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Paid Summer Internship: Social Designer

Mekanism is an award-winning, independent, full-service advertising agency made up of creative entrepreneurs. With offices in San Francisco, New York, Chicago and Seattle, we serve as collaborative business partners with some of the world’s best brands, including Ben & Jerry’s, HBO, MillerCoors, Peloton, Facebook, Charles Schwab and Alaska Airlines. Our creative approach to brand building is best described as “The Soul & Science of Storytelling”: Communicating a brand’s purpose with ideas informed by data and rooted in human truths.
Mekanism has been named to Ad Age’s “Agency A List” and twice to their “Best Places to Work”. We have also been listed on Creativity’s “The Creative 50” and have been recognized by Effie as one of the “Most Effective Independent Agencies”. We have been profiled by The New York Times, Fast Company and ABC’s Nightline. Mekanism’s campaigns have been covered and studied by Harvard Business School.
We take great pride in making unconventional campaigns for brands in conventional categories.  Our patented blend of storytelling for emerging media takes a small army of Mekanistas to pull off.  What is a Mekanista you ask? Being a Mekanista requires a rare combination of being a strange, wonderful and talented person who enjoys coffee, Ping-Pong and impromptu rooftop jam and workout sessions.  We are smart, strange, wonderful folks that brave our contentious and often spirited brainstorming sessions to make advertising magic.
 
MEK MASTERS: THE INTERN PROGRAM
We get it, our parents wanted us to become doctors too. But do you know how many medical schools are equipped with foosball tables? Zero, we looked. And while a PhD is great, getting a Master’s Degree is just as good (if not better), especially if it’s from the Mek Masters Program*. Here, you’ll learn all about storytelling in emerging media. You’ll work on real projects for real clients. Big ones. You’ll also learn how to be fearless and pitch big ideas, how to collaborate and how to put all those .gifs you’ve collected over the years to good use in all agency emails, all in a friendly, innovative environment that just so happens to also be dog friendly and filled with Chicago Cubs fans. AND, you’ll be paid, so there’s no need to take out a loan. (Suck it, Sallie Mae). Yeah, pretty sure you don’t get all of that in medical school. Or maybe you do. We don’t know, we never went.
*Not a real Master’s Program, but definitely a real internship at a real advertising agency called Mekanism.
 
THE MEK MASTERS SOCIAL DESIGNER NYC
Our EPIC Signal team (social arm of Mekanism) is passionate about social media and actively tweet, snap and ‘gram. They understand the value of visually communicating with digital and social communities, are always ready to master institutional platforms and explore new ones. In this internship, you will have the opportunity to be exposed to concepting, design, and the visual development of social media campaigns for global brands in the spirits and gelato categories. If you have a talent for wearing multiple hats , easily switching amongst brand aesthetics with intermediate experience with photoshop, illustrator, indesign, premiere, and/or after effects, then please apply! Having video and animation experience is a plus!
 
DETAILS
June 11th – August 24th
Full-time, Monday – Friday, minimum of 40 hours/week.
 
WHAT YOU WILL GET IN RETURN
A crash course in soul and science of storytelling
Paid
Some Mek swag
An appreciation for lovely chandeliers
THE ASSIGNMENT TO GET OUR ATTENTION
Come on, getting a paid Mek Masters Internship can’t be a piece of cake. We gotta make you sweat, just a little. Here’s the ask. Get those creative juices flowing and make an ad campaign for your mom or mom-like person in your life. Convince the world that, if they could choose, they’d want to choose your mom as their mom. Show us some data backing up your claims, insights on why she’s better than the average ‘mom,’ and create a big idea to promote her in a creative announcement to convince the world what your mom is the real deal (e.g., print ad, social post, video, poster, etc.)
You can upload your Momvertising (yes, that’s a word)  along with your resume/portfolio to let us know that you’re serious about becoming a Mekanista this summer.  (Note: you can only upload one document in the application. Applications will be accepted April 11th-23rd.)

Junior Designer, GLAMOUR–for recent or soon to be graduates

Job Description: Glamour is seeking an energetic, motivated, detail-oriented recent graduate for a Junior Designer position. Core responsibilities include: assisting the Creative Director and the art department in updating presentation materials with most recent layouts, assisting in preparation for layout meetings, retouching and silhouetting images for Glamour.com, acting as a liaison between the art department and photography department, design based on previous experience (including print, web and social media content) as well as providing administrative support to the Creative Director.

Job Requirements:

  • Ability to multitask, prioritize and excel in a fast-paced work environment
  • Ability and willingness to learn new skills quickly and efficiently
  • An interest in fashion and beauty editorial
  • Experience in Photoshop retouching a must
  • Proficient in Adobe Indesign
  • Adobe Digital Publishing Suite and K4 experience a plus, but not required
  • Mac systems only

Position: Junior Designer
Type of Job: Design and Digital
City: New York
Region: New York City
Duration: Full-Time
Company: Condé Nast
About Our Company: Condé Nast is a premier media company renowned for producing the highest quality content for the world’s most influential audiences. Attracting more than 100 million consumers across its industry-leading print, digital and video brands, the company’s portfolio includes some of the most iconic titles in media: Vogue, Vanity Fair, Glamour, Brides, Self, GQ, GQ Style, The New Yorker, Condé Nast Traveler, Allure, Architectural Digest, Bon Appétit, Epicurious, Wired, W, Golf Digest, Golf World, Teen Vogue, Ars Technica, The Scene, Pitchfork and Backchannel. The company’s newest division, Condé Nast Entertainment, was launched in 2011 to develop film, television, and premium digital video programming.
For more information, please visit condenast.com and follow @CondeNast and @CondeNastCareer on Twitter and @condenastcareers on Instagram.
Contact Name: Nathalie Kirsheh
Contact Email: nathalie_kirsheh@condenast.com
How to Apply: Email resume + work samples/website.

Paid Summer Internship–Asia Society

The Communications Department at Asia Society is seeking a Graphic Design and Production Intern. He or she will assist the Graphic Designer with production and design related tasks; handle design projects that include building and museum signage, invitations, brochures, web banners, postcards, business cards, and updating of current branding material; and provide general support to the Communications Department (PR, marketing, online).
By the end of the internship, he or she will have hands-on experience working in a global non-profit organization, and gained interpersonal skills by working with the Communications team and other departments. By working on live design projects, he or she will have completed designs to add to their portfolio.
SKILLS REQUIRED:
Knowledgeable in the programs Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator. Familiar with Microsoft Word and Powerpoint. Excellent attention to detail and ability to project manage is key. A creative, enthusiastic, individual with strong organizational skills. An interest in Asia and marketing a plus.
TIME PERIOD:
June 25th for 8 weeks (5 days a week in June, Monday–Thursday in July and August
(Note: Asia Society is closed on Fridays after July 4th and through the month of August. And interns are not paid for Summer Fridays and holidays.)
The hourly rate will be $14.00
 
The internship should:
– Provide work from which the student can learn
– Provide an attentive supervisor
– Hold promise of measurable impact
– Be reasonably concluded in 8 weeks
 

Send 2018 Endowment Application Form (2)— with cover letter, resume and link to online portfolio

to Clara Lambert 
clambert@asiasociety.org ​
You must be a matriculating student to apply (no recent graduates)

Paid Summer Internships at WeWork–Applications due 3/16/2018

WeWork has been recently featured in FORBEShttps://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2017/08/24/wework-confirms-massive-4-4-billion-investment-from-softbank-and-its-vision-fund/#300cb99d5b3c ,https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenbertoni/2017/10/02/the-way-we-work/3/#2e0d241664a3 and at the helm of the organization is a recent CUNY (Baruch) graduate.  Most importantly, WeWork is hiring CUNY students as interns with a high conversion to full-time hires!
Current WeWork Internship Opportunities:
 
CUNY Student Profile :
  • Sophomore, Junior or Senior standing
  • Very personable w/ an innate customer service approach
  • Strong soft skills
  • Excitement/enthusiasm for WeWork’s mission and core values 
  • Eagerness to learn
  • Strong collaboration and teamwork skills
Compensation:
  • $15hr
Schedule:
  • 40 hrs week
  • Internship begins June 12th and spans 8 weeks, ending August 3rd
Successful candidates will:
  • Be able to give specific examples when asked questions about their experiences
  • Have researched WeWork and understand its culture and vision and be able to speak about why they are excited to work for WeWork. 
  • Have co-curricular engagement and be adept at describing their leadership experiences
 In preparation, students should watch the “How I Built This” (NPR) podcast featuring founder Miguel McKelvey as well as read the Forbes articles:
 
To Apply:  Students should submit a resume and cover letter to Keesha Cameron, Coordinator of Internships, Queens College at kcameron@qc.cuny.edu Subject: “WeWork Internship Summer 2018” by 3/6/18 at 11:59 pm

CUNY Service Corps paid internships–Applications now being accepted

Apply for an internship @ $15 an hour, serve & make a difference in your city with Service Corps at Queens College! There are opportunities for design students working in communications departments of Queens Museum, Asia Society, Center for Court Innovation and Department of Consumer Affairs.
Service Corps placements last twenty-four weeks over two semesters; members will work approximately 12 hours per week and will be paid $15 per hour.
Apply now! Deadline is March 11!
http://www.qc.cuny.edu/servicecorps

Unpaid Design Internship for Spring & Summer 2018

Queens Museum 
Design Intern (Summer 2018)
The Queens Museum is looking for a capable and enthusiastic individual to assist the Communications Department. Over the course of this internship, the Museum will be preparing for exhibitions in the Spring, rebranding our educational materials and refining our interpretive materials. The internship will run through summer till September.
The Graphic Design Intern will provide a variety of creative and administrative assistance to the Communications Department.
Essential Job Functions:
• Support the design of print and digital media, and any additional collateral from concept to completion
• Manage multiple projects with varying timelines
• Assist with the creating of interactive and print materials aimed at improving public interaction with exhibition content
Qualifications:
• A design major or minor is preferred.
• Fluent in Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe Acrobat, and basic Adobe Premiere Pro.
• Well-versed using Web platforms, Web CMS, social media outlets, and excellent digital media skills
• Previous experience interning in a graphic/advertising design position is necessary
• Strong communications skills – both verbal and written.
• A strong interest in learning how to create engaging materials to generate interest in Museum initiatives.
• Candidates must be able to work at least 2 days a week. This is an unpaid internship. Candidates must be enrolled in college and provide the museum with documentation of enrollment.
The Communications Intern will report to the Communications Coordinator and regularly interface with the Director of Communications.
How to Apply: Please send cover letter, resume and website/portfolio to: vyoma@queensmuseum.org and along@queensmuseum.org

CUNY Cultural Corps (Summer Paid Internship in Arts Management)

Are you an undergraduate student looking to gain hands-on arts management experience in the city that defines a thriving arts and business metropolis—New York City? This program is for you!
Application Deadline February 4, 2018

INTERN REQUIREMENTS & ELIGIBILITY

The Diversity in Arts Leadership internship program is designed to promote and advance diversity in the field of arts management and thus seeks candidates from backgrounds traditionally underrepresented in arts leadership. In its review of candidates, ABC/NY will give preference to these applicants.
Eligible applicants must fulfill the following criteria:

  • be available for orientation scheduled for Monday, June 4, 2018
  • be available during the entire length of the program, Monday, June 4 to Thursday, August 9, 2018;
  • be currently enrolled as an undergraduate (the program is open to current college students who will have completed their freshman year by the beginning of the internship. Graduating seniors are eligible to apply; applications from college graduates and graduate students will not be accepted.); and
  • be able to provide Employment Eligibility Verification. Applicants must be able to provide (but do not need to include with application materials) EITHER one document from List A OR one document from List B, plus one document from List C. (If you can provide a document from List A, you do not need any documents from List B or List C.) (Click here to download a PDF of eligible documents).
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Diversity in Arts Leadership internship program was created to advance diversity in the arts management field and to build a pipeline of future arts leaders in New York City, as well as to provide opportunities for students considering both arts and business careers to learn about the business of the arts. Each summer, undergraduate students from diverse and generally underrepresented backgrounds are matched with host arts organizations in the five boroughs of New York City to complete challenging projects in areas such as marketing, public relations, fundraising, event management, audience development, and community outreach. The Arts & Business Council of New York matches undergraduate students with dynamic non-profit arts organizations and with corporate mentors who can guide their personal and professional growth.
Through the Diversity in Arts Leadership internship program, students will have the unique opportunity to:

  • Gain hands-on experience in arts management by working on projects that are designed to increase applicable skills, contacts, and future job prospects. Intern projects can be in marketing and communications, development and fundraising, event planning, audience development, community outreach, and more.
  • Benefit from the experience and skills of arts and business professionals. Business mentors guide and advise the students throughout the internship, through regular meetings and conversations, and nurture an intern’s personal goals and interests. They provide insight into the business world, and demonstrate how individuals with varying careers and backgrounds can support the arts. Each intern’s day-to-day arts host supervisor is an experienced and can also serve as a professional mentor.
  • Participate in conversations and skills-building workshops about the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion, career development, and professional networks.
  • Build a close network of peers who are also navigating a future career in arts management and have are interrested in the arts across disciplines.

The internship is an intensive 10-week program which includes full time work (Monday-Friday) with a New York City arts organization, opening and closing ceremonies, an opening orientation, group site visits, professional development, and cultural events at least twice per week in the evenings, and weekly communication and/or meet ups with your business mentor.
This program, which brings together participants from the arts and business sectors, facilitates arts-business partnerships through leadership development. Each intern gains valuable on-the-job training, learning opportunities, and networking specific to both the nonprofit arts sector and the business side of the arts.

SCHEDULE

All interns work for ten weeks, full-time, at their respective NYC arts organizations. Interns will begin their first day on the job immediately after the June 4, 2018 orientation, welcome ceremony, and breakfast (intern host supervisors and mentors are invited as well). Specific daily work schedules will be set by individual host organizations, but interns should expect to work full time, Monday through Friday.
FIND OUT MORE & APPLY

Grey Advertising Summer Internship 2018

About Grey:
Two things Grey has been doing since 1917: hiring forceful, energetic innovators with diverse skill sets and points of view who can put ideas into motion that lead to results, and creating famously effective work. That’s no coincidence.

 

Smart, quick, highly motivated business-savvy people have been the backbone of Grey’s famously effective work for almost a hundred years. They are the drivers of business and creative performance that at this point in Grey’s long history have never better. Our work for DirecTV and Canon has won a total of 11 Cannes Lions in the past two years. Febreze, which won four Lions in that same time, also was awarded four Effies including two global ones. In fact, the agency’s award performance has never been better, and neither has our clients’ businesses; more than 4/5 of them reported positive growth last year. That is Famously Effective at its best.

 

Of course none of this could have happened without the diverse talent roster we have in place and we are continuing to look for the best talent to join us in 2018. That’s why we continue to need drivers—people who can help move the agency further on the trajectory of success.

 
 

Internship Description: 
At Grey, we believe that everyone has creative ideas and we’d love to hear yours! Grey has been famously effective since 1917, and this is your chance to see just why. Take the opportunity to work in one of the following areas: Account Management, Creative, New Business, Digital, Strategy, Activation & PR or Wing. Work closely with some of the sharpest minds in the industry and get your ideas heard. Most of all absorb the idea-driven creative environment and enjoy an internship that might just change your life.

 

If you’re ready to dive into the dynamic world of advertising, intern with us at Grey.

 

The 2018 Summer Internship Program is a unique ten-week opportunity to work hands on within one of Grey’s dynamic departments. You will have the opportunity to assist teams on a variety of projects and interact with world-class professionals who are experts in their chosen field. The program also includes weekly seminars designed to give you a whole rounded view of Advertising and being at an agency. You will also work with fellow colleagues on a final project to be presented to senior level management as part of a culminating experience.

 

The online application process will be open as of January 1st. Candidates must submit ALL required materials to be eligible for consideration. If there is a match, you will be contacted by someone from our Talent Team.

 

Requirements and Qualifications include, but are not limited to: 

  • Applicants must submit a cover letter to accompany their application along with a written recommendation letter from a previous supervisor, manager or professor.
  • Submit a writing sample of 500 words or less on any campaign that you think is both famous and effective (it does NOT have to be Grey specific). Write a detailed analysis, providing insight on the strategy, target, benefit and support points.
  • Submit a response to the following question – If hired as an intern at Grey, what mark would you leave on the company?
  • Must be currently enrolled in a BA program as a Junior or Senior
  • Must have an overall GPA of 3.0 or better
  • Proven effective communication skills
  • Working knowledge of departments within an agency
  • Solid internal & external relationship building & partnering
  • Knowledge and/or experience in the digital space is preferred
  • Creative problem-solving skills
  • Demonstrated passion for the industry by keeping up with latest news, trends, etc.
  • Organization and follow-up skills
  • Knowledge in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash and Html may be required for internships in Creative
  • Proficiency in Spanish may be required for internships within Grey Wing
  • Verification of your prior employment and educational information, satisfactory results from our reference and background checks, and verification of your identity and right to work in the United States. 
 

Grey Group is an equal opportunity employer.

 

Qualifications

 Must attach resume, letters of recommendation, response to question and writing sample,