Undergraduate Public Affairs Video Production Intern
Ranked as number nine on the 2017 Forbes list of America’s Best Employers, the City of Austin has a Council-Manager form of government and employs 13.8K employees. The City Manager, appointed by the City Council, is responsible to the Council for the management of City employees, and for the administration of all City affairs.
In order to achieve the vision of making Austin the most livable city in the country, Austin’s city government’s mission is to be the best‐managed city in the country. The City continues to implement its best‐managed mission through transparent business practices, excellence in public service, innovative leadership, and providing services that are reliable, safe, efficient, and above national standards.
The Austin metro area population is more than 2 million people. Geographically, Austin consists of approximately 326 square miles.
Austin is nationally recognized as a great place to live due in part to its diverse population, as well as its promotion of a year-round outdoor active lifestyle. Austin’s quality of life has become its biggest economic development engine, and the City’s diverse demographic structure serves to support and enrich its quality of life. Austin is fortunate to offer a host of broad-ranged educational opportunities as host to six universities, a robust community college system, and numerous other institutions of higher learning.
Undergraduate Public Affairs Video Production Intern
Education and/or Equivalent Experience:
- Graduation from an accredited high school or equivalent.
- Enrolled in an accredited college or university undergraduate degree program, with some advanced coursework related to the internship program.
Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.
- Observe and assist professionals in the assigned department to learn about areas of career interest.
- Assists, as necessary, in the coordination, administration, or monitoring of specific programs.
- Assists, as necessary, with researching, collecting, and organizing data, performing analyses, and preparing reports to supplement knowledge gained through academic courses.
- Participates, as necessary, in finding solutions to existing problems and discusses recommendations with administrative personnel to acquire skills in problem-solving.
- Assists with special projects.
Overview of the Position:
This position will assist the Public Affairs team in producing compelling visual and written communications for internal and external stakeholders. The ideal candidate will get the opportunity to build crucial storytelling skills by helping us creatively tell the Austin Public Works’ story. This internship will help build film portfolios with actual assignments, challenges, and outcomes. Expect to develop hands-on foundational career skills in self-management, planning, execution, communication, and team collaboration.
Primary responsibilities will include the conception of ideas, traveling to multiple locations around Austin (sometimes consecutively) to direct and shoot videos, take photos, and then edit and fully produce videos and supplemental images. Additional duties consist of designing/developing marketing materials, creating social media campaigns, writing for the department newsletter(s), maintaining the website, and contributing to community outreach for the Public Works department.
We are expecting this internship opportunity to span from Mid Spring 2022 through Mid Fall 2022, with a potential for an extension depending on business needs.
Key Responsibilities:
- Shooting high-quality digital footage, utilizing the
- exposure triangle
- Working in digital film production, including
- working in Adobe Premiere, color correcting shots, and
- utilizing industry-standard techniques to get the best
- audio
- Working with sound and lighting in various
- settings to achieve professional results
- Traveling to multiple work locations to capture footage
Pay: $15.00/hour
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