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Web Communications Specialist (summer only)  |  Summer Internship

Web Communications Specialist (summer only)

The Jewish Women's Archive seeks an excellent writer to work full-time from early June to mid-September. S/he will be responsible for posting to our blog, Jewesses With Attitude, at least once or twice a week, writing and sending out our monthly e-letter, and working with outside writers to create the profiles of notable Jewish women in our We Remember collection. There may also be other writing assignments from time to time.

Salary: $16.00/hour

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in English, History, Women's/Gender Studies, Journalism, Communications, or other relevant field.
• Excellent written, verbal and listening skills.
• Experience in web content creation, blogging and/or electronic newsletter production.
• Familiarity with, and strong interest in, issues affecting young women in the Jewish community, and an ability to communicate the mission and programs of the Jewish Women's Archive.
• Effectiveness at gathering, packaging and disseminating information.
• Good organizational skills; demonstrated ability to work independently with variety of people, including staff, board members, and other individuals.

To Apply:

Send a cover letter, resume, and a hypothetical Jewesses With Attitude blog posting to , or fax to 617-975-0109. No phone calls, please.

Summer Internship

The Jewish Women's Archive (jwa.org), a dynamic national women's organization, is looking for interns for summer 2008.

Projects include:

• Helping to collect, digitize, and catalogue photographs, artifacts, and oral histories that document experiences of Jewish American women during WW II
• Creating descriptions, finding aids, and search terms for oral histories collected in the past 10 years
• Publicizing Making Trouble, our documentary film about Jewish women comedians, and developing the film's discussion guide
• Converting HTML documents to our new Drupal content management system
• Blogging and other online communications

Skills needed:

• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Excellent technical skills and comfort learning new computer software
• Knowledge of and interest in women's history
• Online and library research skills
• Strong writing ability
• Telephone skills

Each intern will work on at least one major project in his/her field of interest; about 10% of time will be spent on administrative work. Students will have the opportunity to meet with staff members one-on-one to learn more about each staff person's career path and to visit local institutions related to Jewish women and women's history.

All of our internships are unpaid. However, interns may be able to receive funding or course credit for their work at JWA through their colleges and universities. We require all summer interns to work in our office for a minimum of 24 hours per week for at least 6 weeks between June 1 and August 15.

We are located in Brookline, accessible to the MBTA "C" and "D" lines and the #66 bus to Harvard Square. Equal Opportunity Employer.

Application process:

To apply for an internship, please submit a cover letter, resume, names and contact information for two references, and a relevant writing sample (ten pages or less) to:

Email: (preferred): / Fax: 617-975-0109

Deadline:

Applications must be received by Friday, April 4th. (Those interns requiring earlier consideration for stipend deadlines should submit by the appropriate deadline and let us know the date that a response is required.) Applications received after this date will be considered on a rolling basis. If you e-mail your application, you will receive an automated response confirming that we have received it.