[internship]: Paid Video Production Internship: Sustainability Ambassadors
Video Production Internship($3,000 summer stipend)
About Sustainability Ambassadors
We empower youth to catalyze community sustainability through year-round professional development for student leaders, teacher leaders and community leaders. We focus on increasing curriculum rigor and relevance while benchmarking and reporting sustainable community conditions to peers and policy makers. We measure what’s working, report it and bring it into the classroom. Learn more here: http://www.sustainabilityambassadors.org/
Position Summary
The Video Production Intern will support the Executive Producer and Student Ambassador Leadership Team in producing a series of exceptionally creative and informative short films on green building. This is a part-time summer internship with flexible hours beginning June 20. Stipend of $3,000.
Ideal candidate
We are looking for a brilliant young filmmaker (college age or budding professional, skilled technician and insightful artist) who is passionate about both video production and sustainability issues (people, profit and planet). We want to advance your career, create and post tons of really smart short videos, and engage you as a role model for our Student Ambassador Leadership Team.
Essential Role
1. Work under the creative direction of the Executive Producer and Leadership Coach.
2. Model, coordinate and coach younger students in pre and post production planning.
3. Assist with scheduling, location scouting and project management as directed.
4. Assist with storyboarding a series of 3-5 minute videos on green building.
5. Shoot, capture exceptional audio, edit to live student-produced music, add titles and graphics.
6. Organize and archive historical and current footage for future applications
7. Capture footage of the production process to create a “making of” short.
8. Post videos online to build the Sustainability Ambassadors Video Library.
Qualifications and Experience
1. Link us to videos you’ve created so we can see your technical range and artistic sensibilities.
2. You are passionate about local sustainability issues.
3. You own a camera and audio equipment or have access to same.
4. You happen to have your own professional editing software or access.
5. You can advise our team on gear and software purchases.
6. Your instincts for visual storytelling are powerful: composition, pace, lighting (we want an artist)
7. You are experienced as both a shooter and editor (we want a technician)
8. You are experienced with graphics (we want an animator)
9. You are client-focused with excellent interpersonal skills (we want a team player)
10. You are helpful, courteous, conscientious, with a sense of humor (personable)
11. You have proven ability to meet deadlines (professional)
12. You are willing to work a flexible schedule
13. You find joy in detail, efficiency, logistics, quality, and working in a startup-like environment.
Position starts June 20
Application Materials
1. Cover letter
2. Resume
3. At least three references (name, title, email and phone numbers)
4. Link to your video work
Contact
Send to Peter Donaldson, Executive Producer and Leadership Coach