Job Title: Digital Intern
Department: Digital
Reports To: Software Architech
Job Type: Internship
Contract Duration: Three Months
About Ubongo:
UBONGO is Africa's leading producer of kids' edutainment. As a non-profit social enterprise, we create fun, localized, and multi-platform educational content that helps kids learn and leverage their learning to change their lives. Ubongo reaches over 42 million kids across Africa through accessible technologies like TV, radio, and mobile phones. Our show's Ubongo Kids and Akili and Me currently air in 23 countries across Africa, in Swahili, English, French, Kinyarwanda, Kikuyu, Luo, Yoruba, Hausa, Chichewa, and Juba Arabic.
Job Summary
The Digital Intern will support the Digital team in strengthening Ubongo's digital infrastructure by contributing to large-scale content migration, organization, and core digital operations. This role involves uploading, organizing, and conducting quality assurance of video, audio, and learning materials on AWS, ensuring that all digital assets are systematically structured, easily accessible, and accurately tagged with high-quality metadata aligned to established standards, ultimately contributing to a robust and efficient digital asset management system.
Responsibilities:
Support content migration and Organization in AWS
* Upload Ubongo's full inventory of finalized and compiled content (video, audio, and learning materials) to AWS using the Ubongo Uploader
* Ensure all files are correctly structured, consistently named, and properly categorized
* Maintain high standards of organization and quality across all uploaded assets
* Test and experiment with uploading large project files to identify system constraints and optimization opportunities
Ensure completeness and quality of content metadata
* Populate, review, and verify metadata for all uploaded content
* Ensure metadata is complete, accurate, and aligned with established standards and taxonomy
* Identify gaps, inconsistencies, or errors in metadata and take corrective action
* Work closely with the Digital and Education team to ensure metadata alignment with Child Learning Journey Curriculum
Digital Asset Management
* Support the consolidation and backup of all content (including working project files) across teams onto AWS
* Assess and test plug-ins or tools that can improve upload/download speeds for large files
* Conduct quality control checks to ensure all assets are securely backed up, accessible, and properly organized
Company-wide Responsibilities:
* Exemplify Ubongo principles and norms
Qualifications Required
* Ability to work on a computer for extended periods
* Comfortable working in a digital/office environment
* Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Data Analysis or a related field
* Exposure to digital tools, file management systems, or basic software workflows (academic or personal projects acceptable)
* Interest in cloud platforms (e.g. AWS) and AI tools is an advantage
* Strong attention to detail (especially for metadata and content organization)
* Basic technical literacy and ability to learn new tools quickly
* Analytical thinking and problem-solving ability
* Clear communication (written and verbal)
* Ability to gather and synthesize user feedback
* Collaborative mindset and willingness to support team needs
For complete job description and to apply, visit:
https://ubongo.bamboohr.com/careers/186
HOW TO APPLY:
Please note that only online applications will be considered. Those who come directly to the office with a CV or who email their CV to us will simply be directed to apply online. Applications can be submitted at https://ubongo.bamboohr.com/careers