Employment/Internship Opportunities
Journalism/Communications Internship – January - August 2013 or January - December 2013
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 Erica Breunlin, 2011 publications intern, “interviews” creatures at a Zoo Halloween event. |
Hours: 15-20 per week
Start Date: mid-January 2013 (date flexible)
End Date: mid-December 2013 or, alternately, late August 2013 (date flexible)
Pay Rate: $8.00/hr
School Credit: Optional
Who: for juniors, seniors or recent graduates in journalism or communications
What: feature-writing internship. NOTE: 2012 internship is filled.
Where: at the Zoological Society of Milwaukee, with headquarters at the Milwaukee County Zoo, 10005 W. Blue Mound Rd., Milwaukee, WI 53226
When: dates and times flexible around student's schedule
Next available internship starts January 2013 and we prefer an intern who can work through mid-December 2013
Why: As a non-profit organization, we need the help and we will offer you hands-on experience, mentoring, challenging tasks, and a thorough evaluation of your work
Deadline for internship applications: Oct. 30, 2012
About our organization:
The Zoological Society of Milwaukee is a "friends" group that supports the Milwaukee County Zoo as one part of its three-part mission. The other two parts of the mission are 1) educating the public about wildlife and their environment, and 2) helping conserve endangered species throughout the world. We support projects in the African Congo and in Chile, among other places.
Intern would be writing feature stories for several of the publications the Society produces for its more than 52,000 member households:
- a color magazine called Alive
- a six-times-a-year event magazine called Wild Things
- a publication recognizing donors and grantors, called Contributor Circles
- e-mail newsletters and alerts
The Society also has an extensive Web site and produces several news releases each month, numerous flyers, invitations, banners, signs, brochures, reports, posters, children's materials, and other projects that need to be written, edited and proofed. (Our Creative Department does layout and design.)
Staff: Student intern would work in the Communications, Marketing and Membership Department, reporting to Paula Brookmire, publications coordinator (a former newspaper magazine journalist). Some of the internship would involve working evening and weekend hours.
Requirements:
- Be enrolled full time at a college or university or be a recent graduate
- Be committed to a major in communications, journalism, or similar field
- Must have strong writing/grammar skills and have taken basic journalism courses
- Be able to work two to four days a week, at least two hours a day. The publications coordinator's schedule is Tues., Thur., Fri. 1 to 11 p.m. Some of the student's schedule needs to overlap with those days and times.
- Must be flexible, willing to do a variety of tasks, willing to work some evenings and weekend days, and able to walk throughout the 209-acre Zoo
- Must provide a recommendation from your advisor or major professor
- Must submit a resume, list of classes taken with grades, and writing samples of feature stories to Paula Brookmire via mail (address above) or e-mail (paulab@zoosociety.org)
