ABC News SEO Intern, Summer/Fall 2026

Job ID 10143839 Location New York, New York, United States Business Disney Entertainment Television Date posted Mar. 26, 2026

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Job Summary:

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.

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About Disney Entertainment Television:

Disney Entertainment Television is a collection of renowned content brands at The Walt Disney Company creating original entertainment and news programming for the company’s streaming platforms Disney+, Hulu and Star, and its broadcast and cable networks. Its extensive portfolio is comprised of ABC Entertainment, ABC News, ABC Owned Television Stations, Disney Branded Television, Freeform, FX, Hulu Originals, National Geographic Content and Onyx Collective, in addition to Disney Television Studios, which include 20th Television, 20th Television Animation, ABC Signature and Walt Disney Television Alternative. Responsible for over 4,500 hours of programming a year across more than 300 programs of all genres, Disney Entertainment Television’s creative brands are at the forefront of groundbreaking storytelling, captivating audiences and generating critical acclaim. In 2023, Disney Entertainment Television’s programming excellence earned 163 Emmy® nominations across daytime, primetime, news & documentary, and children’s & family categories.

About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

This position is with Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & Intl, which is part of a business we call Disney Entertainment Television.

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