NewsPicks Advertising Business Long-Term Intern

About this role

This part-time internship supports project delivery in NewsPicks Brand Design, the advertising business of NewsPicks. The team develops projects that connect corporate messages with business professionals by combining articles, videos, events, and other NewsPicks assets. Example work includes corporate branding events, company co-hosted events about social issues, hosted events about innovation themes, and article products for startups.

The intern assists with event production and operations and helps move projects forward. Responsibilities include supporting event-audience acquisition activities, preparing and operating events, coordinating with clients, speakers, and external partners, tracking project progress, organizing tasks, aggregating data, managing spreadsheets, and preparing implementation reports. The role also includes helping create systems that improve team efficiency, collecting and organizing information for business planning, turning information into materials, and considering and implementing new advertising products.

Applicants must be able to perform basic operations with documents, spreadsheets, and slides. They should be comfortable using AI tools such as Claude and Gemini, be able to communicate and share progress smoothly in a remote environment using tools such as Slack and Zoom, and demonstrate an ongoing willingness to learn. The posting also asks applicants to identify with and practice the company’s seven values. Experience with a long-term internship or with event operations and project promotion is welcomed. People expecting to graduate from a university or graduate school in 2029 or later are also welcomed.

The position is intended in principle for people who are not working for another company. Applications are possible when total working time across employers is under 40 hours per week and 160 hours per month. Applicants must reside in Japan and be able to commute to the office, with a guideline of within one and a half hours. The work is hybrid, with office attendance approximately once a week. The usual working window is 10:00 to 18:00 with a one-hour break, and availability of at least three weekdays per week for 3 to 7 hours is required.

Employment is part-time and generally provided through renewable six-month contracts; the first contract may be shorter than six months depending on the joining date. Renewal is assessed based on the company’s business conditions, workload, work performance, and conduct, and the total employment period is limited to three years from the joining date. Pay is hourly, with a listed minimum of JPY 1,350, while the final amount is determined based on experience and ability. A raise may be considered according to proficiency, results, and demonstrated ability. Actual transportation costs for office attendance, including event-day attendance, are reimbursed, and a company PC is provided.

The listed workplace is the Mitsubishi Building, 2-5-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. The possible range of workplace changes includes the employee’s home, the head office, or another company-approved location. The duties may also change to any work designated by the company. At application, candidates must submit a document in any format, including a Word file or handwritten material, stating their available weekdays and hours, the period for which they can work, one thing they completed and one thing they discontinued with brief reasons, and the condition they hope to reach by the end of the internship and what they currently consider important for reaching it.