Internships

Assistant Art Director (Web & Graphics) Intern
The Pursuit Studio Website Redesign and Incorporating the
Reach For Freedom: Heal Child Abuse Music Project Blog Into the New Design (Spring Semester 2024)

Location: Virtual-Remote
Type: Part Time, Unpaid (Potential for paid depending on funding).
Number of positions available for Spring semester 2024: 2

Industries: Arts & Entertainment
Genre: Episodic, Film, Healing Arts, Literary, Music

DESCRIPTION: ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR (Graphics/Web)

Your primary responsibility will be to assist the business owner with redesigning the current WordPress website, and incorporating an award-winning external blog as a new page into the new design through research, development, computer graphics & web design, music podcasts, video recording and editing, and communications, including social media, crowdsourcing and other campaigns support.

Benefits/Rewards

  1. Working with an award-winning art director/editor/writer/blogger/marketer.
  2. Achieving real world work experience working with the business owner while perfecting your design skills and talent.
  3. Credit as a assistant art director on projects after all work is completed and the amount and quality of your contributions is assessed.
  4. Letter of recommendation (based on completion of duties, requirements and work quality).
    NOTE: After graduation, former interns secured employment in their chosen fields with NBCUniversal (Production Coordinator), National Geographic (Executive Assistant/Production Coordinator), The Snow Agency (Copywriter), Craft Worldwide (Print Production Coordinator) and are self-employed entrepreneurs serving various clients, and/or are focused on producing their own projects.

DUTIES & REQUIREMENTS

  • Plan, develop, create, and implement digital content strategy for the project.
  • Provide design, layout and programming for WordPress.com website to meet marketing needs.
  • Design digital print, audio and video communications and campaigns to attract and secure influencers and other potential stakeholders via social media messages, emails, e-newsletter, reports, presentations, trailers, videos, music playlists and podcasts and other visual content (as needed).
  • Work independently with your own hardware and software programs, and have reliable Internet connectivity.
  • Work collaboratively with the art director/editor/blogger and project team members.
  • Additional duties as discussed and agreed upon.

Public Relations/Marketing Assistant Intern
The Pursuit Studio Website Redesign and Incorporating the
Reach For Freedom: Heal Child Abuse Music Project Blog Into the New Design (Spring Semester 2024)

Location: Virtual-Remote
Type: Part Time, Unpaid (Potential for paid depending on funding).
Number of positions available for Spring semester 2024: 2

Industries: Arts & Entertainment
Genre: Episodic, Film, Healing Arts, Literary, Music

DESCRIPTION: PUBLIC RELATIONS/MARKETING ASSISTANT

Your primary responsibility will be to assist the business owner with the Reach for Freedom: Heal Child Abuse Music Project through research, development, and communications, including social media, crowdsourcing and possibly crowdfunding campaigns support. You will be copywriting, posting, and distributing media releases and website content, news monitoring, and more, and will be working closely with the owner to determine their PR needs.

Benefits/Rewards

  1. Networking & interaction opportunities with print and website music and health blogs, music producers, fans, and publications editors; news media, mental health organization and independent professionals focused on child abuse prevention and treatment , and individuals affected by and participating in child abuse.
  2. Working with an award winning art director/editor/writer/blogger/marketing professional.
  3. Credit as a public relations assistant on projects after all work is completed and the amount and quality of your contributions is assessed.
  4. Letter of recommendation to potential employers upon request (based on completion of duties, requirements and work quality).
    NOTE: After graduation, former interns secured employment in their chosen fields with NBCUniversal (Production Coordinator), National Geographic (Executive Assistant/Production Coordinator), The Snow Agency (Copywriter), Craft Worldwide (Print Production Coordinator) and are self-employed entrepreneurs serving various clients, and/or are focused on producing their own projects.

DUTIES & REQUIREMENTS

  • Plan, develop, create, and implement PR strategy for project.
  • Create engaging content for campaigns: e-newsletter, media releases, website, social media platforms, music platforms and blog page.
  • Update and maintain social media accounts.
  • Provide assistance with scheduling and organizing events.
  • Give input on marketing initiatives and suggest creative ways to improve the project.
  • Monitor media coverage on news and articles and create press clippings.
  • Create and update media list and media kit
  • Create statistics reports to gauge campaign success (e.g., news articles published, blog articles, requests for interviews, social media engagement, website views and comments, etc.)
  • Work independently with your own hardware and software programs, and have reliable Internet connectivity.
  • Work collaboratively with the client and project team members.
  • Additional duties as discussed and agreed upon.

Start Date (Spring 2024):  January 16, 2024
End date (Spring 2024):  April 9, 2024
Total Weeks: 12
NOTE: Start & End dates are negotiable based upon your schedule and/or school internship requirements (if applicable)

Hours Required: Eight (8) to Sixteen (16) per week
NOTE: Hours required negotiable based upon your schedule and/or school internship requirements (if applicable)

QUALIFICATIONS (General and Specific For Both Positions)

You are creative, enthusiastic, have excellent written and verbal communication skills, are a collaborative team player with a “let’s do this” attitude, are detail-oriented with the ability to prioritize multiple projects, and value the ability to work independently and in a time-efficient manner. Depending upon your specific position, you are proficient in Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office, WordPress, video digital editing, Facebook, X(Twitter), Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, podcasting, and video conferencing platforms (e.g., Google Meet, Zoom).

You are passionate about telling stories that share a greater reality beyond the usual or ordinary that are challenging, pioneering. You are comfortable with controversial themes and subjects, see the beauty in representing diverse perspectives (sexuality, gender, age, spirituality, cultures, nationalities, universalities). Also, you are bright, organized, motivated, have a professional demeanor, have a passion for the arts and entertainment, and a willingness to learn and dare to shine.

Skills you’ll learn or build upon (depending upon your interests & time length with us)

  • fan interfacing and engagement
  • helping “clients” heal, grow and change
  • art direction
  • impact assessment
  • interviewing and producing
  • project management
  • social media management
  • campaign planning
  • campaign execution
  • digital storytelling
  • professional networking
  • media professionals engagement
  • music professionals engagement
  • child abuse health professionals engagement
  • child abuse survivors and child abusers engagement
  • spirituality, religious professionals engagement
  • healing artists engagement
  • professional project team collaboration
  • video conferencing
  • podcasting

We are committed to having our interns and volunteers become secure in your chosen field with the tools and knowledge that will help you succeed with your own projects or become employed in the future.

APPLY FOR INTERNSHIP: Send your resume, portfolio (if assistant art director applicant), writing samples (if PR/Marketing applicant) and a personal statement (no more than one page please) about your interests and career goals to: oliver.valerie@gmail.com with INTERNSHIP in the Subject field. We will contact you ASAP to set up an interview if you’re a candidate.

SPRING 2024: APPLICATIONS CLOSE on FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2024
* Intern applicants may choose to obtain school credit or not.

THE PURSUIT STUDIO’S APPROACH TO WORKING ON PROJECTS WITH STUDENT INTERNS
is based on the the philosophy, values and vision of RED BURNS (named the Godmother of Silicon Valley”) who was the Founder and Chair of the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where Valerie Mich’El Oliver (The Pursuit Studio) attended as was mentored by Red Burns.

LISTEN TO previous interns discuss their projects and working for The Pursuit Studio:
ASSISTANT PRODUCER INTERNS (Jake Samieske, rising Senior at Hamilton College & Molly Shilling, rising Senior at Penn State, Alisha Solaiman, Junior at Drexel University, Will Ward, Senior Graduate at Regent University, and Rachel Kaufman, Senior at Brandeis University). They introduce themselves, share what attracted them to the particular internship, and offer their thoughts about serving as assistant producers for the Thorn Trees project, and as the editors of Creativity & Storytelling ‘Zine to help them prepare for a special campaign publication dedicated to Thorn Trees fans, influencers & supporters, and much more!

Alisha Solaiman (Spring 2020 – Spring 2021), Molly Shilling (Summer 2020 – Spring 2021) & Rachel Kaufman (Fall 2020 – Spring 2021)
Alisha Solaiman (Spring, Summer & Fall 2020) & Will Ward (Summer 2020)
Jake Samieske (Summer 2020) & Molly Shilling (Summer & Fall 2020)

The owner of The Pursuit Studio is a former Visual Communications faculty member (view a sample course for K-12 performing arts academy students) who has created and provided multiple successful Business-Education Partnerships for arts and entertainment industry clients.

OUR INTERNS

Fall 2023
– Hayley McQuade (Assistant Art Director), Malone University, U.S.A.

Winter/Spring 2021
– Rachel Kaufman (Assistant Producer), Brandeis University, U.S.A.
– Clarissa Labady (Assistant Producer), Fairleigh Dickinson University, U.S.A.
– Mariannjely Marval (Assistant Producer), Recording Radio Film Connection, U.S.A.
– Molly Shilling (Assistant Producer), Penn State University, U.S.A.

Fall 2020
– Rachel Kaufman (Assistant Producer), Brandeis University, U.S.A.
– Molly Shilling (Assistant Producer), Penn State University, U.S.A.
– Alisha Solaiman (Assistant Producer), Drexel University, U.S.A.
– Angela White (Assistant Producer), Regent University, U.S.A.

Summer 2020
– Jake Samieske (Assistant Producer), Hamilton College, New Jersey, U.S.A.
– Molly Shilling (Assistant Producer), Penn State University, U.S.A.
– Alisha Solaiman (Assistant Producer), Drexel University, U.S.A.
– William Ward (Assistant Producer), Virginia, U.S.A.

Spring 2020
– Alisha Solaiman (Assistant Producer), Drexel University, U.S.A.

THE PURSUIT STUDIO

THE PURSUIT STUDIO is a creativity & storytelling excellence sanctuary. We are passionate about the art and architecture of creativity and storytelling in service to the Creator and humanity.