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Internship Opportunities

DiverseArts offers internships every semester in the following areas:

• Arts Administration: Upper division college student preferred with any major. Seeking organized individual with interest learning more about the always interesting-never boring world of non-profit management. This is an excellent opportunity for anyone who loves the arts and needs and internship but is undecided on a specific field.

• Events Production: Open to all majors, but prefer outgoing, organized Business, Communications, or Music students wishing to enter the production side of the music business and ready for a challenge. The production assistant is an important asset to DiverseArts' annual Austin Jazz and Arts Festival, as their duties consist of coordinating several areas of the event. Availability to work from May/July to December highly desirable.

• Advertising: Motivated, outgoing Marketing, Business, Communications, or Journalism major with interest in publishing and arts industries. Requires time in office and field, dependable car, and professional attitude. Commission is available for completed sales. Familiarity with bookkeeping software helpful. Great hands-on experience for future account executives.

• Publicity: Prefer Marketing, Communications, English, or Journalism major with fantastic writing skills. Responsibilities include: writing and sending press releases, writing/editing copy for marketing material, updating website and contact lists, keeping track of correspondence, maintaining contact with artists and associates, and researching exciting new ways to spread the word about DiverseArts. HTML literacy a plus.

• Multimedia: Prefer junior, senior, or graduate-level student specializing in Multimedia, Documentary Studies, Library Information Science, Film, History, or Musicology. The multimedia intern will work extensively with DiverseArts' Blues Family Tree Archive digitizing video and audio, organizing an archive system for materials, maintaining searchable database, updating the Blues Family Tree website, and providing input for publishing of the archives in various media.

• Graphic Design: Seeking upper level graphic design student with extensive Quark Xpress and Photoshop knowledge. Intern will assist with layout and image editing of marketing materials and Austin Downtown Arts Magazine. Creativity and fresh ideas are important, but must also understand art direction. Good writing skills a plus as intern must also coordinate the calendar listings section for each issue, a great way to learn the entire production cycle of a monthly magazine.

Successful applicants for these positions are personable, mature self-starters who are committed, organized, creative, and results-oriented; relaxed, but not slackers. All internships range from 10 to 15 hours per week with flexible scheduling. Please complete the internship application form available here and downloadable in Word or Adobe Acrobat PDF formats and fax to 512-479-8035 or mail to DiverseArts, 1601 East 5th St.; Suite 106, Austin, Texas, 78702.

Don't hesistate. We are always accepting applications.