Humanities for Life Summer 2022: Programming,Audio, & Media Internships at Girl's Rock Rochester
**IMPORTANT** - This is a Humanities for Life Internship offered by a grant-funded program through the Humanities Center. It pays a $5000 stipend for each cohort intern. Find application deadlines, information, updates & details on this Informational link here. Also through the HFL website here.
Three Internship Position Choices:
Program Assistant Internship
Audio & Gear Assistant Internship
Social Media & Marketing Internship
***Important*** On your cover letter, please indicate which position you are apply for.
Girls Rock! Rochester
is a nonprofit organization dedicated to using music creation and performance as tools for cultivating self-confidence in girls and LGBTQ+ youth.
Girls Rock! Rochester values diversity of age, race, economic status, gender expression, gender identity, size, physical ability, developmental ability, musical interests, learning styles, nationality, religion, thought, citizenship status, and sexual orientation. We promote respect and do not tolerate racism, sexism, homophobia, bullying or any other discriminatory behavior or expression.
Program Assistant Internship
Girls Rock! Rochester’s (GR!R) internship program provides emerging leaders with the opportunity to help create a safe space for Rochester’s youth and our community at large.
Involved in both the arts and music community and youth programs sector, interns can expect to expand their knowledge and develop experience by collaborating with our hard-working board and staff members.
Through various departmental duties, committee teamwork, and special projects, interns will have fun and accomplish their learning objectives in a creative and energetic environment.
REPORTS TO: Executive Director & Program Director
Description of responsibilities:
- Work on-site with participants at our summer camp programs
- Assist the Program Director and Executive Director as needed
- Create and develop curriculum for workshops at our summer camp programs
- Teach workshops, instrument or band coach during our summer camp program
- Assist in finding musicians to perform at camp
- Assist with data entry and pre-camp registration paperwork
- Assist with gear load in and load out of camp
- Learn about the process of developing a non-profit, including fundraising, budgets, communications/PR, volunteer/participant coordination, and more...
Qualifications:
- Commitment to attend engagements/complete assigned tasks
- Ability to work both independently and with a group
- Motivated and self-starting
- Outgoing/positive attitude
- Experience with data entry a plus
- Experience with new technology a plus
- Musical experience or knowledge of music a plus
- Available for the following 10 weeks: Jun 6, 2022- Aug 14, 2022
Audio & Gear Assistant Internship
Girls Rock! Rochester’s (GR!R) internship program provides emerging leaders with the opportunity to help create a safe space for Rochester’s youth and our community at large.
Involved in both the arts and music community and youth programs sector, interns can expect to expand their knowledge and develop experience by collaborating with our hard-working board and staff members.
Through various departmental duties, committee teamwork, and special projects, interns will have fun and accomplish their learning objectives in a creative and energetic environment.
REPORTS TO: Executive Director
Description of responsibilities:
- Work on-site with participants at our summer camp programs, setting up equipment and running live sound at camp every day
- Assist the Gear Director and Executive Director as needed
- Work on updating and maintaining our gear loan program and gear database
- Working with our Gear Director to inventory, testing and documenting musical instruments
- Assist in coordinating gear load-in and load out of camp
- Assist gear director in maintaining and setting up gear at our summer camps
- Assist with gear and backstage at showcase
- Work with audio engineer to record camper bands
Qualifications:
- Commitment to attend engagements/complete assigned tasks
- Ability to work both independently and with a group
- Motivated and self-starting
- Outgoing/positive attitude
- Experience with data entry a plus
- Experience with new technology a plus
- Musical experience or knowledge of music a plus
- Available for the following 10 weeks: Jun 6, 2022- Aug 14, 2022
Social Media and Marketing Internship
Girls Rock! Rochester’s (GR!R) internship program provides emerging leaders with the opportunity to help create a safe space for Rochester’s youth and our community at large.
Involved in both the arts and music community and youth programs sector, interns can expect to expand their knowledge and develop experience by collaborating with our hard-working board and staff members.
Through various departmental duties, committee teamwork, and special projects, interns will have fun and accomplish their learning objectives in a creative and energetic environment.
REPORTS TO: Executive Director
Description of responsibilities:
- Creating consistent, meaningful content on all social media platforms, including writing and editing social media posts, improving customer engagement, and promoting social media campaigns.
- Record and edit video from workshops to be used on website and social media
- Create and distribute content such as blogs, infographics, videos and press releases on social media and news outlets
- Create copy and design for annual report
Qualifications:
- Commitment to attend engagements/complete assigned tasks
- Motivated and self-starting
- You consider yourself to be an above-average communicator
- You enjoy coming up with creative ideas and thinking of new ways of doing things
- You love, like really love, to write.
- You’re social media savvy and have in-depth knowledge of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok
- Experience with photography, video and design software
- Available for the following 10 weeks: Jun 6, 2022- Aug 14, 2022