Spring 2010 Intern - The Frisky? Style JournalismPosted: October 4, 2009
Please Note: Internships are UNPAID and structured to last approximately 12 weeks. Course Credit is available. Students should have a strong academic record (3.0 strongly preferred) and good character. Students must have completed their sophomore year in college prior to the start of the internship. In addition, students may not have graduated college or graduate school prior to the start of the internship (i.e. students must still be enrolled in school during the time of the internship). Students seeking college credit are strongly encouraged to apply. Note to International Students: All international students will be required to provide documentation of proper visa paperwork prior to your arrival if accepted to the program. Only J1 or F1 visas will be accepted. Deadline for Spring Internships is December 11, 2009. Due to the high volume of candidates for Turners Internship Program, interested students are encouraged to apply for openings as soon as possible, as these positions will be filled on an ongoing basis. Future semester Internship postings will be available after the current semester deadline. Department: The Frisky is the first sex & relationships infotainment brand for women seeking an authentic, yet uniquely funny and irreverent perspective on love, life, and pop culture. The Frisky offers a smart and sincere POV that informs, entertains and connects women from various walks of life by emphasizing their shared experiences in matters of the heart and body. The Frisky targets the sexually liberated, sexually savvy demographic of My Boys,? Friends,? and Sex and the City?, whose audience has come of age in the digital era. They enjoy R-rated movies and TV-MA sitcoms, read womens magazines brimming with sexy articles and advertising, and are nonplused by the ubiquity of explicit material on the Internet. They are highly web-savvy, and seek a highly entertaining one-stop destination which examines the full spectrum of lifestyle topics through the universal lens of sex & relationships. Potential Opportunities: -Conceiving of, reporting, and writing blog posts. -Monitoring news feeds on various sites. -Maintaining calendars of upcoming events and releases in pop culture -Organizing writers invoices and information -Maintaining blogger outreach database -Providing marketing support such as supporting social media strategy on Facebook and other sites -Additional support, as needed Qualifications: -Writing and reporting skills -Ability to juggle many tasks at once -Attention to detail -Active in social media -Familiarity with a variety of news sources -Experience with web publishing, video editing, Photoshop preferably Photoshop Elements -Previous blog experience preferred Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. and its subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity Employers. Please refer to job code 114977BR when responding to this ad.
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| | Location: | New York, NY | | County: | New York County | | ZIP Code: | 10001 | | Pay Rate: | Open | | Job Terms: | full time | | Company: | Time Warner Cable Inc. | | Phone: | email only please | | Fax: | email only please |
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