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2/07/18

We’re Looking for Awesome Interns

Nick Onken & NIONlife are looking for Social Media, Podcast SEO and Video Interns that can tackle execution like a pro!

Who We Are:

Nick Onken is a photographer, podcast host, and creative entrepreneur devoted to inspiring the world to create their moments and create their life. A former graphic designer hailing from the soggy city of Seattle, now residing in the concrete jungle of New York, Nick has photographed personalities such as Justin Bieber, Usher, and Jessica Alba. He has photographed print campaigns for international brands such as Nike, Coca Cola and Adidas and his work has been published in magazines such as Conde Nast Traveler, Cosmopolitan, and Marie Claire. On his podcast, he’s interviewed celebrities such as Usher, Scooter Braun, Stacy London and others. He photographs for the charity, Pencils of Promise as he believes that education is the root problem solver of our world.

Social Media Intern

Winter, Spring, Summer 2018
**Unpaid**
Tasks Description:
Seeking dependable, self-motivated, and inquisitive interns to join our social media team this winter in New York. Duties will include:
-Assisting with the day-to-day management of our official accounts on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram

-Help track analytics

-Create a social media content calendar

-Strategize reader-engagement opportunities
-Ideal candidates are detail-oriented with a strong interest in social media
Qualifications:
-Prior knowledge of social media management systems
-In-depth understanding of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram

-Experience with social media analytics, including Google Analytics and Facebook Insights
-Video editing skills are a plus

Podcast SEO Intern

Winter, Spring, Summer 2018
**Unpaid**
Tasks Description:
The SEO Intern will help the team to conduct research and implement SEO recommendations, and is responsible for the delivery of strategic pieces centered around the podcasts on NIONlife.com. Specific duties will include:
-Day-to-day SEO tactical execution

-Work in conjunction with predefined SEO campaign objectives

-Provide regular reports
-Conduct research on keywords, landing pages, URLs, and more

-Strategize approaches to reach business goals like increasing conversions, traffic, and more
Qualifications:
-Excellent math skills and experience in Excel are a must

-Knowledge of or curiosity about site structure and design, search engine ranking factors, and content marketing
-Ability to hit deadlines & provide deliverables across several clients at a time
-Ability to conduct relevant keyword research and make recommendations

-Ability to conduct on-site optimization
-Working knowledge of WordPress is a huge plus
-Experience with local listings management (LLM) and local SEO a plus
-Excellent communication skills, written, and verbal
-Ability to communicate effectively

Video Intern (part-time)

Winter, Spring, Summer 2018
**Unpaid**
Tasks Description:
The video intern will assist in developing and producing content at the forefront of digital distribution platforms. The role involves shooting and assisting on shoots. These videos will also be re-edited and adapted for multiple platforms, from Facebook to Instagram to YouTube, in addition to NIONlife.com. The ideal candidates are capable shooters and fast editors with a passion for innovative storytelling. They are tech and pop culture buffs who always know what’s trending on the internet, and are ahead of the curve on social media.
Candidates should be comfortable with Adobe Premiere and how to use Adobe After Effects and Photoshop, various types of audio and digital video equipment, and how to shoot awesome video with their iPhone.
-Work with Nick Onken to assist with production plan
-Shoot and edit videos for the site and like Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube
-Provide insight into engagement and performance
-Meet deadlines

How To Apply

Please email hello@nickonken.com with your:
-Resume
-Instagram Handle
-LinkedIn URL
-Answers to the following questions
Are you more of a hunter or a gatherer?
Any advice for your previous boss?
What do you want to be when you grow up?
What do you love about the NION brand?
What are three reasons you are our dream candidate?

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Nick Onken & NIONlife are looking for Social Media, Podcast SEO and Video Interns that can tackle execution like a pro!

Who We Are:

Nick Onken is a photographer, podcast host, and creative entrepreneur devoted to inspiring the world to create their moments and create their life. A former graphic designer hailing from the soggy city of Seattle, now residing in the concrete jungle of New York, Nick has photographed personalities such as Justin Bieber, Usher, and Jessica Alba. He has photographed print campaigns for international brands such as Nike, Coca Cola and Adidas and his work has been published in magazines such as Conde Nast Traveler, Cosmopolitan, and Marie Claire. On his podcast, he’s interviewed celebrities such as Usher, Scooter Braun, Stacy London and others. He photographs for the charity, Pencils of Promise as he believes that education is the root problem solver of our world.

Social Media Intern

Winter, Spring, Summer 2018
**Unpaid**
Tasks Description:
Seeking dependable, self-motivated, and inquisitive interns to join our social media team this winter in New York. Duties will include:
-Assisting with the day-to-day management of our official accounts on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram

-Help track analytics

-Create a social media content calendar

-Strategize reader-engagement opportunities
-Ideal candidates are detail-oriented with a strong interest in social media
Qualifications:
-Prior knowledge of social media management systems
-In-depth understanding of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram

-Experience with social media analytics, including Google Analytics and Facebook Insights
-Video editing skills are a plus

Podcast SEO Intern

Winter, Spring, Summer 2018
**Unpaid**
Tasks Description:
The SEO Intern will help the team to conduct research and implement SEO recommendations, and is responsible for the delivery of strategic pieces centered around the podcasts on NIONlife.com. Specific duties will include:
-Day-to-day SEO tactical execution

-Work in conjunction with predefined SEO campaign objectives

-Provide regular reports
-Conduct research on keywords, landing pages, URLs, and more

-Strategize approaches to reach business goals like increasing conversions, traffic, and more
Qualifications:
-Excellent math skills and experience in Excel are a must

-Knowledge of or curiosity about site structure and design, search engine ranking factors, and content marketing
-Ability to hit deadlines & provide deliverables across several clients at a time
-Ability to conduct relevant keyword research and make recommendations

-Ability to conduct on-site optimization
-Working knowledge of WordPress is a huge plus
-Experience with local listings management (LLM) and local SEO a plus
-Excellent communication skills, written, and verbal
-Ability to communicate effectively

Video Intern (part-time)

Winter, Spring, Summer 2018
**Unpaid**
Tasks Description:
The video intern will assist in developing and producing content at the forefront of digital distribution platforms. The role involves shooting and assisting on shoots. These videos will also be re-edited and adapted for multiple platforms, from Facebook to Instagram to YouTube, in addition to NIONlife.com. The ideal candidates are capable shooters and fast editors with a passion for innovative storytelling. They are tech and pop culture buffs who always know what’s trending on the internet, and are ahead of the curve on social media.
Candidates should be comfortable with Adobe Premiere and how to use Adobe After Effects and Photoshop, various types of audio and digital video equipment, and how to shoot awesome video with their iPhone.
-Work with Nick Onken to assist with production plan
-Shoot and edit videos for the site and like Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube
-Provide insight into engagement and performance
-Meet deadlines

How To Apply

Please email hello@nickonken.com with your:
-Resume
-Instagram Handle
-LinkedIn URL
-Answers to the following questions
Are you more of a hunter or a gatherer?
Any advice for your previous boss?
What do you want to be when you grow up?
What do you love about the NION brand?
What are three reasons you are our dream candidate?

2/07/18

We’re Looking for Awesome Interns

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Nick Onken & NIONlife are looking for Social Media, Podcast SEO and Video Interns that can tackle execution like a pro!

Who We Are:

Nick Onken is a photographer, podcast host, and creative entrepreneur devoted to inspiring the world to create their moments and create their life. A former graphic designer hailing from the soggy city of Seattle, now residing in the concrete jungle of New York, Nick has photographed personalities such as Justin Bieber, Usher, and Jessica Alba. He has photographed print campaigns for international brands such as Nike, Coca Cola and Adidas and his work has been published in magazines such as Conde Nast Traveler, Cosmopolitan, and Marie Claire. On his podcast, he’s interviewed celebrities such as Usher, Scooter Braun, Stacy London and others. He photographs for the charity, Pencils of Promise as he believes that education is the root problem solver of our world.

Social Media Intern

Winter, Spring, Summer 2018
**Unpaid**
Tasks Description:
Seeking dependable, self-motivated, and inquisitive interns to join our social media team this winter in New York. Duties will include:
-Assisting with the day-to-day management of our official accounts on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram

-Help track analytics

-Create a social media content calendar

-Strategize reader-engagement opportunities
-Ideal candidates are detail-oriented with a strong interest in social media
Qualifications:
-Prior knowledge of social media management systems
-In-depth understanding of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram

-Experience with social media analytics, including Google Analytics and Facebook Insights
-Video editing skills are a plus

Podcast SEO Intern

Winter, Spring, Summer 2018
**Unpaid**
Tasks Description:
The SEO Intern will help the team to conduct research and implement SEO recommendations, and is responsible for the delivery of strategic pieces centered around the podcasts on NIONlife.com. Specific duties will include:
-Day-to-day SEO tactical execution

-Work in conjunction with predefined SEO campaign objectives

-Provide regular reports
-Conduct research on keywords, landing pages, URLs, and more

-Strategize approaches to reach business goals like increasing conversions, traffic, and more
Qualifications:
-Excellent math skills and experience in Excel are a must

-Knowledge of or curiosity about site structure and design, search engine ranking factors, and content marketing
-Ability to hit deadlines & provide deliverables across several clients at a time
-Ability to conduct relevant keyword research and make recommendations

-Ability to conduct on-site optimization
-Working knowledge of WordPress is a huge plus
-Experience with local listings management (LLM) and local SEO a plus
-Excellent communication skills, written, and verbal
-Ability to communicate effectively

Video Intern (part-time)

Winter, Spring, Summer 2018
**Unpaid**
Tasks Description:
The video intern will assist in developing and producing content at the forefront of digital distribution platforms. The role involves shooting and assisting on shoots. These videos will also be re-edited and adapted for multiple platforms, from Facebook to Instagram to YouTube, in addition to NIONlife.com. The ideal candidates are capable shooters and fast editors with a passion for innovative storytelling. They are tech and pop culture buffs who always know what’s trending on the internet, and are ahead of the curve on social media.
Candidates should be comfortable with Adobe Premiere and how to use Adobe After Effects and Photoshop, various types of audio and digital video equipment, and how to shoot awesome video with their iPhone.
-Work with Nick Onken to assist with production plan
-Shoot and edit videos for the site and like Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube
-Provide insight into engagement and performance
-Meet deadlines

How To Apply

Please email hello@nickonken.com with your:
-Resume
-Instagram Handle
-LinkedIn URL
-Answers to the following questions
Are you more of a hunter or a gatherer?
Any advice for your previous boss?
What do you want to be when you grow up?
What do you love about the NION brand?
What are three reasons you are our dream candidate?

2/07/18

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Nick Onken travel image, Life Intelligence essay on travel as creative input that sharpens the eye

You cannot pour from an empty well. Travel is how I refill mine. Here is why new places are creative input rather than a break from the work, and why output without input runs dry.

Nick Onken portrait, Creative Intelligence essay on the creative act versus performing one

There is a difference between making something and performing the act of making it. Here is what I learned about the creative act, content, and why the resistance is the whole game.

Nick Onken portrait, illustrating that personal brand identity is human-built with AI as the tool on top

AI can generate endless brand content, but it cannot construct the identity underneath it. Here is the real line between what AI can do for your brand and what only you can.

Nick Onken portrait, Life Intelligence essay on nervous system regulation and creative recovery

Burnout is less a willpower problem than a nervous system running with no recovery. Here is what I learned about creative recovery from social media burnout and a reset in Costa Rica.

Elevated Realism brand portrait by Nick Onken, a subject looking unmistakably like themselves

Most brand photographers take good photos of you. Few capture who you actually are. Here is what to look for when hiring a brand photographer so your images match your authority.

Nick Onken portrait, Creative Intelligence essay on taste and the discipline of seeing

Taste is less a gift than a discipline you build through thousands of reps of seeing. Here is what twenty-five years behind a camera taught me about the art of seeing.

Nick Onken portrait illustrating visual frequency of authority, presence matching identity

Visual Frequency of Authority is the energetic signature your images transmit before anyone reads a word. What it means and why two people with the same credentials read so differently.

Nick Onken portrait, three gaps in a personal brand

Every personal brand stalls in one of three gaps: Identity, Signal, or Infrastructure. Most people have the third and spend years fixing the first.

Nick Onken portrait, Life Intelligence essay on martial arts as a daily practice

A month of kung fu training in Wudang, China taught me that the body learns at the speed of honesty rather than the speed of ambition. Here is what martial arts taught me about practice.

Nick Onken portrait illustrating creative coherence between identity and image

Creative coherence is when who you are and how you’re seen are the same thing. A short, clear definition of the term, its four layers, and why it makes a brand magnetic.

Nick Onken studio self portrait, magnetic through-line

A magnetic through-line is the one or two word idea your whole brand becomes associated with. What it is, why it matters, and how to find yours.

Nick Onken, creative coherence, brand portrait

Creative coherence is the state where who you are and how you’re seen are the same thing. Why it matters more than frequency, and how to build it.

Nick Onken portrait, identity alchemy phases

Identity Alchemy runs in five phases: Deconstruct, Curate, Architect, Become, Express. A walkthrough of what happens inside each, and where people get stuck.

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I was born in a low middle class conservative religious family in the suburbs of Seattle. Art was and always has been my passion, and more than that a way of life. Starting as a graphic designer, I taught myself photography, built a commercial/editorial business shooting for the worlds biggest brands like Nike, Coca-Cola, Adidas and more. I've also had the opportunity to photograph the world's biggest celebrities like Justin Bieber, Usher, Jessica Alba and more. I've curated a lifestyle around creativity and have learned a lot along the way which I get to share here. 

I was born in a low middle class conservative religious family in the suburbs of Seattle. Art was and always has been my passion, and more than that a way of life. Starting as a graphic designer, I taught myself photography, built a commercial/editorial business shooting for the worlds biggest brands like Nike, Coca-Cola, Adidas and more. I've also had the opportunity to photograph the world's biggest celebrities like Justin Bieber, Usher, Jessica Alba and more. I've curated a lifestyle around creativity and have learned a lot along the way which I get to share here. 

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