Blog Content Creation

Our main goal is to build engagement & inbound website traffic for our brand via blogging content, driving creators/orgs to signup for the platform, and users to download it to go adventuring. You will not only be developing an SEO strategy, you'll be actually creating content. ABOUT Story City, like Pokemon Go or Geocaching, but with stories, is the world’s first marketplace and GPS App for location-based stories, with each real-life choose your adventure, puzzle trail, or historical tale through city streets only accessible if you’re standing in the right location. Each story is created by local writers, artists, filmmakers, performers or tour guides who know their cities best. At Story City, we are of the firm belief that it is local stories & storytellers that are the change makers in our society. We want to redefine stories so they're something you're a part of, rather than something you're told, and to make cities places you interact with and explore, rather than just walk through.

Editing, Publishing, & Writing Interactive Storytelling Content

Story City, like Pokemon Go or Geocaching, but with stories, is the world’s first marketplace and GPS App for location-based stories, with each real-life choose your adventure, puzzle trail, or historical tale through city streets only accessible if you’re standing in the right location. Each story is created by local writers, artists, filmmakers, performers or tour guides who know their cities best. We are looking for 2-3 remote interns to work with us long term (for several projects) as part of the LevelUp program. You will be taking interactive stories and choose your adventures from the Story City platform and adapting them so that they can be played in any city in the world. You will be assigned 2 stories for adaption to ten cities - this will require skills in writing, production and editing, as well as a familiarity with maps and a strong ability for research.

Virtual Internship Opportunity: Marketing and Content Creation

Our organization is able to offer a virtual internship opportunity for 1-2 marketing students. The primary focus for the student will be:  Strategic Social Media Marketing  - Conduct an audit of our current social media presence and/or other current communication channel(s); develop and implement strategies for improving our online presence and increasing engagement; create a content calendar; creating useable social media and blog posts. Marketing Communications  - create an integrated email marketing strategy, including templates, content suggestions, and campaign to drive newsletter signup. SEO Strategy & Recommendations  - Develop and implement an SEO strategy; provide content suggestions and recommendations to increase search visibility; increase our inbound traffic and optimize the customer journey; increase inbound leads. Content Creation & Evaluation - development of promotional videos for different customer segments and platforms, development of SEO optimised content for the blog, development of social media images, copy and branding. Market Research  - Conduct customer surveys or focus groups to gain insights into the perceptions and behaviours of our target customers; identify expansion opportunities; identify key messaging for product. Our goal at the end of this experience is: Strategic Social Media Marketing - For the student(s) to help us improve our online presence, reach and excite more customers, and effectively promote our brand through compelling, consistently branded content. Marketing Communications - For the student(s) to help us improve our brand's presence and capture market share prior to launch of our marketplace iteration of the product. SEO Strategy & Recommendations - For the student(s) to help us generate more traffic and usage/newsletter sign ups through search engines. Content Creation & Evaluation - For the student(s) to help us effectively communicate our brand's story, product and mission to a broad audience. Market Research - For the student(s) to help us gain a better understanding of our target market and ensure we are optimally positioned and our product and pricing aligns with our target sector/customer. What we're looking for in a student : Who is passionate about all types of storytelling/publishing. Has an interest in either: gaming, travel, podcasts, geocaching, publishing, or the media & entertainment industries. Is a self-starter and highly motivated as the internships are virtual (and you’ll be working on a product that spans the world), Who is open to experimentation, It is also helpful if you are not only an avid consumer of stories, but also a content creator in some capacity (you write, draw, compose, take excellent photos, make short films, etc). We will plan to communicate with our virtual intern using these communication tools:  Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Asana, email. Student's primary contact : Emily Craven, CEO

Create a Branded Image & Video Library for Interactive Storytelling Company

Story City, like Pokemon Go or Geocaching, but with stories, is the world’s first marketplace and GPS App for location-based stories, with each real-life choose your adventure, puzzle trail, or historical tale through city streets only accessible if you’re standing in the right location. Each story is created by local writers, artists, filmmakers, performers or tour guides who know their cities best. We are looking for 2-3 remote interns to work with us as part of the LevelUp program. You will be creating a library of photographs and videos for use across multiple brand channels such as social media, physical collateral, PR releases, influencer marketing and advertising. You will be required to story board and capture multiple scenarios to photograph and film that show usage of the product, both in regular streetwear but also within costume - this will require skills in marketing strategy, production and editing, photography, film & videography.