Applications are open for the Wilson Center Photography Internship 2024. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
About Wilson Center Photography Internship
Opportunity Details
The External Relations department at the Wilson Center seeks an energetic and self-motivated student or recent graduate interested and skilled in event photography. Consistently ranked as one of the top think tanks in the world, the Wilson Center provides opportunities for hands-on experience working on a wide range of issues that impact today's public policy debates.
The intern would work with the Wilson Center's External Relations department - a dynamic team managing external communications for Wilson Center events, publications, media relations, and digital communications.
The intern performs a range of photography duties including:
- Photographing live events in an auditorium and or conference room setting to include speakers at podium, panel discussions, award ceremonies, etc.
- Photographing posed shots of groups and individuals for portrait/headshots.
- Occasional landscape or architectural photography of the Wilson Center and historic sites around DC.
- Sometime travelling to external locations for offsite event photography (embassies, Congressional offices, etc).
- Post-production work to include photo editing, caption writing, uploading into a DAM system.
Benefits of Wilson Center Photography Internship
- This is a paid internship. Interns will receive $17.80 per hour working 25 hours a week for a total of 12 weeks.
Wilson Center Photography Internship Requirements
Applicants should possess the following skills and experience:
- Experience with DSLR cameras.
- Proficient understanding of operating Canon cameras.
- Skilled in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop.
- Proficient understanding of shooting in manual mode.
- Experience with and comfortable photographing people and live events.
- Possess strong research, writing, and/or administrative skills.
- Be detail-oriented.
- Be able to work both independently and as part of a team.
- Be enrolled in a degree program, recently graduated (within the last year), and/or have been accepted to enter an advanced degree program within the next year.
Application Date and Process
To apply, please submit a resume, cover letter, and links to an online portfolio of your work via e-mail [email protected] with "[Season] [Year] Internship" in the subject line (e.g. "Fall 2024 Internship").
The deadline is rolling. Applications are accepted until the positions are filled. Due to the high volume of resumes, only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.
Application Deadline
01 August, 2024
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