Art desk internship: San Francisco
Salon's art team is looking for interns for the summer session -- June through August -- to work in our San Francisco office. Art desk interns work closely with the art and edit staffs on daily production of the editorial content. The job entails a lot of photo editing, along with some original illustration and photo-composite work. Ideal candidates are students in photography or illustration, with strong Photoshop skills and an excellent eye. Time commitment is negotiable. To apply, send an email to Karen Templer, ktempler@salon.com, stating why you're interested in working at Salon and what in your skills and background makes you a strong candidate for this position.
Social Media Marketing Intern
Salon.com is looking for an enthusiastic social media maven to help expand its current social marketing activity. Working closely with the Product Marketing team, this position will afford the intern the ability to affect strategy and practice -- making this a great resume-building experience. We're looking for someone who knows the latest tools and trends that attract eyeballs. We want to know where the conversations are, and -- most importantly -- we want you to help us engage in those conversations.
The ideal person will possess the following skills:
- Expert-level familiarity with Facebook and Twitter (the user interfaces)
- Fast trend-watcher, via many different methods
- Computer literate, particularly with Macs
- Creativity: you know how to get people talking!
- Organizational: you like keeping track of several things at once
Responsiblities may include:
- Regularly updating Facebook fan pages of the various Salon Media Group brands, as well as key contributors
- Regularly updating and monitoring the company Twitter accounts
- Monitoring success, in order to help establish a set of best practices for staff around social media
- Keeping track of the associated metrics: traffic, interactions, etc.
- Keeping abreast of current events, breaking news, trending topics, etc., in order to ensure that the brand becomes part of the conversation
- Liaising with Editorial, Product, and Sales teams, to foster communication around social media subjects
If you believe that this is the right opportunity for you, send an email to rhagen salon com with the title, "Social Media Marketing Intern", along with your resume, and tell us why!
Product Management Internship: San Francisco
Salon.com is seeking an internship candidate with an avid interest in web development to assist the Product, Design and Engineering teams with daily operations, including specifications for site improvements and bug fixes, testing and QA. Must be extremely detail oriented with good project management skills and have at least working knowledge of HTML and the fundamentals of UI design. This position is based in San Francisco. Time commitment negotiable.
Primary responsibilities:
- Assist with writing and tracking of engineering job tickets
- Conduct routine QA and offer clear feedback to engineers
- Be of general assistance to the Product team
Please send cover letter and resume to Karen Templer, Product Manager, ktempler@salon.com — subject line "Product internship."
Editorial Internships @ Salon
Interns are an important part of Salon's daily operations. They work closely with Salon staff to research, report, write and produce our news and culture coverage. They also take part in editorial meetings and otherwise learn about the day-to-day workings of an award-winning online news and entertainment site.
Many Salon interns have gone on to jobs in the media, including Rolling Stone, The New York Times, Elle, CNN and of course Salon.
Salon offers internships throughout the year in our offices in San Francisco, New York and Washington, D.C. To apply, please send a cover letter, resume and writing samples to internships@salon.com. Tell us why you want to intern with Salon! Please specify the city and particular internship you're applying for in the subject line.
News Desk Internship: San Francisco, New York, Washington D.C.
Seeking candidates with prior journalism experience who are news and politics savvy to help us handle the daily flood of breaking news. Time commitment negotiable.
Primary responsibilities:
- Monitor news feeds and produce breaking news packages
- Edit, prep and post content
- Research and fact checking
- Editorial support
- Writing as assigned
- Option to develop your own blog on Open Salon
Culture Desk Internship: New York
The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, have strong writing and research skills, be pop culturally literate and interested in some or all of the subjects covered by the A&E, Books and Life departments, such as women's issues, TV, film, music and books. Time commitment negotiable.
Primary responsibilities:
- Research and fact checking
- Interviews
- Editorial support
- Regular writing opportunities for qualified candidates
Multimedia Internship: New York
Help us with all elements of video production and post-production. Stay up to date on breaking news and cultural stories with an eye toward "must-see" videos. Must have a basic knowledge of video/audio editing software. Time commitment negotiable.
Primary responsibilities:
- Assist on production and post-production of Salon video
- Edit audio podcasts
- Research and fact checking
- Editorial support
About Salon
Salon is one of the premier sources for news and culture on the Web or in any medium. More than 14 years old, Salon was a pioneer in online journalism and has been at the forefront of online news, community conversation and information delivery ever since. Salon is an equal opportunity employer.
