Summer Intern - Community Engagement

Job Description

WHAT IS THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DEPARTMENT?
The Community Engagement Department is Insomniac Events' bridge between our brands and our Headliners. We focus on building meaningful, positive, and memorable connections with our community across social platforms, on-site experiences, and digital touchpoints. Our team blends creativity, culture, and real-time feedback to ensure the Headliner voice is heard and reflected in how our events evolve, from pre-show hype to on-site moments and post-festival reflection.
The Community Engagement department works closely with Social, Marketing, Operations, and Production teams to enhance the overall Headliner journey and bring Insomniac's values to life at scale across festivals like EDC, Escape Halloween, Beyond Wonderland, and more.
THE ROLE
Insomniac Events is seeking a highly motivated and creative Community Engagement Intern to join our team in Calabasas. This role is designed for someone passionate about music culture, community-building, and digital storytelling. The intern will support the creative and experiential side of Community Engagement, helping ideate, execute, and document fun, engaging initiatives that elevate the Headliner experience. This is a paid internship and is not a remote position.
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Support the Community Engagement team in brainstorming and executing creative, Headliner-focused initiatives across Insomniac events
• Assist with ideation for on-site activations, interactive moments, and community-driven experiences
• Help track, organize, and analyze positive Headliner feedback, trends, and sentiment across social platforms
• Contribute ideas for social-first engagement moments that reflect Insomniac's voice, values, and culture
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Social, Marketing, Operations, Production) to ensure community insights are reflected in brand decisions
• Assist with internal documentation, recaps, and post-event insights related to community engagement
• Support project organization and creative workflows using tools like Asana or similar platforms
• Act as a thoughtful observer of Headliner behavior and feedback, surfacing insights and ideas that enhance the overall festival experience
QUALIFICATIONS
• Must be 18 years of age and currently enrolled in an accredited college, university, or trade school
• Must be able to work onsite in the Calabasas, CA office at least 2 days per week
• Typical commitment is 16–29 hours per week
• Must be motivated with an ''everything is possible'' attitude
• Must be an active problem solver with a strong sense of urgency for projects both large and small
• Knowledge of dance music and Insomniac's brands is a plus
WORK ENVIRONMENT
• Must be willing to travel to work during holidays, evening and weekend hours, as required, to meet deadlines
• Must be able to tolerate loud noise levels and drastic temperature climates while working on site at various event location
• Must be able to work in open concept office space
Applicants for employment in the US must possess work authorization, which does not require sponsorship by Insomniac for a visa.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
We aspire to build teams that reflect and support the fans and artists we serve. Every day we aim to promote environments where everyone can be themselves, contribute fully, and thrive within our company and at our events. As a growing business we will encourage you to develop your professional and personal aspirations, enjoy new experiences, and learn from the talented people you will be working with.
Insomniac strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of age (40 and over), ancestry, color, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), family and medical care leave or the denial of family and medical care leave, mental or physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), marital status, domestic partner status, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, military and veteran status, political affiliation, national origin (including language use restrictions), citizenship, race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, and gender expression, sexual orientation, intersectionality, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, rule, ordinance or regulation.
We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act and consistent with other similar and / or applicable laws in other areas.
We also afford equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with a disability. For this reason, Insomniac will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant consistent with its legal obligations to do so, including reasonable accommodations related to pregnancy in accordance with applicable local, state and / or federal law. As part of its commitment to make reasonable accommodations, Insomniac also wishes to participate in a timely, good faith, interactive process with a disabled applicant to determine effective reasonable accommodations, if any, which can be made in response to a request for accommodations. Applicants are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the position they seek. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should contact a Human Resources Representative to request the opportunity to participate in a timely interactive process. Insomniac will also provide reasonable religious accommodations on a case-by-case basis.
The hourly pay rate for this role is $18.00 USD.

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The expected compensation for this position is:
$16.90 USD - $18.00 USD Hourly
** Pay is based on a number of factors including market location, qualifications, skills, and experience.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-eoko88-18-97-9-169-42 in your application.