Marketing and Content Internship
Get real experience at a growing brand. JOHNSONANDSCOTT is a clothing label from Columbia, Missouri, known for hand-altered pieces. We're opening the studio to a limited group of people who want hands-on, documented experience in content creation, social media, marketing, sales, and small-business operations. Every major is welcome.
- Kansas City Fashion Week, multiple seasons
- Invited to New York Fashion Week
- Sold in The Mizzou Store
- Events in Dallas, Chicago, Oklahoma, and Kansas City
- Featured in local press
A note from the founders
Our whole approach comes down to one idea: pour into the world what the world has poured into us. Every piece starts as something we lived, a place, a conversation, a song, a moment worth keeping, and we rework it by hand into something you can wear. Runway shows, professional shoots, and years of building this label have poured a lot into us. This internship is where we pour it forward.
Trey Scott and Cyrus Johnson, founders
Our goal for you: hands-on experience with real creative freedom, where your ideas shape the finished work and your name goes on it.
What you'll work on
Choose any areas that interest you. Each one comes with hands-on work and a line you can put on your resume.
Content creation
Plan it, shoot it, post it. You'll take a content idea from concept to publish: building the shot list, picking locations, setting up, and capturing photos and video on site. We're moving to daily posting across Instagram and TikTok, so there's always a project ready: product features, behind-the-scenes studio content, campus and city shoots, event coverage, and trend-driven short-form video. You'll work from our brand guide and a shared content calendar, and your ideas shape what gets made.
Resume: Planned and produced daily photo and video content for a growing consumer brand, from concept to publish.
Video editing Most needed
Turn raw footage into posts people watch twice. You'll edit short-form video for TikTok and Reels in CapCut or Premiere, with room to grow into long-form YouTube edits. The craft here is rhythm: cutting on the beat, timing edits to music, building transitions, and pacing a story in fifteen seconds. Everything runs on a structured content calendar, so when you interview with a major brand or agency, you can walk them through exactly what you made, how you made it, and how it performed.
Resume: Edited short-form and long-form video for Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube on a structured content calendar.
Social media and marketing
Learn how a brand grows. Help build the content calendar, write captions, plan launches and campaigns, and track what performs so we can do more of it. You'll dig into analytics, test ideas, and set growth goals with us for followers, views, and engagement, with performance bonuses tied to hitting them. You leave with real numbers to point to in any marketing interview.
Resume: Planned social media campaigns and tracked performance analytics for a growing consumer brand.
Sales and events
Set up and sell at pop-up events, primarily in Columbia, with Kansas City and other cities open to you based on interest. You'll handle the full event: planning logistics, designing the booth layout, deciding which products and graphics go up front, and talking with customers face to face. Our event radar includes Atlanta Streetwear Market, and we've been invited to New York Fashion Week. You earn commission on every sale you make.
Resume: Led in-person sales, event logistics, and booth merchandising at pop-up retail events.
Partnerships and business operations
See how a small business runs from the inside. Our products are carried in The Mizzou Store on consignment, and you'll help manage that partnership: restocks, inventory tracking, and sales reporting. You'll also support outreach to creators, venues, and retail partners, and help plan event budgets. You'll learn how the partnership came together and how we're growing it, experience that carries into any business career.
Resume: Supported retail partnership management, inventory, and sales reporting for a small business carried in The Mizzou Store.
Shoots and live production
Help plan and run professional photo shoots and live events. We work with professional photographers, and interns contribute from the first mood board: concepts, locations, scheduling, and talent, with access to professional lighting and studio equipment. We've also taken part in multiple runway shows, including Kansas City Fashion Week several times, where you can work backstage with hair and makeup teams, music, and show-day timing, and connect with creatives from across the country. Our New York Fashion Week invitation came from a connection made there.
Resume: Coordinated production for professional photo shoots and live runway events.
Creative and design input
Bring your ideas to the brand. Interns can pitch concepts for campaigns and upcoming releases and weigh in on what we make next. If product design interests you, you can design a one-of-one piece and release it through JOHNSONANDSCOTT, with our promotion and backing behind it.
Resume: Contributed creative concepts to campaigns and product development for a growing consumer brand.
How you're rewarded
We sit down with each intern, set goals around the projects you take on, and reward you when you hit them.
Commission
You earn commission on every sale you make, at booths, events, or through your own code.
Performance bonuses
Hit a goal we agree on together, like growing our followers or views by a set amount in a month, and you get a bonus.
Experience and portfolio
Real projects with your name on them, documented so you can show exactly what you did and how you did it.
What you walk away with
- Documented hours and projects. Every shift and project is logged, and you get a verified summary of your hours and completed work for your school or future employer.
- Paperwork handled. If your school or program needs forms completed, we're a registered business and we'll complete them.
- A LinkedIn recommendation from the founders, plus any reference letter your school or next employer needs.
- Named credit on the shows, shoots, and campaigns you work on, for your portfolio.
- Professional equipment. Access to lighting and studio gear for your shoots.
- Travel support. A portion of travel and lodging covered for out-of-town events.
- Free clothing. Chances to earn pieces along the way, including one-of-ones.
- A piece made for you. When you finish, we make you a custom one-of-one to keep, built around your time with us: what you worked on, what you contributed, and how you grew.
- First consideration for paid roles as the studio grows.
How it works
- Apply. The form below takes about four minutes.
- Meet us. A short conversation with Trey and Cyrus, in person or on a call.
- Pick your projects. Choose from our live project board: shoots, booths, shows, and content.
- Build your record. Log your hours, collect credits, and take on more as you grow.
The details
- Format
- Unpaid, part-time internship, built around your learning and your class schedule. You pick the projects you want.
- Schedule
- Project-based. What matters to us is finishing the projects you commit to, and your hours flex around your classes.
- Where you'll work
- Columbia, Missouri. In-person work around Columbia is preferred for content and shoots. Remote work is available too, especially for editing and anything you can send us as a finished file. Traveling with the team for events, fashion shows, and shoots is optional.
- Who it's for
- Current students and recent grads from any major, 18 or older. Marketing, business, communications, film, design, and fashion students all fit here. Beginners are welcome. We look for real interest and people who follow through.
- Applications
- Now open. Positions are limited so every intern gets real time, feedback, and projects.
Apply
Short answers are perfect. We read every application ourselves.