Oregon Bride, a Portland, Oregon-based bridal publication seeks a highly skilled freelance art director with extensive editorial design experience for biannual oversized glossy magazine. The art director contributes to editorial direction, sets overall visual tone and style of the magazine, hires photographers, assigns and collects photography, hires stylists and models, designs layouts and oversees the art budgets. The publication places a strong emphasis on design and aesthetic, and fashion and beauty experience is preferred. Must have strong layout and typography abilities and experience running photo shoots and directing photographers, models and stylists, balancing an art budget and working under deadlines. Five years of consumer magazine design experience preferred. Must have in-depth knowledge and a copy of InDesign. Candidates located in the Portland or Seattle areas and familiar with photographers and stylists in Portland preferred. Please email resume along with a link to your portfolio or PDFs of your work to ads@seattlemag.com by April 12. No phone calls please. Oregon Bride is published by Tiger Oak Publications, publishers of Seattle magazine, Seattle Bride and several other regional titles.
Editorial internships are available at Seattle magazine throughout the year. Most require a minimum commitment of 20 hours per week in our office, during business hours. Work schedules are usually either a morning shift or an afternoon shift. Internships generally last for six months and openings occur approximately every three to four months. Internships are unpaid, but academic credit is available. If academic credit is not needed, a nominal stipend is paid.
Standard Editorial Internship at Seattle Magazine
Opportunity awaits you as an editorial intern at Seattle magazine. Our interns gain hands-on experience working closely with top editors in an environment that is both creative and collaborative. As an intern, you will be an integral part of the team responsible for researching, writing and editing this premier monthly publication.
Enduring enthusiasm, curiosity and a love of the written word are essential prerequisites for the position. (Typing ability is a must). You will be called upon regularly to use your excellent verbal communication skills and to demonstrate a helpful attitude. Attention to detail, even a perverse obsession with it, will come in handy. No previous experience is necessary.
Interns help us bring up-and-coming trends home to the readers. Observing life in the city and on the street, interns will be part of the eyes, ears and feet of the magazine. You will work on a wide range of projects, from the glamorous to the granular. You will become familiar with the varied pace of a magazine's production schedule. No two internships are the same. To some extent, you will be given responsibilities based on your strengths and your initiative. Projects might include the following: proofreading articles, fact-checking stories, writing sidebars, researching writing assignments, conducting interviews and investigations, attending concerts and parties, reviewing restaurants, responding to queries, clipping and filing potential story leads, logging artwork, and mailing returns.
Along with the standard editorial internship program, there are additional internship opportunities:
Research Internship Program at Seattle Magazine:
Candidates with an exceptional eye for detail, and a special interest in gathering and analyzing data may apply for our research internship. You will work closely with our research editor on a wide variety of projects such as best neighborhoods, top doctors and best places to work.
Advanced Writing Internship Program at Seattle Magazine:
This is an opportunity for an experienced writer with some professional writing experience who is interested in a career in magazine journalism. Writing interns can expect to receive one-on-one coaching from Seattle magazine editors, and will be given several longer assignments that will be published in the magazine. Candidates must submit published writing samples with their application, to be considered for this internship. There is flexibility in the length of this internship.
Online Internship:
Seattle magazine is looking for a intern to help maintain the definitive Web representative of Seattle’s premier city magazine. This is a fast-paced internship that requires focus, organization and a willingness to shift gears quickly. Seattlemag.com editorial assistants must have strong writing skills as well as a familiarity with content management programs. This is an unpaid 20-hour a week internship that lasts six months. Academic credit is available.
Typical Web intern projects include:
- Importing/entering/formatting Datebook entries, Calendar events, Charitable events, Top Doctors and Special Dinner and Wine events; other events as needed.
- Help build the online issue of the monthly magazine.
- Use CS3/Photoshop to crop and resize photos for the web.
- Re-do headlines to Web-friendly standards.
- Write blurbs, decks and credits for stories from the print edition and for Web articles.
- Compose credits for exclusive videos and edit original video footage into short web clips using iMovie or PC-related video editing tools.
- Write stories and blogs as needed for the web.
The ideal Web intern has the following skills/knowledge/ideas:
- A sincere interest in the internet; blogs, podcasts and social networking.
- Basic knowledge of SEO and keyword search.
- Basic Photoshop skills.
- Basic iMovie editing skills.
- Attention to detail and established formatting standards.
- Creative writing skills, ideas, intrepidness and innovation.
- An ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
TO APPLY FOR A SEATTLE MAGAZINE INTERNSHIP:
Editorial, Research, Advanced Writing Application Procedure
Web Internship Application Procedure
The application deadline for upcoming openings is as follows (see above for internship description and an application):
- July 31, 2010 for editorial internships beginning mid-September, 2010
- July 31, 2010 for online internships beginning late August, 2010
- Applications for the photography internship are accepted on a rolling basis
Send a completed internship application along with a resume and your best writing samples to:
John Levesque
Managing Editor
Seattle magazine
1518 1st Ave S., Suite 500
Seattle WA 98134
