Internship, Video Producer, Product Knowledge, North America Sales Operations (Winter/Spring 2024)

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What to Expect

Disclaimer: This position is expected to start around January or February 2024 and continue through the entire Spring term (i.e. through May 2024) or into Spring/Summer 2024 if available. We ask for a minimum of 12 weeks, full-time and on-site, for most internships. Please consider before submitting an application.

International Students: If your work authorization is through CPT, please consult your school on your ability to work 40 hours per week before applying. You must be able to work 40 hours per week on-site. Many students will be limited to part-time during the academic year.

Internship Program at Tesla 

The Internship Recruiting Team is driven by the passion to recognize and develop emerging talent. Our year-round program places the best students in positions where they will grow technically, professionally, and personally through their experience working closely with their Manager, Mentor, and team. We are dedicated to providing an experience that allows the intern to experience life at Tesla by including them in projects that are critical to their team’s success. 

Internship Program at Tesla 

The Internship Recruiting Team is driven by the passion to recognize emerging talent. Our year around program places the best students in positions that they will grow both technically and personally through their experience working closely with their Manager, Mentor, and team. We are dedicated to providing an experience that allows for the intern to experience life at Tesla by giving them projects that are critical to their team’s success.

Locations

• Fremont, CA

About the Team

Tesla’s Product Knowledge team is responsible for ensuring that Tesla’s global employees and customers are knowledgeable about Tesla’s products and the ways in which they contribute to Tesla’s mission. Our team manages company-wide product updates, supports events, and partners with technical and non-technical teams throughout the business on product messaging. We pride ourselves on creating fun, engaging, accessible, learner-friendly content that models Tesla culture and results in employees and customers alike feeling confident in and connected to Tesla’s products. This educational content includes internal communications, reference guides, online courses, live instructor-led sessions, and, notably, videos. We cover our solar, energy storage vehicle offerings, their accessories, and the software and firmware that support them. We’re a small, highly visible team with a large and important body of work. As such, the pace is fast and change is constant. We’re always juggling multiple projects. We also benefit from a huge variety of work (no two weeks are the same) and we have fun doing it. Plus, we get to work closely with the most exciting products in the world.  

As a Product Knowledge intern, you will work both independently and in partnership with other members of the team to plan, produce, edit, and deliver educational videos. Your role will be completely integrated into the full scope of the team which includes: 

• Production of content 
• Tracking product updates, 
• Building and maintaining your own Tesla product knowledge

We’re looking for someone who communicates effortlessly and has a genuine passion for producing media that promotes learning. You should be eager to contribute artistically at each point in the production process and insist on having fun while doing so. You’ll be shooting in-studio and on-site. Fast-paced collaboration will be necessary to crystalize ideas and deliver a message that captures attention, inspires change, and supports learning objectives. You’ll thrive if eager to learn, open to feedback, and outspoken with your ideas. You’ll love your work if you lean into change and take a genuine interest in the products with which you’ll be working.

What You’ll Do

Pre-production:

• Collaborate on intake of content requests 
• Propose media solutions 
• Coordinate deadlines 
• Organize production resources
• Assist with shooting movies using different camera techniques
• Assist with running sound and light set-up for in-studio and on-location 
• Manage on-screen talent to visually reproduce precise human interactions using standard visual composition and exposure theory 

Post-production:

• Use editing tools to adhere to corporate guidelines and visual standards 
• Produce, edit and contribute to educational content of all kinds 
• Assist with maintaining and expanding our internal knowledge base 
• Manage multiple projects with changing scopes and timelines 
• Support pressing video needs from elsewhere in the business 

What You’ll Bring

• Current undergraduate or graduate student actively studying film or video production 
• Experience with filming, editing and producing video
• Experience with editing software is preferred
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Fast learner who thrives in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment

Compensation and Benefits

Benefits

As a full-time Tesla Intern, you will be eligible for:

• Aetna PPO and HSA plans > 2 medical plan options with $0 payroll deduction
• Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
• Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans. Both have an option with a $0 payroll contribution
• Company Paid (Health Savings Account) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High Deductible Medical Plan with HSA
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• LGBTQ+ care concierge services
• 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits
• Company Paid Basic Life, AD&D, and short-term disability insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Sick time after 90 days of employment and Paid Holidays
• Back-up childcare and parenting support resources
• Voluntary benefits to include: critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance
• Commuter benefits
• Employee discounts and perks program

Expected Compensation

$19.23 – $26.92 + benefits

Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

Tesla is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

Tesla is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. Please let your recruiter know if you need an accommodation at any point during the interview process.

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