If you are…

• An active social media user and have a passion for engaging with others interested in writing, storytelling, and reporting
• Keen to use your time abroad to practice your photography/video skills
• Interested in enriching your CV with work experience related to communication
• Keeping up with social networks  letting your friends and family back home know what adventures you’re having in Greece

We are looking for…

A group of motivated, resourceful and social media-active students to serve as Media Lab Interns. The interns will work directly with the Media Team to strategize, craft and execute content for CYA’s social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and CYA Blog). The internship is supervised by CYA communications professor Dr. Demetris Kamaras, who will once a week provide a specialized workshop for the interns, discussing topics like social media and digital literacy, storytelling, agenda-setting and messaging systems, workplace communications, information design, cultural intelligence and more.

Applicants should have a demonstrated interest in one or more of the following: social media, photography and video, writing, blogging. Please include previous work samples, if available. Most importantly, we are looking for the creativity and eagerness to create interesting and engaging multimedia content.

 

The Essentials

The role requires a commitment of approximately 6-8 hours a week, which includes attendance at meetings and coverage of stories spread across:

• Student life (inside apartments, at the school, etc.)
• City life (sitting for a Greek coffee, walking around Athens, etc.)
• Learning abroad (CYA-sponsored trips, on-site classes, inside the classroom, extracurricular activities, landmarks)
• Growing, living, learning, and traveling in Greece & Europe
• Day-to-day exploration including housing, cultural immersion, Greek Culture and Society
• Events throughout the semester

Why Apply?

• The role offers interns an immersion into digital media and communications within a prestigious academic environment
• The internship is made to conveniently fit in your busy study-abroad schedule
• Strengthen your portfolio and resume, while sharpening your creative and communication skills
• Earn a warm letter of recommendation at the end of the semester to further consolidate your work experience, skills and achievements
• Have fun reporting on your amazing study abroad experience!

 

Duties

• Collaborate with the CYA Media Team in weekly meetings and attend workshops
• Report on the CYA experience: take photographs and videos, interview fellow students and faculty, collect quotes, tell stories.
• Conceptualize, create and publish multimedia content that enhances the CYA experience, shares success stories, builds meaningful connections and encourages engagement
• Employ innovative tactics to grow CYAs social media audiences
• Serve as a representative for the CYA Media Team, which includes seeking out story ideas for CYA social media, CYA BLOG and CYA Website, encouraging fellow students and the academic community to engage with us, utilizing our social media (such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube) to connect with public audiences

Applicants should submit:

A short cover letter explaining why you think you should be selected for this internship and what you can bring to CYAs Media Team with a list of examples (with relevant links) to your personal writing/photography work, social-media activity, as well as any pages that you currently manage, to [email protected]

Application Deadline: January 6, 2020

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NB: This is an unpaid work-study position. 

 -Media Lab internship flyer