Internship & Job Openings

February 2010 job opportunities

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Entry Level Graphic Designer at The Lansing State Journal

The Lansing State Journal is looking for multitasking page designer/copyeditor/graphics artist. Our newsroom is fast-paced and no
one does just one job. The ideal candidate will be eager to design page 1A daily, then move on to designing a special sports section cover,
whip up a quick locator map, and then jump back to the copydesk to proof a page. We need someone who is hungry to design pages that reach
out and grab readers. Nimble thinking, flexibility and teamwork are essential.

Proficiency in Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign required. Must be familiar with AP style. Flash, Saxotech and DTI experience a plus.

Email cover letters, resumes and portfolios to Design Editor Jamee Urrea at jurrea@lsj.com Our window to hire is narrow, so send your information quickly.

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Business Development Superstar at MediaStorm

MediaStorm is looking for a Business Development superstar to focus on our growing client services business and to support our publishing efforts. The ideal candidate will have an intimate understanding of the online video marketplace and a passion for working with interactive, multimedia storytelling. This position is located in Brooklyn, New York.

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Videographer in Washington DC

Major news outlet in the Washington DC area is searching for a qualified videographer to produce original web and mobile programming. Candidates must be interested in development and production of video shows; focused, efficient editors; and proficient at both in-studio and on-site filming, lighting, and sound design.

Applicants must have at least two years of video production experience, and a diverse portfolio of past work. Applicants whose portfolios exhibit a strong creative ability and work ethic will be preferred. Contract position.

Duties:

-Production of web video shows from conception to publishing
-Shooting DV/HDV video
-Editing with Final Cut Pro
-Studio and on-site filming for video shows
-Ability to quickly edit videos of various genres on deadline

All applicants must provide resume and portfolio with video samples-send resume and cover letter, as well as links to any videos online to webvideoshows@gmail.com

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Interactive Designer at NewsVine

“I just opened up our first ever dedicated interactive design position this week. If you’re just a little bit crazy, you might be perfect for it.

The official way to apply is by sending an email to msnbcjobs@msnbc.com (which you should do if you’re interested), but if you’re a Mike Industries patron, feel free to contact me as well.”

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Freelance Web Designer at The Barbarian Group

Barbariangroup looking for really talented freelance web designers asap, jobs@barbariangroup.com (via Tumblr)

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Designer at The Barbarian Group

The Barbarian Group is looking for an awesome temp to perm designer. He or she must have the following qualifications:
- 5-7 years years of online design experience, which includes a management role
- Strong understanding of interaction design principles and best practices
- Idea generation and brainstorming skills
- Illustration skills not required but are a plus
- CSS / Markup skills not required but are a plus
- Excellent communication skills with past experience presenting to clients
- Self-starter, able to self-manage work, and adhere to deadlines
- Able to manage multiple projects at once while paying attention to detail
- Thick-skinned – knows how to take client feedback with a grain of salt
- Team player that can work well under tight deadlines in a fast paced environment

Please send a resume and sample work to jobs@barbariangroup.com

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Developer at The Barbarian Group

The Barbarian Group is looking for some awesome developers. He or she must have the following qualifications:
- 1+ years real-world experience building and maintaing large Ruby on Rails sites.
- Comfortable with the full stack. Feels at-home writing clean, compliant HTML+CSS one day, and optimizing databases the next.
- Self-starter, able to self-manage work, and adhere to deadlines
- Able to manage multiple projects at once while paying attention to detail
- Team player that can work well under tight deadlines in a fast paced environment

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Art Director at The Barbarian Group

The Barbarian Group is looking for an awesome Art Director. If you have at least 5 years of work experience in the digital space, are comfortable executing on your own or alongside our CD’s, we are looking for you! You will be providing art direction to designers on a wide range of projects, and will be interacting with the client as a key representative when presenting creative ideas. When applicable, you may lead brainstorming sessions, as well as filtering ideas into sellable components.
Please send all resumes and sample work to jobs@barbariangroup.com if interested.

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Poynter’s 2010 College Fellowship

Poynter’s 2010 College Fellowship (May 16-28) is an intensive, two-week program in which students work in a classroom and on a beat to report and produce stories about the local community. They will have countless opportunities for one-on-one coaching with Poynter faculty and professional journalists.

The Fellowship is open to college juniors, seniors, grad students and recent graduates interested in all forms of journalism. The deadline for applications is Monday, March 1.

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News Designer at Las Vegas Sun

The Las Vegas Sun, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2009, is searching for a multi-faceted designer. Candidates should have strong
conceptual design skills and experience with Adobe Creative Suite and a newspaper pagination system (we use SaxoTech) and should bring good humor to
a small and innovative news team.

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Adjunct Video Professor at The Medill School of Journalism

The Medill School of Journalism seeks an accomplished video storyteller with experience in public affairs, business or science journalism to join the school’s unique program in Washington, D.C. The job is a fulltime, temporary adjunct position. The successful applicant will be an outstanding visual storyteller with experience in original video production for broadcast and non-broadcast platforms and a strong record of enterprise journalism.

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Information Graphics Designer and Editor at The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal’s information graphics department seeks two top-notch visual journalists. The candidates must possess mastery of Adobe Illustrator as a tool for visual story-telling through drawings, charts and diagrams. Experience with 3-D applications, such as Cinema 4D, would be beneficial.

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Infographic Artist at La Tercera in Santiago, Chile

We are looking for an infographic person with experiencia, to become a member of the multimedia and infographic team at the newspaper La Tercera, in Santiago, CHile. We need someone that can dominate drawing tools for vectors and 3d, and that has worked in a newspaper or magazine, with a strong graphic sense and able to work under pressure.

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Summer Infographics Internship at The Seattle Times

The Seattle Times is offering a paid, 10-week summer internship in the News Graphics Department for students pursuing a career in journalism. Applicants can expect to have a full workload of daily graphics aimed at all areas of the paper as well as online. Opportunities also exist for our interns to take creative leadership roles in medium and large-scope projects.

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Visual Journalist at Newsday

Do you still love newspapers, but understand they must change? At Newsday, we do too, and we’re looking for visual journalists who want to help drive the transformation. You’re the ideal candidate if you’re the best designer at your current paper, love working as part of a supportive team and want to grow as a newspaper and online designer.

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Photo/Multimedia Editor at Greenspun Media Group

Greenspun Media Group, publisher of the Las Vegas Sun, is searching for an experienced Photojournalist to serve as Photo/Multimedia Editor for the company’s various publications. The successful candidate will have broad photo and video experience beyond conventional newspapers, ideally with a strong bent for alternative newspapers, magazines and on-line visual presentations.

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Digital Media Director at The Sun

We need a Digital-Media Director at The Sun, a nonprofit, ad-free magazine in its thirty-sixth year of publication. Duties include directing The Sun’s digital-media efforts; writing and editing online copy; recommending and producing digital formats for magazine and book content; producing e-mail ad campaigns; and overseeing The Sun’s computer network. The job requires editorial and/or project-management experience (preferably in an online environment), a thorough understanding of social media, and HTML skills. This is a full-time position in our editorial office in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

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Other posts that might interest you:

• January 2010 job opportunities
• March 2010 job and internship opportunities
• December 2009 job opportunities

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