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About the Role

The Daily Mail is seeking a tech-literate and forward-thinking Editorial Innovation Intern to join its cutting-edge Innovation Team. This role is for an early-career journalist excited about how new technology can enhance journalism or someone from a tech background pursuing a career in media. High performers will learn future-facing skills and have a clear pathway to a permanent full-time role. The intern will join the new Innovation Team that designs, tests, and ships AI tools for journalists via Mail iQ, a suite of AI-powered tools.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with the Innovation Team to design, test, and refine new AI agents and utilities within Mail iQ.
Work on flagship journalism projects to build custom datasets using AI by analysing complex records.
Use bespoke software to translate existing Daily Mail reporting into dynamic audio/visual formats, social assets, and other media for global distribution.
Engage with subbing, pictures, graphics, design, social media, and data desks to identify workflow friction and build solutions.
Research new technological developments and translate them into usable information for journalists.
Help run hands-on training sessions to empower reporters and editors to adopt new tools.
Ensure AI workflows uphold the Daily Mail’s rigorous editorial standards, enforcing human-in-the-loop oversight.

Requirements

Early career status: A recent graduate, or in the early stages of a tech, media, or product career.
A deep practical understanding of LLMs, prompt engineering, and generative AI platforms.
Exceptional capability to learn, evaluate, and master new software and digital tools at speed.
A genuine interest in current affairs, pop culture, sport, global events, and the future of media.
Evidence of an interest in the intersection of technology and journalism, preferably with a portfolio of work (project, blog, GitHub, newsletter, or side hustle).

Skills

AI-assisted coding (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot)
Data analysis, Excel/Python, or creating interactive visual assets (charts, maps, timelines, graphics)
Building light automations or integrations (e.g., via APIs, Zapier, Make, or custom scripts)
Basic editing skills in visual or audio software (Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Figma, or AI multimedia generators)
Explaining technical concepts to non-technical colleagues

Location

High Street Kensington, London, UK

Work Type

Full-time Internship
Full-time

Experience Level

Early-career

Education Level

University student
Recent graduate

Benefits

Strong potential for permanent hire upon successful completion
Direct path to hire for exceptional candidates
Real newsroom impact from week one
Cutting-edge experience in enterprise-level multi-agentic AI development
Mentorship from Innovation Director, Innovation Editor, and Innovation Engineers

About the Company

dmg media maintains an unwavering commitment to uncovering the stories that matter most.
Its brands Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday, Metro, The i Paper, MailOnline, and Mail+ reach more than 9 million people daily in the UK.
Globally, dmg media’s brands reach 160 million unique browsers every month across its domains and apps.
Its global newsroom of journalists, formidable story-getting power, and breadth of content formats, delivers highly engaging, trusted content to loyal and new audiences, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The Mail brand reaches three in five Brits every month and is officially the best-read, most recognised, most engaged newsbrand in the country.
It is the largest news publisher on TikTok with over 28 million total followers and nearly 45 billion views in the past year.

Equal Opportunity

We are committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture.
We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability.
We are Disability Confident Committed.
Please let us know if you require any recruitment documentation in other formats or if you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process.
Any such information will be held separately to your recruitment application and will not be considered as part of the selection process.