Coolfire Studios Internships

Coolfire is seeking self-motivated, hard-working, resourceful individuals with an interest in marketing and social media. Coolfire teams up with brands to develop purposeful video content for their social channels—and we do that by creating a strategy with clearly-defined objectives and audiences ahead of production. This internship offers an exciting opportunity to gain hands-on experience in social media marketing, ad campaign creation across platforms like Google, Meta (Facebook), TikTok, and more. This intern will work closely with our Digital Marketing Specialist and Digital Account Manager, learning to create and execute digital strategies and effectively promote videos across multiple channels. Other responsibilities include pitching in with research, presentations, reporting, and probably getting some meeting experience, as well. The interns that get the most out of this opportunity have an interest beyond the creation of “cool content” – they have a curiosity for what goes into that creation and what deems content successful.

Responsibilities

Assist in building and optimizing ad campaigns on Google, Meta, TikTok, and other relevant platforms.

Collaborate with the Digital Marketing Specialist and Digital Account Manager on digital strategy development.

Conduct trend research for audience behavior, hashtags, industry benchmarks, social media trends, and more to contribute to campaign optimization.

Create and execute strategies for promoting videos across various social media channels.

Client reporting including taking raw data and translating that information into easy reporting for internal and external clients

Engage in Search Engine Marketing (SEM) and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) activities.

Office communication, collaborating with other team members to piece elements of social media and website strategy together to form full-rounded marketing strategies for clients

Support in creating thumbnails and developing social media playbooks.

Utilize Photoshop and other design tools for light design work.

Qualifications

Enthusiasm for social media marketing.

A passion for established and emerging social media platforms.

Strong numerical and analytical skills.
Willingness to conduct thorough trend research and analysis.
Basic understanding of SEM and SEO concepts.
Proficiency in Photoshop and other design software.
Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
Self-motivated with a strong desire to learn and contribute to projects.
Please send your resume and demo reel or work examples to mhorn@coolfire.com. Inquiries without a resume and work examples will not be accepted. Let us know you’re applying for the Production Internship in the subject line.
**Please note that these are part-time, unpaid internships located in St. Louis, MO during the Spring of 2025. Specific start/stop dates are TBD, based on your schedule.**

This internship is for the commercial and digital engagement divisions at Coolfire Studios. Working directly with an executive producer, you will walk away from this internship with an understanding of how commercial and advertising video production comes to life from first contact to final delivery. You will have an understanding of all of the local production studios and agencies and how they work together in relation to the largest local brands and companies.

Duties will include

Sourcing new business opportunities

Setting appointments

Contact management and tracking

Research

Presentation prep and design

Account coordination

We are looking for a candidate who is…

A self starter

Organized

Personable

Affable

Entrepreneurial

Financially and creatively motivated

Skills required include

Proficient in keynote or powerpoint

Interpersonal communication

Writing (largely email composition and proposals), preferably in AP style

The usual word processing stuff

Email marketing

Please send your resume and demo reel or work examples to mhorn@coolfire.com. Inquiries without a resume and work examples will not be accepted. Let us know you’re applying for the Production Internship in the subject line.
**Please note that these are part-time, unpaid internships located in St. Louis, MO during the Spring of 2025. Specific start/stop dates are TBD, based on your schedule.**

Coolfire is looking for self-motivated, hard-working, resourceful individuals with an interest in film, video production, post-production, creative research, and TV development. If you want industry experience working on-set for commercials, researching and pitching new unscripted television ideas, video editing and more, this is the internship for you.

This Internship seeks to educate students on best practices in the Commercial, Television, and Digital Engagement production fields. The selected interns will play a role in all stages of the production process. They’ll learn about the Pre-Production steps that are required to bring a script from paper to the camera. They’ll gain experience on professional sets by working with St. Louis’ most talented and experienced production crews, and they will even receive opportunities to perform post-production editing. Additionally, the students will also gain hands-on experience by working with Coolfire’s Development Team as they produce sizzle tapes and treatments to be sold to television networks like Discovery+, HGTV, History Channel and Netflix. The selected interns will each play a role in the initial research, brainstorming, and production. You will see how a TV series goes from initial idea to final export.

This is a highly engaging and rewarding internship that will provide you with a truly unique and real world experience in the commercials and video marketing industry – an experience you won’t get in class. Serious candidates only.

TV Development Responsibilities

Assisting in show development

Brainstorm series ideas

Participate in Development Team meetings

Research for potential character leads

Edit casting tapes

Develop show titles

Write treatments

Assist on set as needed

Production Responsibilities

Assist on set as needed

Qualifications

Film, video, journalism or media communications major with interest in production

Editing experience highly preferred (Adobe Premiere CC) -note: we prefer editing experience because it will give the intern more opportunities for work on real projects

Working knowledge of other Adobe Programs a HUGE PLUS (Adobe Photoshop CC, Adobe Illustrator CC, Adobe After Effects CC)

Strong research skills, copywriting and research skills

Motivated, eager and self-sufficient

Please send your resume and demo reel or work examples to mhorn@coolfire.com. Inquiries without a resume and work examples will not be accepted. Let us know you’re applying for the Production Internship in the subject line.
**Please note that these are part-time, unpaid internships located in St. Louis, MO during the Spring of 2025. Specific start/stop dates are TBD, based on your schedule.**

Coolfire Studios is seeking an enthusiastic Editing Intern to join our dynamic team. This internship offers an immersive experience in video editing, quality control, media asset management, and design. The intern will be involved in various aspects of post-production, from quality checking to creating engaging content for both internal and external purposes.

Responsibilities:

Quality checking post videos as per specific requests, including English and Spanish deliverables, ensuring scripts, voice-over, clips, copy, and shots meet the required standards.

Searching for and managing stock footage, organizing, and syncing media assets, potentially creating string outs for revisions.

Assisting in media asset management and organization.

Editing reels, sizzles, and internal content.

Designing decks, thumbnails, GIFs, and other visual elements.

Adding closed captioning/subtitles to videos.

Creating end cards with essential branding elements (website, logo, contact information, etc.).

Supporting client service and assisting in overall production tasks as needed.

Qualifications:

Proficiency in video editing software (e.g., Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, etc.).

Detail-oriented with a strong eye for quality and consistency.

Familiarity with media asset management and organization.

Basic design skills, including deck building, thumbnail creation, and GIF design.

Strong communication and teamwork skills.

Please send your resume and demo reel or work examples to mhorn@coolfire.com. Inquiries without a resume and work examples will not be accepted. Let us know you’re applying for the Production Internship in the subject line.
**Please note that these are part-time, unpaid internships located in St. Louis, MO during the Spring of 2025. Specific start/stop dates are TBD, based on your schedule.**

This internship is for the commercial and digital engagement divisions at Coolfire Studios. Working directly with an executive producer, you will walk away from this internship with an understanding of how commercial and advertising video production comes to life from first contact to final delivery. You will have an understanding of all of the local production studios and agencies and how they work together in relation to the largest local brands and companies. 

Duties will include

• Sourcing new business opportunities

• Setting appointments

• Contact management and tracking

• Research

• Presentation prep and design

• Account coordination

We are looking for a candidate who is...

• A self starter

• Organized

• Personable

• Affable

• Entrepreneurial

• Financially and creatively motivated

Skills required include

• Proficient in keynote or powerpoint

• Interpersonal communication

• Writing (largely email composition and proposals), preferably in AP style

• The usual word processing stuff

• Email marketing

Please send your resume and demo reel or work examples to mhorn@coolfire.com. Inquiries without a resume and work examples will not be accepted. Let us know you're applying for the Production Internship in the subject line.

**Please note that these are full-time, unpaid internships located in St. Louis, MO during the Spring of 2024. Specific start/stop dates are TBD, based on your schedule.**

Coolfire Studios is seeking an enthusiastic Editing Intern to join our dynamic team. This internship offers an immersive experience in video editing, quality control, media asset management, and design. The intern will be involved in various aspects of post-production, from quality checking to creating engaging content for both internal and external purposes.

Responsibilities:

• Quality checking post videos as per specific requests, including English and Spanish deliverables, ensuring scripts, voice-over, clips, copy, and shots meet the required standards.

• Searching for and managing stock footage, organizing, and syncing media assets, potentially creating string outs for revisions.

• Assisting in media asset management and organization.

• Editing reels, sizzles, and internal content.

• Designing decks, thumbnails, GIFs, and other visual elements.

• Adding closed captioning/subtitles to videos.

• Creating end cards with essential branding elements (website, logo, contact information, etc.).

• Supporting client service and assisting in overall production tasks as needed.

Qualifications:

• Proficiency in video editing software (e.g., Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, etc.).

• Detail-oriented with a strong eye for quality and consistency.

• Familiarity with media asset management and organization.

• Basic design skills, including deck building, thumbnail creation, and GIF design.

• Strong communication and teamwork skills.

Please send your resume and demo reel or work examples to mhorn@coolfire.com. Inquiries without a resume and work examples will not be accepted. Let us know you're applying for the Production Internship in the subject line.

**Please note that these are full-time, unpaid internships located in St. Louis, MO during the Spring of 2024. Specific start/stop dates are TBD, based on your schedule.**

Coolfire is looking for self-motivated, hard-working, resourceful individuals with an interest in film, video production, post-production, creative research, and TV development. If you want industry experience working on-set for commercials, researching and pitching new unscripted television ideas, video editing and more, this is the internship for you. 

This Internship seeks to educate students on best practices in the Commercial, Television, and Digital Engagement production fields. The selected interns will play a role in all stages of the production process. They'll learn about the Pre-Production steps that are required to bring a script from paper to the camera. They'll gain experience on professional sets by working with St. Louis' most talented and experienced production crews, and they will even receive opportunities to perform post-production editing. Additionally, the students will also gain hands-on experience by working with Coolfire's Development Team as they produce sizzle tapes and treatments to be sold to television networks like Discovery+, HGTV, History Channel and Netflix. The selected interns will each play a role in the initial research, brainstorming, and production. You will see how a TV series goes from initial idea to final export.

 This is a highly engaging and rewarding internship that will provide you with a truly unique and real world experience in the commercials and video marketing industry - an experience you won't get in class. Serious candidates only. 

Responsibilities

• Assisting in show development

• Brainstorm series ideas

• Participate in Development Team meetings

• Research for potential character leads

• Edit casting tapes

• Develop show titles

• Write treatments

• Assist on set as needed

Production Responsibilities

• Assist on set as needed

Qualifications

•  Film, video, journalism or media communications major with interest in production

•  Editing experience highly preferred (Adobe Premiere CC) -note: we prefer editing experience because it will give the intern more opportunities for work on real projects

•  Working knowledge of other Adobe Programs a HUGE PLUS (Adobe Photoshop CC, Adobe Illustrator CC, Adobe After Effects CC)

•  Strong research skills, copywriting and research skills

•  Motivated, eager and self-sufficient

Please send your resume and demo reel or work examples to mhorn@coolfire.com. Inquiries without a resume and work examples will not be accepted. Let us know you're applying for the Production Internship in the subject line.

**Please note that these are full-time, unpaid internships located in St. Louis, MO during the Spring of 2024. Specific start/stop dates are TBD, based on your schedule.**

Coolfire is seeking self-motivated, hard-working, resourceful individuals with an interest in marketing and social media. Coolfire teams up with brands to develop purposeful video content for their social channels—and we do that by creating a strategy with clearly-defined objectives and audiences ahead of production. This internship offers an exciting opportunity to gain hands-on experience in social media marketing, ad campaign creation across platforms like Google, Meta (Facebook), TikTok, and more. This intern will work closely with our Digital Marketing Specialist and Digital Account Manager, learning to create and execute digital strategies and effectively promote videos across multiple channels. Other responsibilities include pitching in with research, presentations, reporting, and probably getting some meeting experience, as well. The interns that get the most out of this opportunity have an interest beyond the creation of "cool content" – they have a curiosity for what goes into that creation and what deems content successful. 

Responsibilities

• Assist in building and optimizing ad campaigns on Google, Meta, TikTok, and other relevant platforms.

• Collaborate with the Digital Marketing Specialist and Digital Account Manager on digital strategy development.

• Conduct trend research for audience behavior, hashtags, industry benchmarks, social media trends, and more to contribute to campaign optimization.

• Create and execute strategies for promoting videos across various social media channels.

• Client reporting including taking raw data and translating that information into easy reporting for internal and external clients

• Engage in Search Engine Marketing (SEM) and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) activities.

• Office communication, collaborating with other team members to piece elements of social media and website strategy together to form full-rounded marketing strategies for clients

• Support in creating thumbnails and developing social media playbooks.

• Utilize Photoshop and other design tools for light design work.

Qualifications

• Enthusiasm for social media marketing.

• A passion for established and emerging social media platforms.

• Strong numerical and analytical skills.

• Willingness to conduct thorough trend research and analysis.

• Basic understanding of SEM and SEO concepts.

• Proficiency in Photoshop and other design software.

• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

• Self-motivated with a strong desire to learn and contribute to projects.

Please send your resume and demo reel or work examples to mhorn@coolfire.com. Inquiries without a resume and work examples will not be accepted. Let us know you're applying for the Production Internship in the subject line.

**Please note that these are full-time, unpaid internships located in St. Louis, MO during the Spring of 2024. Specific start/stop dates are TBD, based on your schedule.**

This internship is for the commercial and digital engagement divisions at Coolfire Studios. Working directly with an executive producer, you will walk away from this internship with an understanding of how commercial and advertising video production comes to life from first contact to final delivery. You will have an understanding of all of the local production studios and agencies and how they work together (or don't) in relation to the largest local brands and companies.

Duties will include

• Sourcing new business opportunities

• Setting appointments

• Contact management and tracking

• Research

• Presentation prep and design

• Account coordination

We are looking for a candidate who is...

• A self starter

• Organized

• Personable

• Affable

• Entrepreneurial

• Financially and creatively motivated

Skills required include

• Proficient in keynote or powerpoint

• Interpersonal communication

• Writing (largely email composition and proposals), preferably in AP style

• The usual word processing stuff

• Email marketing

Please send your resume and demo reel or work examples to mhorn@coolfire.com. Inquiries without a resume and work examples will not be accepted. Let us know you're applying for the Production Internship in the subject line.**Please note that these are full-time, unpaid internships located in St. Louis, MO during the Fall 2023. Specific start/stop dates are TBD, based on your schedule.**

Coolfire is seeking self-motivated, hard-working, resourceful individuals with an interest in graphic design. This intern will assist all departments – Commercial, Digital Engagement, and Television Development – with a number of graphic design projects. Coolfire uses many different materials to pitch projects to ad agencies, brands and TV networks. As a design intern at Coolfire, you'll work directly with Coolfire's team to create these materials, from pitch decks, to internal materials, to social media content and more. Motion graphics experience is a plus but not required. Knowledge of Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign is required. Knowledge of Keynote is preferred. This is a highly engaging and rewarding internship that will provide you with a truly unique experience. Serious candidates only.

 

Job Duties:

• Designing branded sales decks for Coolfire clients,

• Designing commercial pitch decks alongside Directors

• Designing TV series bibles (pitch decks for TV show concepts)

• Creating and posting content for Coolfire's own social media pages (FB, Instagram, LinkedIn)

• Design input on the Coolfire newsletter 

Qualifications:

• Graphic Design, Digital Media or Media Communications major with interest in production

• Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator & InDesign

• Knowledge of Keynote

• Motion graphics experience is a plus

• Knowledge of Adobe Premiere & Adobe After Effects a plus

• 3D animation experience is a HUGE PLUS! (C4D, Octane, Blender, etc.)

• Motivated, eager and self-sufficient

• Strong work ethic and curiosity

 

Please send your resume and demo reel or work examples to mhorn@coolfire.com. Inquiries without a resume and work examples will not be accepted. Let us know you're applying for the Production Internship in the subject line.**Please note that these are full-time, unpaid internships located in St. Louis, MO during the Fall 2023. Specific start/stop dates are TBD, based on your schedule.**

Production Internship

 

Coolfire is looking for self-motivated, hard-working, resourceful individuals with an interest in film, video production, post-production, creative research, and TV development. If you want industry experience working on-set for commercials, researching and pitching new unscripted television ideas, video editing and more, this is the internship for you. 

This Internship seeks to educate students on best practices in the Commercial, Television, and Digital Engagement production fields. The selected interns will play a role in all stages of the production process. They'll learn about the Pre-Production steps that are required to bring a script from paper to the camera. They'll gain experience on professional sets by working with St. Louis' most talented and experienced production crews, and they will even receive opportunities to perform post-production editing. Additionally, the students will also gain hands-on experience by working with Coolfire's Development Team as they produce sizzle tapes and treatments to be sold to television networks like Discovery+, HGTV, History Channel and Netflix. The selected interns will each play a role in the initial research, brainstorming, and production. You will see how a TV series goes from initial idea to final export.This is a highly engaging and rewarding internship that will provide you with a truly unique and real world experience in the commercials and video marketing industry - an experience you won't get in class. Serious candidates only.

TV Development Responsibilities

• Assisting in show development

• Brainstorm series ideas

• Participate in Development Team meetings

• Research for potential character leads

• Edit casting tapes

• Develop show titles

• Write treatments

• Assist on set as needed

Production Responsibilities 

• Assist on set as needed

Qualifications

•  Film, video, journalism or media communications major with interest in production

•  Editing experience highly preferred (Adobe Premiere CC) -note: we prefer editing experience because it will give the intern more opportunities for work on real projects

•  Working knowledge of other Adobe Programs a HUGE PLUS (Adobe Photoshop CC, Adobe Illustrator CC, Adobe After Effects CC)

•  Strong research skills, copywriting and research skills

•  Motivated, eager and self-sufficient

Please send your resume and demo reel or work examples to mhorn@coolfire.com. Inquiries without a resume and work examples will not be accepted. Let us know you're applying for the Production Internship in the subject line.**Please note that these are full-time, unpaid internships located in St. Louis, MO during the Fall 2023. Specific start/stop dates are TBD, based on your schedule.**