Digital Arts & Media

November 27, 2023, Filed Under: Internship

Spring 2024 Internship through the HAHN FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

HAHN FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Hahn is seeking a Fellow with a strong understanding of communications and content creation, looking to launch their career in the integrated communications field. This part-time internship position will tentatively run January-May 2024. The role is ideal for a talented undergraduate senior or graduate student, or an early-career professional.

Who You Are

A recent or soon-to-be college graduate with previous work experience through internships or other related work, producing demonstrated results while working on a fast-paced communications team.

Demonstrate excellent communication skills, a passion for learning and a desire to be an integral part of a collaborative and creative team.

Knowledgeable on the digital and traditional media landscape and basic communications strategies and tactics.
Detail-oriented, agile and eager to contribute and learn from industry professionals.
Possess strong project management, time management and organizational skills.
Enjoy researching and keeping up with media consumption habits and media trends.
Interested in account management.

Responsibilities

Writing, editing and distributing PR plans, releases, pitches, talking points, Q&As and client emails.
Media monitoring of online and broadcast coverage using Meltwater.

Conducting industry research, building media lists, supporting traditional and digital PR campaigns and performing other duties as necessary.

Benefits Summary

Compensation at $25 an hour
Flexible work location within Texas: from fully remote to fully in the office and anything in between.
High-quality tech including company-issued laptop
Company-funded training and professional development resources
Opportunities to participate in high-level strategic meetings and workshops, agency quarterly business reviews, and other professional development opportunities

To Apply

This role is based within Texas. If you are interested, please apply here by submitting a resume and writing/project samples.

Hahn’s Mission

The Hahn team is powered by rich origin stories with brands that make a difference in daily life—from your grocery cart to lighting your home. We believe in our clients’ futuristic and sustainable missions to bring ease and nourishment to the day.

Our 50-plus experts leverage a mix of predictive models and data science to inform sharp communications strategies and wonderfully creative campaigns. This ensures we can best promote and protect our clients in the food, beverage and energy sectors.

Hahn’s Food & Beverage practice focuses on diverse clients who are stewards of the land and sea giving delicious and nutrient-rich experiences. We love telling emerging stories of brands and commodities rooted in longstanding heritage, integrity, and innovation. Our Energy & Essentials practice focuses on clients working behind the scenes to make life better. They power homes and businesses, build roads and play integral roles in the supply chain.

The agency was founded in 1974 and has team members working remotely in a number of cities across the country with its home office in Austin, Texas.

August 2, 2023, Filed Under: Internship

Fall 2023 Internships with Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

UNDERGRADUATE INTERNSHIP JOB DESCRIPTION

DURATION: Seasonal FALL-SPRING 2023

Start date: September 6, 2023 End date: April 26, 2024

Working dates and hours: The working dates within each semester will be defined by the Wildflower Center but follow the calendar for the University of Texas.

Intern is expected to complete a total of 456 hours over the course of the 24-week internship (12 weeks in fall and 12 weeks of spring). Weekly hours may fluctuate. The total number of hours is based on a 19-hour work week.

COMPENSATION: $8000 Stipend (paid in six installments over the fall and spring semesters through the scholarships office)

INTERNSHIP SUMMARY

The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center offers internships to qualified undergraduate student applicants, attending the University of Texas and surrounding colleges, in the fields of communications, operations, education, horticulture and research. This program frames the Center on 284 acres of gardens, woodlands, and savannas with nature trails as a teaching and learning center for students to gain real world, hands-on, practical experience with field experts.

The goal of this internship program is to foster job skills in nonprofit and environmental careers for undergraduate students in a variety of departments:

Note: Each of these departments will host an intern. Interns will not work in every department. Please specify your area(s) of interest by the title presented below in your cover letter.

Horticulture- Intern will have an opportunity to apply the skills from the classroom in a botanic garden. Intern will assist staff horticulturists with regular maintenance in garden, nursery, and greenhouses with propagation. Work includes weeding, planting, watering, pruning, grooming, preparing beds, mulching and labeling.

Education- Student will assist staff in conducting educational programs and the implementation of self-guided resources for teachers. Interns will gain experience with guest engagement as they interact with guests of all ages during programs. Intern will have the opportunity to develop a project around informal learning/interpretation.

Finance‐ Accounting/Finance/Business Student will gain experience working in a Finance department. Intern will assist staff with various office duties including data entry, filing (electronic included), data validation, and developing and testing standard operating procedure (SOP). Other opportunity to learn & apply skills in analysis, ad‐hoc reporting, creating dashboard, including using MS Excel, Adobe Acrobat, Smartsheet, SharePoint, and Tableau.

Communications- The Communications intern will assist communications staff with editorial and content support, public and media relations and digital marketing efforts. The Comms intern will hone their writing and marketing skills and will learn a wide range of communication strategies.

Graphic Design – The design intern will assist communications staff with graphic design to help with branded merchandise for the store, marketing, and social media efforts. This intern will hone design application skills to create elements in line with the Center’s brand guidelines and introduce seasonal branded merchandise to our shop.

Science and Conservation- Students will have the opportunity to join our research team on a variety of ongoing studies relating to habitat restoration, fire ecology, and pollinator conservation. This work will be highly collaborative, and will include fieldwork, data collection, plant identification, data organization, and outreach. Interns must be comfortable with spending time outside and working as part of a team

NPONA- Fall semester only. The intern will work with the Native Plants of North America (NPONA) program coordinator to prepare digital images and data for publication on the NPONA website. Work includes building a large data set and processing digital images in preparation for online publication. The intern should be proficient in MS Excel. Knowledge of Photoshop and a basic understanding of botanical nomenclature helpful but not required.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Interns are required to fulfill a minimum 456-hour commitment during 24-weeks of fall 2023 and spring 2024 program.
Work with various departmental staff to observe and learn about the daily operations.
Position alternates time in the offices and in public areas with staff, volunteers and guests.
Attend department meetings.
Interns will complete a project throughout their internship and will give a presentation of their experience to staff at the completion of the internship.
Ability to take direction and work in a team environment.
Duties may include clerical or office tasks, that may be done remotely.
Ability to work efficiently with minimal direct supervision.
Interns may be required to perform moderate physical activities such as bending, lifting and pushing while working in an outdoor environment in hot temperatures.
Interns must have the ability to work outside in all types of weather.

QUALIFICATIONS

Must be a currently enrolled as an undergrad student attending the University of Texas
Must have reliable transportation to and from 4801 La Crosse Ave. Austin, TX 78739.
Must be able to work in person a portion of the week.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

Cover letter
Resume
Transcript

Apply via Handshake: https://app.joinhandshake.com/jobs/7994571/share_preview?initial_page=4

July 26, 2023, Filed Under: Internship

Product Development Internship with Evolution Spine – Fall 2023

About the Role

This internship opportunity is intended to support the product development team. This role includes contributing to the successful execution of the design and development of medical devices for the spine market, assisting senior engineers in bringing a product from idea/concept through design, prototyping, development testing, design verification and validation, manufacturing, FDA approvals, product introduction and post introduction monitoring.

Benefits for Students Include:

· Experience working in the medical device field.

· Networking opportunities and mentorship with experts in the field

· Exposure to Product development, from concept to prototype and release to production.

· Exposure to medical device regulations (FDA, ISO, MDSAP)

Preferred Skills:

· Excellent analytical, report writing and problem solving skills

· Read and understand engineering drawings (GD&T)

· Good written and verbal communication skills

· 3D modeling experience (Solidworks or equivalent)

· Excellent time management

· Ability to work well in a hybrid team environment

· Candidates must be proficient in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word

Physical Demands, duties of this position are varied and will include:

· May require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data

· Repetitive measurements and mechanical testing

· Repetitive manual movements are frequently required (e.g. using a computer mouse, caliper measurements, using a calculator, etc.)

Term: Fall 2023

Experience: Some form of work experience preferred