Content & Design Intern

West Hollywood, CA
Internship
AscentUP
Student (College)
Ascent is a leading provider of innovative financial products and student support services that enable more students to access education and achieve academic and economic success. Everything Ascent offers is designed with the best-in-class teams and technology to increase every student's ability to plan, pay, and succeed in their education and career. Ascent's planning tools and financing resources are co-created by students for those in college, graduate school, and career training programs. Ascent offers financial wellness education, student success services, and one-on-one and digital career coaching that put students' academic and professional goals within reach. Ascent has been widely recognized for its strong culture – named “Best Places to Work” by the San Diego Business Journal for the past 5 years – and as an industry leader – named “Best Student Loan” by NerdWallet for the past 3 years.

We’re looking for a Content & Design Intern to join our team. The Content and Design Intern will work to support the AscentUP Team in creating innovative learning solutions for Ascent borrowers. The Content & Design Intern will report to the Senior Learning Designer.
 
Responsibilities:
  • Collaborate with the Learning Design Team to develop interactive courses, resources, and video content for the AscentUP learning platform.
  • Support efforts to rebrand, rewrite, and refresh outdated course content for inclusion in our updated learning platform.
  • Test and quality control new course content to ensure a seamless go-live experience.
  • Assist in the organization and management of course assets.
  • Become a Learning Management System expert and assist in course administration. 
  • Think like a learner and provide ideas and feedback as we continue to develop our product. Write new course content as applicable.
  • Research and help coordinate video interviews with new professional guest speakers for our platform. 
  • Opportunities to collaborate cross-functionally with other departments on special projects, such as Marketing, Product, Coaching, and more. 

Minimal Qualifications:
  • Must be available to work for up to 10-15 hours a week during business hours (9am-5pm PT).
  • Excellent attention to detail – eagle-eyed when it comes to QC and revision!
  • An organizational and operational brain.
  • Experience writing public-facing copy (web, social media, creative, etc.) in different voices and styles. 
  • Demonstrated interest in impact-based work, learning design, and curriculum development.
  • Interest in working in a fast-paced, start-up environment.
  • A wide variety of degrees encouraged to apply whether you’re a business major, art major, education major, drama major, etc., we are seeking someone who wants to learn the ins and outs of LD and has a passion for helping people learn hard things!
  • Interest/experience in visual design software such as Adobe or Canva a plus, but not required. 
 Additional Information:
  • This internship will be hybrid with one day a week in the office in West Hollywood.
  • Internship will last approximately six to nine months.
  • Compensation – Interns receive a competitive salary of $17-$19.00 per hour.  

The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of the Company to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination. Reasonable accommodation is available for qualified individuals with disabilities, upon request.

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