Posted by Free to Dance on May 23rd, 2011.
Internships
Location: London
Closing Date: June 22nd, 2011
Job Description
We have one position available to join our rapidly expanding 17-strong volunteer team as a Free to Dance Blog & Web Editor, to ensure all the events and exploits of Ben and the Free to Dance masses are creatively and engagingly communicated to as wide an online audience as possible. The position is a summer internship ideally suited to a student or recent graduate of English, Media Studies and Journalism (among others) etc, and is 3 days+ per week on a voluntary basis starting as soon as possible until September/October this year.
Free to Dance team volunteers work flexibly across the capital – either at our LearnBurma address, at home or at a number of public access venues, and all meet together as a team once per week (Thursdays, 6.30-8.00pm). Volunteers are provided with a pay-monthly sim card and netbook to perform their duties, as appropriate / required. The successful candidate would work in close collaboration with LearnBurma director Ben and often accompany him to schools, clubs, groups, and dance classes/companies/schools.
Key Responsibilities
Lead the development of our online blog and web content by:
- Writing a regular (at least weekly) blog entry
- Creating video and photographic content for the site, taken from all the Free to Dance events and visits
- Encouraging Free to Dance supporters to contribute to the site
- Recording and uploading Ben’s video diary three times per week
- Recording and uploading interviews with people who come into contact with Free to Dance – people Ben dances with, visits etc
- Devising and executing a range of ideas to expand the audience of the website and tap into a range of online communities
- Writing short articles based on other team members’ news, as appropriate / when required
- Writing the fortnightly Free to Dance / LearnBurma e-newsletter (sent to 2000+ contacts).
Person Specification
- A self-starter with a professional outlook, who works well to deadlines and as part of a busy team
- A problem-solving approach to challenges and a outcomes-driven orientation
- An excellent, persuasive communicator, both verbally (in person, to groups and over the telephone) and in writing
- Able to rapidly build relationships with a wide range of people
- Experience of writing for a public audience, ideally through journalism
- Track record and evidence of interesting, engaging content created
- Sympathetic to the cause (Burma) and enthusiastic about our method (dance)
This position will be advertised on a rolling basis until filled – so please apply as soon as you can. Ben meets all applicants who meet or exceed the person specification, so if that’s you he’ll be in touch within a day or two of your application to arrange an informal interview in central London at a time convenient to you.
Good luck, thanks for your interest, and fingers crossed we’ll see you as part of the Free to Dance team very soon.
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