ABC News SEO Intern, Summer/Fall 2026
Company: The Walt Disney Company
Location: New York City
Posted on: April 2, 2026
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Job Description:
Job Posting Title: ABC News SEO Intern, Summer/Fall 2026 Req ID:
10143839 Job Description: About the Role & Program: The ABC News
Digital group is responsible for creating, distributing and
optimizing ABC News content across all platforms. ABC News is
seeking an SEO intern to assist in executing daily and long-term
search strategy across ABC News brands and optimizing digital and
video content across all platforms. This individual will work
across all areas of search strategy for multiple teams. In
addition, this position will help optimize video content for
discoverability on YouTube.The candidate should have strong news
judgment and a solid understanding ofeditorial workflows and
strategies. They should be comfortable working in a fast-paced,
high-pressure environment, demonstrating impeccable judgment and
collaborating across teams. This internship is a full-time,
six-month commitment in the New York, New York area from June
2026-January 2027. What You Will Do: As an SEO intern, you will
support with search strategy across all ABC News brands by
optimizing videos, live streams, and digital articles for
traditional search engines and LLMs. You will monitor real-time
trends using search tools like Google Trends and SEMrush to surface
editorial opportunities and provide actionable insights to teams
across the news division. Collaborating closely with editorial and
video departments, you’ll apply best practices to everything from
breaking news and special projects to evergreen lifestyle content.
This fast-paced role requires a detail-oriented individual with a
passion for audience growth and a strong desire to master the
evolving digital news landscape. On any given day you might:
Optimize daily YouTube videos and live streams by drafting titles,
descriptions, tags, and CTAs aligned with trending topics and
audience intent Assist in optimizing with keywords, links, and
clear headings for traditional search, answer engines, and LLMs
Monitor search and YouTube trends using tools like Google Trends,
SEMrush, and YouTube Studio to surface timely editorial and video
opportunities Assist in compiling daily and ad hoc search trend
notes to multiple teams across the news division Partner with
editorial and video teams to apply best practices across headlines,
metadata, playlists, and recurring video series Assist with SEO
support for breaking news, evergreen content, and special projects,
including eCommerce and lifestyle coverage Required Qualifications
& Skills: Strong interest in SEO, YouTube, digital video, and
audience growth Understanding of SEO best practices and emerging AI
discoverability strategies Comfortable working with data, trends,
and performance metrics Curious, detail?oriented, and eager to
learn in a fast?moving news environment Familiarity with analytics
tools is a plus, but not required Eligibility Requirements &
Program Information Candidates for this opportunity MUST meet all
of the below requirements: Be enrolled in an accredited
college/university pursuing a degree taking at least one class at
time of application OR currently participating in a Disney College
Program or Disney Internship. Current Disney Interns, College,
International, or Culinary Program Participants: You may only work
for ONE consecutive year (12 months) in any combination of an
internship and/or program. Be at least 18 years of age Possess
unrestricted work authorization Additional Information Able to have
a consistent, reliable work schedule throughout the internship
Fully available from June 2026 through January 2027 Fully available
from Monday through Friday, primarily, and occasionally nights and
weekends for the duration of the internship, 40 hours each week
Able to provide own housing for the duration of the internship
program in the New York, New York area Able to provide/have
reliable transportation to/from work The pay rate for this role in
New York is $22.50 per hour. Select benefits may be provided as
part of the compensation package, such as medical, financial,
and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.
To learn more about our benefits visit:
https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits. Job Posting Segment:
Digital Media Job Posting Primary Business: Digital Media All
Primary Job Posting Category: Other Employment Type: Full time
Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code: New York, NY, USA
Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code: Date Posted:
2026-03-26
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