Photo Intern With Billboard Magazine

• Job Description:
  PHOTO INTERN OPPORTUNITY Qualified applicants must be currently attending an undergraduate or graduate institution that agrees to grant academic credit to students in return for program participation. We seek candidates with proven records of leadership and achievement who demonstrate the capacity for continuous development. Joining our team as an intern will provide the following experience: • Learn what goes into the production of a magazine by attending art/editorial meetings. • Receive coaching and instruction on editing photos and photo shoot production. • Attend local photo shoots that occur during their internship. • Interns are given the opportunity to shoot products (books, magazines, merchandise) in-house. •Do photo research on news, entertainment and stock web sites to acquire images. • Contact publicists and agencies for press photos. • Update photography, styling, beauty and studio contacts. • Maintain Print photo archive. • Assist web designers in photo research, and learn basic photo production skills used for the maintenance of billboard.com In addition, intern candidates should: • Be dedicated, motivated, organized and responsible • Have excellent communication skills • Be open to direction, coaching and development • Be detailed-oriented and passionate about the arts, media and design professions • Photo and video candidates should have great critical eye for imagery, cropping, composition • Know the software programs that best pertain to their field of study (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver, Final Cut, 3-D programs, etc. ) • Have a portfolio or samples of your work Please send resume and samples of work to Amelia Halverson, Photo Editor at ahalverson@billboard.com
• Position: Other
• Area of Focus: Photo
• City: New York City
• Region: Northeast
• Duration: Other
• About Our Company: The world's premier music publication, Billboard has served the entertainment business since 1894. Beginning as a weekly for the billposting and advertising business, Billboard and its popular music charts have evolved into the primary source of information on trends and innovation in music, serving music fans, artists, top executives, tour promoters, publishers, radio programmers, lawyers, retailers, digital entrepreneurs and many others. Billboard is headquartered in New York with bureaus in London, Los Angeles, and Miami, and has editorial correspondents in major cities around the globe. The Group is a unit of Nielsen Business Media, a worldwide media company that provides specialized publications, data, expositions and marketing services and is owned by the Nielsen Company, a Netherlands-based international publishing and information company.
• Company: Nielsen Business Media
• Contact Address: 770 Broadway, Floor 7 New York, NY 10003
• Contact Email:ahalverson@billboard.com
• Contact Name: Amelia Halverson
• How to Apply: Please send resume and samples of work to Amelia Halverson, Photo Editor at ahalverson@billboard.com
• Job Requirements: Qualified applicants must be currently attending an undergraduate or graduate institution that agrees to grant academic credit to students in return for program participation. • Photo and video candidates should have great critical eye for imagery, cropping, composition • Know the software programs that best pertain to their field of study (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Flash,Dreamweaver, Final Cut, 3-D programs, etc. ) • Have a portfolio or samples of your work