organized so work is easy to find and hand off.
• Test new design, editing, and AI tools, and share findings with the team.
• Design social graphics, event materials, slide visuals, and campaign assets in line with the SemiAnalysis brand system (Marketing & Design track).
• Own the content calendar, tracking what is publishing across articles, podcast episodes, clips, and announcements, and keep owners aligned on deadlines (Marketing & Design track).
• Proofread copy, captions, graphics, video, and decks before publication, checking spelling, names, figures, and brand consistency (Marketing & Design track).
• Check usage rights for images, music, footage, fonts, and third-party logos, and keep clear records of licenses and attributions (Marketing & Design track).
• Track press mentions, support media and speaker inquiries, and help prepare press-facing materials (Marketing & Design track).
• Draft captions, schedule posts, and monitor engagement across X, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok (Marketing & Design track).
• Compile weekly reports on engagement and campaign results, and surface what is working (Marketing & Design track).
• Coordinate bios, headshots, handles, and assets with analysts and podcast guests (Marketing & Design track).
• Support event materials and logistics, and help with merch design, vendor coordination, and fulfillment (Marketing & Design track).
• Assist with weekly long-form podcast episodes, including rough cuts, multicam syncing, audio cleanup, and chapter markers (Video Editing track).
• Clean up transcripts and captions, and verify that names, companies, tickers, and technical terms are spelled correctly on screen (Video Editing track).
• Help build thumbnails and episode packaging in partnership with the marketing team (Video Editing track).
• Assist with chart animations, explainer sequences, and simple motion graphics using SemiAnalysis brand templates (Video Editing track).

Benefits

• Performance-based path to a full-time role as the company scales.
• Build a professional portfolio of published work across design, video, and social.
• Deepen your craft, including pacing, story structure, layout, and brand consistency.
• Build AI production skills, including prompt design and repeatable AI-assisted workflows.
• Grow into brand design, content operations, PR, and rights management (Marketing & Design track).
• Grow into long-form production, motion design, and video strategy (Video Editing track).

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed