Internship & Job Openings

March 2010 job and internship opportunities

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We are happy to bring you 20 multimedia-related jobs and internships this month from employers such as DNAinfo, AARP, The New York Times, Second Story, and Oracle. We are continually looking to expand our job listing to include international opportunities, so please contact us if you are an employer and have opportunities abroad. Happy job hunting everyone!

Multimedia Storyteller at The International Monetary Fund in Washington D.C.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) based in Washington D.C. is ramping-up its communication outreach in the area of multimedia, interactive and video technologies. Key to this outreach is the use of visual story telling to illuminate the work of the Fund and how it affects populations around the World.

Effective immediately, the IMF has an opening for a full-time contractual multimedia storyteller. The position requires an experienced individual capable of producing photographs, video and audio using Adobe and Final Cut Pro applications to tell compelling stories concerning the work of the Fund.

Specifically the position requires capturing and acquiring content and composing stories for distribution to the Internet and Worldwide news media outlets. Some international traveled required. Full benefits provided. All tools provided including a recently constructed HD broadcast capable Multimedia Center.

Send inquiries and include contact information to Phughes@imf.org.

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Microsoft jobs, internships, software

Microsoft Students to Business (S2B) connects Microsoft-skilled students with partners and customers for entry-level and internship positions.

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Design and art director at AARP in Washington DC

AARP is seeking an experienced and savvy design art director to shape the visual identity of aarp.org and related digital properties. The successful candidate will be a top-notch design talent and editorial thinker, able to conceive and execute great content (practical, inspirational, and aspirational) for people striving to live their best lives after age 50.

Must have significant design and management experience in consumer-facing media, including several years in a web environment, with exceptional creative chops in the use of photography, illustrations, multimedia, and web tools; must play extremely well with others (up, down, and sideways) in a complex organization that is not a pure publishing/content play; and must be utterly unflappable in an occasionally chaotic environment. Specialized editorial design experience in of one or more of our prime content areas (health, food, personal finance, work, lifelong learning, entertainment, travel, social activism, state and national legislative developments, relationships, home and garden, volunteering, and technology), especially through a 50+ prism, is a huge plus.

Apply by going to aarpjobs.com

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Multimedia Sales Consultant at Oracle (work from home!)

The graphics designer will be responsible for working with a team of pre-sales specialists to develop concepts for the communication of Oracle’s sales messages to customers and internal stakeholders. Will work independently and as part of a team to create, modify, refine, and integrate original artwork representing these concepts into a variety of presentation media, including print, video, computer-based presentations, written proposals and multimedia channels. Will work independently and as part of a team to develop, build out and deploy multimedia assets in a variety of pre-sales projects in support of sales objectives.

The Graphics Designer will have several years of experience in illustration, graphic design, and graphic production in a business environment. Skills and experience with design, development and production in video, animation, and storyboarding are highly desirable.

Strong candidates will have recent experience and strong hands on skills with industry standard tools for graphic illustration and editing. Recent experience and strong hands on skills with industry standard tools for video production and post-production and computer-based presentation and animation are highly desirable.

If interested in pursuing this opportunity, please send resume to julie.boyer@oracle.com.

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Multimedia Intern at The New York Times in New York City, NY

The job requires good design skills and the ability to execute. The successful candidate must be fluent in a number of front-end technologies and must have a strong, demonstrable interest in journalism. We’re looking into three distinct areas for our upcoming internships. If you fall into one or more categories below, we encourage you to apply.

- Front-end Interactive Designer: full skill-set of client-side technologies including HTML, CSS and JavaScript/Prototype. Experience with Ruby on Rails is a plus.

- Motion Design Storyteller: working knowledge of AfterEffects and Photoshop in producing motiongraphics. Final Cut a plus. We are looking for someone to help grow the motion design side of storytelling. So applicant must have a strong sense of timing and narrative and have the ability to implement a variety of creative styles.

- Interactive Flash Journalist: Advanced programming knowledge and experience in Flash and ActionScript 3. Experience with Photoshop and Illustrator is a plus.

Read more about this opportunity.

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Social Media Marketing Manager at The New York Times in New York City, NY

NYTimes.com is seeking a highly motivated and collaborative team-player with social media marketing expertise and a fanatical passion for The New York Times brand, blogging, micro-blogging, community and Web 2.0.

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Web Developer at The New York Times in New York City, NY

The Frontend Developer is responsible for implementing Web 2.0 functionality to enhance the dynamism and usability of Nytimes.com by utilizing JavaScript, CSS, and HTML in new and exciting ways. The successful candidate will be an expert in JavaScript and its prominent libraries such as Prototype and Scriptaculous, highly proficient in CSS and semantic HTML, and competent in PHP 5 or other modern object oriented programming language. Other responsibilities include ongoing site maintenance and technical documentation. Strong communication skills are a must as this position interacts heavily with many departments within Nytimes.com.

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Web Designer at The New York Times in New York City, NY

This person will design new editorial and application areas of New York Times digital products, including NYTimes.com, mobile properties and applications for alternative platforms. He or she will enhance existing features and functionality as well as develop new digital products from scratch. A strong competency in information architecture/interaction design and creating superior user interface designs are a must. Experience in high-volume Web-based publishing is a plus. The position will also include design documentation, producing isolated instances of code and general collaboration in the design process.

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Summer Interns at DNAinfo in New York City, NY

DNAinfo is a local news Web site that covers stories in Manhattan’s neighborhoods. We produce original stories about politics, education, courts, transportation, arts and entertainment, sports, crime, real estate, and all other subjects of interest to New Yorkers. We’re a fully multimedia site, where reporters are expected to report, write, take photographs, shoot and edit video, contribute to multimedia flash interactives, and do on-camera work.

Summer interns will be immersed in the day-to-day work of the newsroom, including reporting on breaking news stories around the borough, writing stories, shooting photographs, working on multimedia interactives and shooting and editing video. We are looking for self-starters, sharp writers and people who reflect the voice of the city on a street-by-street basis.

We are accepting summer Interns to work full time, for a minimum of 8 weeks. The internship will be paid. The schedule is flexible but within the window of Monday through Friday, 6 a.m. To 7 p.m. Our offices are located at 1414 6th Avenue, near 58th Street.

Interested applicants should email their resume, 3 – 5 clips and references to Nicole Bode at nbode@dnainfo.com. Include a link to your online portfolio or zipped files if applicable.

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Web Designer at 1105 Media in San Francisco, CA

1105 Media is looking for an innovative Web Designer to join our Creative Services team. As a Web Designer you will be responsible for designing our conference and tradeshow websites and all forms of promotional collateral including banner and email creative.

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Web Project Manager at 1105 Media in Falls Church, VA

The product manager is a pivotal role in the digital media group of the Government Information Group business unit. Reporting to the director of digital media, this individual is responsible for managing ongoing product initiatives and facilitating the launch of new product initiatives for the digital media group with responsibility to manage schedule, scope, budget, quality, requirements, and rollout activities. Project management experience is required and the ability to manage multiple projects and clients simultaneously.

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Technology Reporter at 1105 Media in Falls Church, VA

1105 Government Information Group, a division of 1105 Media, Inc., is seeking a Technology Reporter/Journalist in our Falls Church, VA office. The ideal candidate will research and report on original technology news on a daily basis, and write feature stories for GCN’s audience of government agency information technology managers.

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Lead Interaction Designer at Second Story in Portland, OR

Second Story seeks an experienced interaction designer or design director to lead the creative execution of innovative interactive media projects. The lead designer is a visionary thinker, an innovator, and a natural leader with a proven understanding of interactive technologies and storytelling techniques. As a core part of a project team, the lead designer will define the projects’ creative trajectory, including early strategy and concept development, and will create documentation that defines and articulates the experience design through to execution of visual design and overseeing design production.

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Lead Interactive Media Designer at Second Story in Portland, OR

Second Story seeks a multi-talented individual that bridges interaction, motion, and environmental design to lead the creative execution of large-scale interactive media installations. This hybrid designer has a proven understanding of interaction beyond the Web where innovative technologies, non-traditional interfaces, and physical space converge to immerse visitors in memorable experiences. As a core part of a project team, the lead interactive media designer will define a project’s creative trajectory from early strategy to the development of visual, physical, motion, and interaction design to implementation.

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Interactive Developer at Second Story in Portland, OR

Second Story seeks an experienced interactive developer to inform and execute innovative interactive media projects. The interactive developer is a visionary thinker with an inquisitive mind to learn new technologies and is accomplished at expressing creativity through Actionscript and Flash to build informative, useable, and inspiring media installations, multi-touch surfaces, and immersive Web sites. As a core member of the project team the interactive developer collaborates with designers, producers, and production coordinators to inform the projects’ development trajectory, including prototyping, planning, architecting, and executing code.

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Front-end Web Developer at Second Story in Portland, OR

Second Story seeks a front-end Web developer to build innovative Web sites using HTML/CSS and JavaScript. The front-end Web developer is an accomplished developer who is passionate and knowledgeable about the opportunities modern Web UI frameworks provide to build informative, useable, and inspiring Web sites. As a core part of the project team the front-end Web developer informs the designer’s creative vision, builds prototypes to prove concepts, creates development plans, and implements the architecture and executes the code to ultimately translate designs into engaging interactive interfaces.

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Web Developer at Second Story in Portland, OR

Second Story seeks an experienced Web developer to build the databases, Web services, and content management systems that drive the studio’s various interactive projects. The Web developer is passionate and knowledgeable about building reusable server-side frameworks based on Open Source Web technologies and programming practices including PHP, MySQL, Python, and Agile development. As a core member of the project team the Web developer collaborates with designers, producers, and production coordinators to inform the projects’ content management and database trajectory, including documenting, architecting, importing, managing, and developing systems and solutions that manage, serve, and maintain the content through Web based technologies.

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Infographic Artist at The Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Tribune is looking for the right person to join our infographics team. It is a fast-paced group that does graphics on a range of platforms and on an even wider range of subjects. Our team is a mixture of data visualizers, flash programmers, classic artists and enterprise reporters. Everyone does a little of everything with room for specialization and great opportunities to team up with the Tribune’s watchdog and data teams. The ideal person has the ability to conceptualize, report and execute infographics. This person has to be fast, motivated and ready to contribute to a media company that is not afraid to confront today’s challenges head-on. Media experience is a plus, but not required. We’re looking for a versatile skill set and high energy level. We want someone who can start fast and make an instant impact. Send resumes and work samples to the address below.

Unless otherwise instructed in the job description above, resumes and work samples should be sent to the contact name and address below:

Jonathon Berlin
Graphics editor
Chicago Tribune
400 N. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60612
USA

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Senior Designer at National Geographic Traveler in Washington D.C.

National Geographic Traveler has an immediate opening for a senior designer at its Washington, DC-based headquarters. Candidates must have 1-3 years design experience in magazine, newspaper and/or web design; possess excellent typographic skills, fluency in CS3/4 InDesign, Illustrator, and PhotoShop, and a solid knowledge of HTML/XML/CSS. Experience in interactive graphics (Flash/ActionScript), video, cartography, or photojournalism a plus. Must be detail-oriented with excellent communication skills. Please submit link to portfolio website or include an attachment with no more than 10 PDF samples of work. To learn more and to apply for the Sr. Designer position, visit www.nationalgeographic.com/jobs Job ID #4103 No telephone calls please.

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Multimedia Producer at Newsday.com in Melville, New York

The Multimedia Producer will be responsible for visually covering spot news, general news, features, sports, business and web only assignments in a professional journalistic manner in whatever medium – video, photography, audio, etc. – is most appropriate for the assignment. Job requires proven visual story-telling ability, proficiency in video, audio, digital photography processes (including Photoshop, Photo Mechanic, Final Cut, Soundtrack Pro, Motion, and other video and audio editing software) as well as proficiency with studio lighting and techniques. General computing skills such as text editors, spreadsheets, FTP, HTML as well as the ability to write clean copy are essential.

If you are interested in applying for this position, email your resume and a link to your online reel to arnold.miller@newsday.com and include in the subject line: Multimedia Producer – Interactive.

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Web Designer/Graphic Artist at Tulsa World in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Responsible for conceptualizing design and delivery of newsroom and advertising needs for tulsaworld.com. Will be responsible for internet animations, creation and deployment of multimedia projects for the company website. Will create maps, charts, diagrams and photo illustrations for the print product as well. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES 1.Bachelor’s degree in Web Design or related area. 2.Minimum of two years experience in art and design for web preferred. 3.Able to create maps, charts, diagrams and photo illustrations within tight deadlines. 4.Must have solid working experience using InDesign, and Acrobat and be able to work in both PC and Mac platforms. 5.Previous experience in newspaper design outside of college preferred. 6.Working knowledge of the news cycle desired. 7.Knowledge of common web-related terms, practices and procedures. 8.Advanced experience in the following: a)HTML b)Dreamweaver c)Flash d)ImageReady e)Photoshop f)Illustrator g)CSS h)JavaScript 9.Audio and video editing experiences a plus. 10.Creative thinker 11.Must understand web concepts, practices and procedures. 12.Must have acceptable attendance and punctuality record. 13.Able to work required hours. The qualified candidate should send resume, cover letter, electronic portfolio and salary history to: hr@tulsaworld.com or fax to (918)584-8966.

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• Internship and Job Opportunities, April 2010
• January 2010 job opportunities
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