Intern Opportunities for Fall 2024
It’s that time again when students head back to school, many looking for opportunities outside of their institutions. The Sanctuary offers many opportunities for internship placements, working hard to tailor experiences to each individual to honor their unique character and interests and also to ensure mutually beneficial experiences.
With a small staff and a large organization, interns are given a great deal of free space to create their work with weekly check ins with a staff person, so this opportunity is ideal for self-motivated students who can work independently.
Here are some examples of internship placements that we are seeking this semester:
Archiving: digitize media from the organization’s history, work on a digital timeline and our website, editing of videos and text.
Ideal for: someone with strong interpersonal and communication skills, basic editing software and website platform experience, and flexible when redirection is necessary.
Outcome: an understanding of preservation and good protocols, website development, and disability access.
Event Management: develop our community celebrations (December and June) by coordinating community groups, developing activities, organizing the layout, and outreach.
Ideal for: someone who is organized and likes to network in the community.
Outcome: leadership and communication skills, problem solving, and creative development.
Gardening and Land Stewardship: tend to Collard City Growers garden, inventory and seed libraries, and prepare of herbs for apothecary. This could include a media component.
Ideal for: someone with a basic understanding of a garden, someone who enjoys quiet work, someone who is careful as to not disturb a garden.
Outcome: plant knowledge, tool skill set, land-based healing principles
Social Media: create content for various social media platforms using archival media, creating new content, and sharing updates on content just created and the people creating them.
Ideal for: someone who enjoys online communication, willing to understand our mission and aesthetic, and someone who is consistent.
Outcome: learning basic social media and graphic design skills, working with accessibility needs, understanding a client’s need for branding continuity.
Data Analysis: work with Air Justice Lab to collect, organize, and process data from air monitors to then create accessible data visualization to advocate for air quality issues.
Ideal for: someone familiar with working with data and with an interest to make data accessible to community members.
Outcome: an understanding of direct impacts of air quality and gaining experience in open source data collection and analysis.
Radio: join a collective of producers, hosts, and engineers to create grassroots news content for Hudson Mohawk Magazine. Create work on themes that align with your research, passion, or activism.
Ideal for: someone who is curious, is willing to pursue interviews, is interested in the power of independent media.
Outcome: improve speaking and communication skills, create a portfolio of work, learn audio recording and editing, and understand collaborative production.
LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
To Apply: submit your cover letter and resume. Make sure to include your interest in the internship, how you heard about it, and its relevance to your interests (academically, professionally, personally). Also include which areas of focus you’re most interested in and your availability.
Send to:
[email protected]
With questions, call: 518-272-2390
