PAID INTERNSHIP - Communications and Media Intern [ACCA CREATES ORGANIZATION]

ACCA CREATES ORGANIZATION

• The Intern will engage in a number of tasks: 
•  Write articles for newsletters, reels, etc. 
• Engage in research, seeking opportunities to write and submit articles about ACCA Creates to various media outlets and professional arts organizations, including op-ed articles. 
• Write letters to city, county, state, federal government officials promoting arts education in schools and outside of the regular academic school day. 
• Conduct interviews that may accompany media projects, excerpts of which may be included in letters, and articles. 
• In June, attend Saturday morning meetings 9-11am, during which time, we will work on media projects for the ACCA Creates Website, Facebook, and Instagram. There the Intern will meet a team of volunteers and workers for ACCA Creates and Keys2Success, via Keys. These meetings will help to prepare the Intern for Summer Arts, a seven-week arts intensive that includes a one-week Dance Intensive (13-18yrs), and a six-week Summer Arts Camp (6-16yrs). 
• Take photographs and videos of ACCA Creates Summer Arts Dance Intensive, and the Summer Arts Dance Camp. 
• Prep media for the year for Facebook and Instagram. Create reels. 
• Write short statements to accompany the photos and reels. 

• The Intern will need the following skills: 
•  Excellent communications skills 
•  A love for people and a love for the arts 
•  Honesty from the heart that exudes a respect for all humanity. 
•  Refrains from judgmental behaviors and words. Children know when we are lying wither by omission or commission. 
•  A people person, who works well with supervisors, peers, teens and children, our clients. 
•  Excellent/Strong commitment to communities of color that experience extreme disparities: food deserts, violence, lack of access to the arts, due to COVID a tremendous dip in academic skills. While not focused on academics, ACCA Creates Summer Arts Day Camp in particular is a tremendous support to an improved quality of academic knowledge acquisition and skills.  
•  Strong Writing Skills including editing. 
•  Knowledge in the areas of Media. 
•  Knowledge in the areas of media tools i.e. Canva, Podcasts, Google Workspace incl. Google Sheets.