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Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum Internship

Organization
Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum
Job Description
Expectations:

  • Report directly to Museum Coordinator; at times report to other UMLAUF staff
  • Commit 10 hours per week, and adhere to a set schedule.
  • Be responsible, punctual and comfortable working independently or collaboratively
  • Be versed in discussing UMLAUF mission, Charles Umlauf’s art & life
  • Serve as an advocate of the UMLAUF
  • Keep current on exhibitions & activities at UMLAUF
  • Possess strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs
  • Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite

Duties may include but are not limited to:

  • Greet visitors and share information about the UMLAUF collection, current exhibitions and upcoming programming
  • Lead tours of the collection and current exhibitions
  • Perform general administrative duties
  • Answer phones
  • Use Mailchimp, excel, and computer database programs to update emails lists and visitor information.
  • Assist with uploading new content to our website and social media sites.
  • Assist with mailings, assemble packets, and other duties as assigned

About the museum:
The UMLAUF Sculpture Garden & Museum exhibits the work of Charles Umlauf and other contemporary sculptors in a natural setting and provides educational experiences that encourage the understanding and appreciation of sculpture.

Term of internship: September- December 2016 – with potential for renewal and increased hours. Monthly stipend provided.

Address
605 Robert E Lee Rd
Austin , TX 78704
United States
To Apply
If you are interested in applying for an internship at Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum. Email your resume and brief letter of interest: diane.sikes@umlaufsculpture.org

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GO! Austin / VAMOS! Austin – Communications Intern (Part-Time)

Organizational Overview

GO! Austin / VAMOS! Austin (GAVA) is a coalition of residents, community leaders, nonprofits and other institutions that collaborate to improve the health of the Dove Springs (78744) and 78745 communities. Through community organizing strategies, GAVA staff work to develop resident­-led teams and initiatives that increase access to and participation in physical activity and improved nutrition. GAVA supporters have agreed to align their resources and expertise for greater positive impact, especially as it relates to the health of children.

Communications Intern Description

This position provides an intern with the opportunity to participate in efforts to expand a resident-led coalition’s capacity by engaging and growing our audience of funders, community stakeholders, and residents. The intern will be able to apply knowledge learned in coursework related to media and marketing strategies for a wide variety of audiences, and build a bilingual portfolio of work for future employers.  Though GAVA currently works with eight organizational partners and over 1,100 community residents, we are looking to reach more stakeholders among the 100,000 residents in the two zip codes. We are also looking to improve our fundraising efforts through improved communications strategies, which will give the intern an opportunity to participate in our fundraising campaign. Our regular communications effort would include: a monthly bilingual newsletter and calendar, a Facebook page, GAVA website updates, press releases for our public agenda, publications that may assist in fundraising efforts, and internal documents for our ongoing organizing/leadership development portfolio. This intern will work closely with GAVA’s Community Directors, our Partnerships and Development Associate, potentially our Community Organizers.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will be bilingual in Spanish and English, and have a deep understanding of the communities in which the work will be done, and an ability to relate to and connect with individuals and groups within the two zip codes.  Candidate will demonstrate computer proficiency, ability to work independently, and excellent written and oral communication skills in both English and Spanish.  Candidate must also demonstrate knowledge of different media and engagement strategies to connect with a variety of audiences.  Ability to work with Adobe Creative Suite is a plus. Applicants must be able to inspire resident stakeholders through narratives of our organization’s work.

Functions

  • Identify and create connections to / platforms on media outlets that would further the GAVA mission to reach target audiences

  • Develop marketing plan for GAVA events on social media and published media sites with guidance from Community Directors

  • Manage GAVA’s Facebook page and Squarespace web page, creating bilingual posts

  • Manage publication and distribution of monthly bilingual newsletter

  • Create bilingual press releases related to key wins and activities

  • Work with the Partnerships and Development Associate to create communications strategy to attract funding opportunities and develop relationships with major funders

  • Participate in supervisory and team meetings as available.

 Learning Opportunities:

  • Participate in an effort to grow our reach to community stakeholders

  • Utilize classroom knowledge to create a sustainable marketing campaign to engage a variety of audiences (community residents, local nonprofits, government entities, and funders)

  • Participate in fundraising campaign through targeted marketing and media efforts

  • Build bilingual portfolio of work for future employment opportunities

Requirements

  • Must be bilingual in English and Spanish

  • Strong, professional written and verbal communication skills, including business, creative writing and simple writing for audiences with limited formal education.

  • Have knowledge of social media and marketing strategies

  • Provide own transportation and cell phone; local travel required

Qualities of a successful candidate:

  • Proactive, detail-oriented, and collaborative

  • Responsible, creative, organized, and enthusiastic

  • Working on a degree in communications and or another relevant field

  • Digital marketing strategy and online marketing experience is a plus

Position Details

  • Part-time, unpaid internship with flexible schedule (min 5 hrs/week; max 20 hrs/week)

  • GAVA will help students submit requirements for academic credit as needed

Address
2512 S IH 35
suite #350
Austin, TX 78704
United States
To Apply
Please submit a brief statement of interest, resume, and three references. Also provide a brief writing sample in Spanish and English (no more than one page). All submissions will be received at: gava@marathonkids.org

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Urban Mining Company Internships

Urban Mining Company (UMC) manufactures rare earth, permanent magnets. The specific magnet we make is referred to by its main elements: NdFeB.  These magnets are used in a variety of applications including hard disk drives, wind turbines, electric motors, and MRI machines. We make them by recycling old magnets of the same kind. Roughly 85-90% of the world’s supply of these magnets comes from China, and none are currently being manufactured in the USA.  We want to bring back that industry.

We are looking for someone to help us establish and manage our online presence by creating and disseminating content. We currently have a website, and we aren’t at this stage looking for assistance with that.  Initially, what we need is somebody who can set up, manage, and update/run profiles on the variety of social media outlets. Eventually, we may expand into other online fora.  We have most of the content already drafted in other formats: scientific papers, white papers, etc. We need someone who can take pieces of these, and turn them into shorter individual posts and articles on the various services we would join. Aside from just posting them, we need someone proficient enough with social media to try and send these items, or updates to certain targeted companies and individuals. We also need someone who can write well, and ideally someone who possesses a basic understanding of, or interest in science and engineering (but by no means is any kind of subject matter expertise required here). If the person shows skill, this role could expand to include additional responsibilities.

If interested, contact Michele Leonelli at michele@urbanminingco.com.