Deadline: August 1, 2024
Applications are open for the Wilson Center Photography Internship 2024. The External Relations department at the Wilson Center seeks an energetic and self-motivated student or recent graduate interested and skilled in event photography. Consistently ranked as one of the top think tanks in the world, the Wilson Center provides opportunities for hands-on experience working on a wide range of issues that impact today’s public policy debates.
The intern would work with the Wilson Center’s External Relations department – a dynamic team managing external communications for Wilson Center events, publications, media relations, and digital communications.
The intern performs a range of photography duties including:
- Photographing live events in an auditorium and or conference room setting to include speakers at podium, panel discussions, award ceremonies, etc.
- Photographing posed shots of groups and individuals for portrait/headshots.
- Occasional landscape or architectural photography of the Wilson Center and historic sites around DC.
- Sometime travelling to external locations for off-site event photography (embassies, Congressional offices, etc).
- Post-production work to include photo editing, caption writing, uploading into a DAM system.
Salary
- This is a paid internship. Interns will receive $17.80 per hour working 25 hours a week for a total of 12 weeks.
Eligibility
Applicants should possess the following skills and experience:
- Experience with DSLR cameras.
- Proficient understanding of operating Canon cameras.
- Skilled in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop.
- Proficient understanding of shooting in manual mode.
- Experience with and comfortable photographing people and live events.
- Possess strong research, writing, and/or administrative skills.
- Be detail-oriented.
- Be able to work both independently and as part of a team.
- Be enrolled in a degree program, recently graduated (within the last year), and/or have been accepted to enter an advanced degree program within the next year.
Application
To apply, submit a resume, cover letter, and links to an online portfolio of your work via e-mail [email protected] with “[Season] [Year] Internship” in the subject line (e.g. “Fall 2024 Internship”).
For more information, visit Wilson Center Photography Internship.
