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Paid Summer Internship at the Center for Urban Pedagogy

The Center for Urban Pedagogy is hiring an intern for the summer of 2020!
As a CUP intern, you’ll assist with several projects and learn about CUP’s methods for using design to meet community needs.
We’re looking for an intern to assist with:
+Research and general support with CUP’s Community Education and Youth Education programs, like Making Policy Public and Urban Investigations
+Administrative work, like communications, database, and website upkeep (prior web experience not required!)
This is an entry-level position intended for those who haven’t had access to many internships or opportunities to work in an office or nonprofit environment. We’re looking for someone with a passion for social justice, great attention to detail, and strong verbal and written communication skills. While research is a part of this position, it’s more of a general support role.
Dates for the internship are flexible, but we’re looking for someone who can work in the office for a minimum of 3, 8-hour days a week, for 10-weeks. Please include your availability in your cover letter.
The internship pays $17 per hour, or you can choose to receive school credit if your school offers it.
Please send a letter of interest, resume, and contact information for two references as one PDF (max size 3MB) to [email protected] by noon, EST on Wednesday, March 25th. Please use the subject line “CUP Summer 2020 Intern.”
No phone calls, please.

CUP is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fair and inclusive employment practices, and strongly encourage people of color, women, LGBTQ individuals, people with disabilities, and others who may contribute to the diversification of ideas to apply.

Paid Full-time Job Opening: CUP Change In Design Fellowship

The Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) is announcing the call for the 2020 CUP Fellowship for Change in Design! Learn more on the Application Page.
The CUP Fellowship for Change in Design is a paid, year-long, full-time, training program designed to promote and support individuals in gaining the skills, contacts, and experience to help them excel in their design careers. The Fellowship is an initiative to support the development of a pipeline of talented individuals from historically under-represented communities into the design fields, and to dismantle the systemic biases that stand in the way of their advancement as leaders in these fields. The 2020 Fellow will be selected through a competitive, juried process and will work with CUP from July 2020–June 2021.
Applications should include:
– A cover letter addressing why you are interested in the Fellowship, what you hope to get out of it, and what your goals are for your career
– A current resume
– A portfolio of your design work. We are looking for your skills to work on a range of visuals and with type. Please describe the context that your projects were completed in and your role.
– A list of 3 references, with contact information
Please send all materials as a single PDF (max 5 MB) to [email protected] by Monday, April 13th at noon, EST. Include “CUP Fellowship for Change in Design” in the subject line.
Please note that we will NOT review applications that do not provide all requested materials. No phone calls, please.

CUP is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fair and inclusive employment practices, and strongly encourage people of color, women, LGBTQ individuals, people with disabilities, and others who may contribute to the diversification of ideas to apply.

BuzzFeed Product Design Summer Internships

We’re hiring two interns this summer!

Deciding what kind of internship you want is hard. Large companies give you a glimpse of how Product Design is practiced at scale. Startups are more hands-on, providing opportunities to have a more direct impact with your work.

Product Design at BuzzFeed offers the best of both worlds. You’ll be an important member of a fast-moving product team that values your ideas, working on projects that impact millions of people.

Also, as a part of the Product Design team, you’ll be:

  • Working with a dedicated design mentor throughout the program
  • Presenting work and receiving feedback via weekly critique sessions
  • Brainstorming solutions with other designers
  • Collaborating across Product, Engineering, Data Science and other teams

Apply to BuzzFeed’s Product Design Internship

Being a part of BuzzFeed’s Intern Program means you won’t be alone! You’ll get to meet and work with a bunch of interns across Tech and beyond.

Over the summer, interns will participate in Hack Week, Product Design team outings and other fun events with BuzzFeed at large.

At BuzzFeed, we work on a lot of problems at scale but also know how to have fun. Free lunch twice a week, leftovers from the Tasty kitchen, and other exciting intern events are just some of the things you can expect!

The Hiring Process

1. Application Review

We will be reviewing applications as we receive them. We’ll be evaluating you based on similar criteria we look for in Associate Product Designers. Once we’ve shortlisted potential candidates, we’ll reach out with interview requests. For this internship, we’re only considering Product Designers because the role requires having demonstrated User Interface and User Experience work for digital products.

2. Teamwork & Collaboration Interview

Our initial conversation will last about 45 minutes and will focus on getting to know you, seeing how you collaborate and work with others, and understanding your skillset. We’ll ask you about your experience collaborating with other disciplines, like engineers, data scientists, and product managers. If you haven’t worked with these disciplines before, tell us about how you’ve worked in a team.

We’ll also tell you about the product design team, and what it’s like to be on a team at BuzzFeed. This conversation will happen with a BuzzFeed product designer over video chat.

3. Portfolio Review

For those who are successful in their first interview, you’ll have another 45-minute conversation with a member of the product design team over video chat. We’ll ask you to walk us through 2–3 projects that you’ve worked on in the past.

We want to see not only the final product but also the messy parts of the process. What did you try that didn’t work? What variations did you come up with before narrowing down it to the final design? What parts of the work generated friction or disagreement with your team or other stakeholders? Did you run experiments? If so, what did you learn?

These projects can be from school, past internships, or self-initiated. Don’t worry if you didn’t have teammates or stakeholders on your projects, that’s ok, we’re most interested in understanding your design and communication skills.

4. Finalizing candidates

Following these interviews, we will regroup to compare notes and finalize the most well-suited candidates. Once we find a good fit, we’ll send out offers!

Whether you get an offer or not, you’ll hear back from us to let you know we’ve reached the end of our process.

Currently, we’re accepting Product Design Intern applications for Summer 2020. If you can see the link below, you can still apply! Applying early is encouraged as we will close the process when we find the right fit.

You can apply here.

https://medium.com/buzzfeed-design/join-buzzfeed-product-design-internship-60c339128120
 

Summer 2020 Internships at Gallagher and Associates

We are looking for enterprising students to join our New York office as part of our media team. Our studio predominantly focuses on digital interfaces and immersive media-driven projects. The backbone of the work that we do consists of exhibition design and museums, having recently opened projects such as the International Spy Museum in Washington D.C. and the Sazerac Cocktail House in New Orleans.
See some of our Digital work here: 
http://www.gallagherdesign.com/projects/services/digital-media/
As an intern you are an excited designer, open to learning and creative dialogue with the ability to work collaboratively in a fluid studio environment. The internships will be composed of time working with our multidisciplinary teams in the office in order to get a sense of our overall process. 
Visual Design Intern
Qualified candidates should have:

  • A strong visual background with great sensitivity to typography and robust graphic design skills
  • An understanding of and interest in interaction design
  • Proficiency in the Adobe Creative Suite programs
  • Motion and animation skills are a plus
  • Working knowledge of Sketch, prototyping tools such as Invision, Framer is a plus

Roles and Responsibilities include:

  • Participating in studio brainstorms and creative conversations
  • Helping to refine and further develop visual concepts with the team 
  • The ability to multi-task in a fast-paced studio environment
  • Being an accountable and contributing member of the studio
  • Pushing personal creative growth and discovery

Motion Design Intern
Qualified candidates should have:

  • Experience working with After Effects and/or Cinema 4d.
  • A strong visual background with great sensitivity to typography and graphic design skills
  • Proficiency in the Adobe Creative Suite programs
  • Working knowledge of other 3d softwares, Sketch, creative coding, prototyping tools and projection mapping is a plus.
  • Motivation to expand your skills in the intersection of physical and digital.

Roles and Responsibilities include:

  • Participating in studio brainstorms and creative conversations
  • Helping to refine and further develop visual and animation concepts with the team 
  • The ability to multi-task in a fast-paced studio environment
  • Being an accountable and contributing member of the studio
  • Pushing personal creative growth and discovery

 
Our internships are paid, and you will need work authorization for all positions:
You need to be able to work legally in the US:

  • For current international students, you are able to use CPT in order to legally work at Gallagher and Associates.
  • For all others, you should have an approved OPT in order to work at Gallagher and Associates.

 
To apply:
Please indicate which position you are applying to in the subject line (Motion, visual or UX), and send your portfolio and cover letter to: [email protected]
 

Asian American Center Accepting Applications

Asian-American Center Accepting Applications:
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Download the Application Form from our website:
https://www.qc.cuny.edu/Academics/Centers/Asian/ Pages/Scholarships.aspx

MoMA/CUNY Student Ambassadors Program!

As part of the MoMA/CUNY Partnership, we are happy to announce that the application has been opened for the second iteration of our MoMA/CUNY Student Ambassadors Program! The attached flyer provides a summary of this program, which includes benefits such as networking opportunities and $1,000 stipend. This program is recommended for students interested in learning about the arts, arts education, and arts administration as a potential career.[pdf-embedder url=”http://graphicdesign.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu/files/2020/02/MoMA_CUNY-Student-Ambassadors-Program-Flyer.pdf” title=”MoMA_CUNY Student Ambassadors Program Flyer”]
Interested students should submit a résumé and cover letter to [email protected] by March 20, 2020.
If you have any questions or would like any additional information, please feel free to contact us! We look forward to working with our future ambassadors!
Sincerely,
Rebecca
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Rebecca Vicente
MoMA/CUNY Partnership and Artist Workshops Assistant
Out of Office: Fridays
The Museum of Modern Art
11 W 53rd St
New York, NY, 10019

Utopia Parkway Journal 2020 – Open for Submissions!

Utopia Parkway Journal is the Undergraduate Literary Journal of Queens College and is currently open for submissions of visual art for its 2020 edition. Utopia Parkway is also in need of a visual art piece for its front cover.
I’m reaching out to ask if you could send a mass email to notify art majors and minors of this opportunity to contribute to the QC literary and artistic community by submitting their artwork (and literary work!) to Utopia Parkway for consideration to be published.
Below is a link to our website, detailing submission guidelines:

Submission Guidelines

Queens College Data Hackathon


Tech Incubator at Queens College and Serval Ventures will host a Data Hackathon at Queens College on March 1, during the NYC Open Data week. We invite data scientists, artists, designers, developers and anyone who is interested in data visualization to participate.
Topic: Can Data Start a Movement?
Date: March 1
Time: 9am to 5pm
Location: Student Union Fish Bowl, Queens College
Open to the public and free
RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/can-data-start-a-movement-tickets-92411418039​

UX Research Internship at Autodesk – Summer 2020

Looking for a UX research internship this summer? My group at Autodesk is hiring!
You’d be working with awesome designers and researchers in the Autodesk Experience Design team. You’ll get paid to connect with our customers and suggest recommendations to make a good product great. And you’d be working in downtown San Francisco – we’re right off the Embarcadero BART station, across from the Ferry Building.
If you have any questions or want to apply directly, email Ben Leduc-Mills ([email protected]) or learn more about the opportunity here.