Platte Basin Timelapse (PBT) is currently looking for a new News and Events Intern to join our team.
Since 2011, the Platte Basin Timelapse project has been telling stories using time-lapse and traditional photography to educate people about where their water comes from, and what it means to live in a watershed today. The PBT team creates innovative multimedia content to tell the myriad stories of the Platte: web-based journalism, combining art and research, STEM-based educational curriculum for middle and high school science students, and a documentary film for public television.
The ideal applicant will possess strong writing and communication skills. Their primary responsibilities will be to update our events page on our website and create engaging newsletters that will be sent out to our followers. Along with the interns primary responsibilities, they will have opportunity to contribute to the stories page on our website.
The intern will be working mostly with Wordpress, Mailchimp, and the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite so prior knowledge of these are ideal but not necessary. We will provide any additional training that may be needed.
The multi-semester internship is paid, minimum wage and a minimum of 10 hours a week. Students in their last semester of school are not encouraged to apply. We are looking for a student who is passionate about water, environmental conservation, educational outreach, writing, and multimedia storytelling. Some of the qualities we will be looking for in a candidate include; excellent communication skills, excellent writing skills, self-motivated, eager and willing to learn, creative mind, accountable.
To learn more information about PBT visit our website: plattebasintimelapse.com. To apply, please send your resume and cover letter to PBT’s producer and project manager, Mariah Lundgren, mlundgren4@unl.edu.
*Application deadline: March 16, 2020.