What: Media & Arts Program Internship
When: January through May 2013
Where: World Savvy Bay Area office, 474 Valencia Street, San Francisco
Seeking:
- A volunteer or graduate student intern who needs credit working with an NGO (this is an unpaid volunteer position)
- Experience teaching/ working with middle and high school youth
- Strong research and writing skills
- Some knowledge of/exposure to contemporary art and/or art education
- Some knowledge of/ interest in global issues (in particular those related to sustainability)
Requirements:
January through May 2013
2 full days a week: 9PM – 5PM or the equivalent of 15 hours a week
Note: We will mostly be working in the SF office, but occasionally go to meetings, teach workshops at schools, and set up for program related events.
Organization Overview
World Savvy's mission is to educate and engage youth in community and world affairs, to prepare them to learn, work and live as responsible global citizens in the 21st century. Since founding in 2002, World Savvy has been providing direct programs for middle and high school youth and professional development for K-12 teachers. Through these programs, World Savvy seeks to engender systemic and long-term impact on K-12 education and foster a school culture which provides students with the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes conducive to responsible global citizenship. In 2010-11, World Savvy served more than 2400 students from 33 schools throughout the Bay Area.
The Media and Arts Program is an arts education program for middle and high school youth in New York and San Francisco. Through the MAP youth use their own lives and communities as a platform to examine a global theme – Sustainable Communities - using visual arts, performance and media. The MAP prepares youth to exhibit and perform projects during a Festival in the spring. This program illuminates the connections between community and world affairs and helps young people learn to use art and media as tools for self-expression, dialogue, and community engagement.
Position Overview
In addition to supporting the various aspects of the Media and Arts Program (listed below), with the support of the MAP team, each intern will create a project that uses their individual skill set to support/ embellish the Media & Arts program. For example, if the incoming intern has strong writing and journalism skills with a focus on the arts, a project can be to start a category in World Savvy's blog that focuses on the theme of the year (currently Sustainable Communities) and how WS students are exploring it. Some of this material can also be posted on World Savvy's social networking sites. This project would include documenting ongoing programming and interviewing students at workshops and fieldtrips through the year. The intern can also work towards making connections with local media outlets by pitching original articles they write about World Savvy.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and implement special project based on individual skill set to support World Savvy's work
- Work on other projects related to the Media and Arts Program, including administrative work, filing and database management
- All aspects of event planning
- Other administrative or programmatic work, as required
Qualifications:
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent research and writing skills
- Interested in education and/or youth development
- Interest in media and arts education
- Responsible and reliable
- Good with computers and comfortable with the internet, social networking Microsoft Office
- Ability to take initiative and work unsupervised
- Willingness to be flexible and adaptable to change
- Some knowledge of/exposure to contemporary art and or art education
- Proficiency in imaging programs such as Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator a plus, but not a requirement
This is an unpaid internship. We provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin status, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability.
