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It's that time again! We're looking for a new batch of interns for the new year. This time, we'll be hiring one design intern and two editorial interns. The gig is a four month stint (January through April), for 3-5 days a week (depending on your availability) in our Hayes Valley office. We pay our interns ($10/hr) and/or can give you school credit, based on your need.

A little about the criteria and requirements for each internship:

Please note: We've filled the available Editorial Intern positions - please check back in spring for when we'll be looking for spring interns! We're still looking for a design intern.

Design Intern

Responsibilities and Expectations

- Design backstories for The Bold Italic

- Assist the Art Director with duties, as needed

- Write weekly blog posts that focus on art/design 

- Help at The Bold Italic events (many of these events happen on weekday evenings)

Requirements

- Must be in your junior or senior year of a design program or in a graduate design program

- Must be fluent in Photoshop and Illustrator 

- Must possess excellent typography skills

- Must be comfortable working with HTML and CSS

- Available to come to the office at least 3 days a week, 5-7 hours per day, plus be able to work on assignments outside of office hours.

- Detail oriented, self-motivated, respects deadlines 

- A people person

- Illustration skills are a plus

- Photography and/or video-making experience a plus  

To be considered for the Design Intership, please send a cover letter and your portfolio to heath@thebolditalic.com.

To get an idea of what being the design intern is like, check out our past design intern Sasha Gainor's  blog post  about her experience.

Editorial Intern 

Responsibilities and Expectations

- Writing weekly blog posts, which will include on-the-spot reporting during and beyond office hours.

- Writing backstories for The Bold Italic.

- Heading the Found Locals section of the site.

- General administrative duties, as needed by the staff

- Populating the Events listings

- Assisting with The Bold Italic's social media presence

- Helping at The Bold Italic events (many of these events happen on weekday evenings)

Requirements

- Available to come to the office at least 3 days a week (4-5 days preferred), 5-7 hours per day

- Be able to work on assignments outside of office hours, if needed

- Published writing or storytelling experience a plus. If no published clips are available, must be able to demonstrate a knack for written storytelling (include short clips you've written in TBI style on a subject you're passionate about).

- Strong familiarity with social networking sites (Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, etc.)

- Blogging experience preferred

- Detail oriented, self-motivated, respects deadlines 

- A social person who appreciates and has a strong familiarity with San Francisco. Our interns should have a passion for learning about and uncovering SF's subcultures and lesser-known gems.

- Must be in school, or have graduated from school within the period of one year or less

The editorial internship is the perfect opportunity for someone who wants to gain experience and access into working for an online & print publication. Not only will you be collecting writing clips, but you'll get a peek into what it takes to put out The Bold Italic on all levels: online content and presence on a daily level; a weekly newsletter; a quarterly magazine; and planning, organizing, and promoting events. You'll be involved in helping our small team make The Bold Italic an even better experience for our dedicated followers.

To be considered for the Editorial Intership, please send a cover letter, your resume, and writing clips to sarah@thebolditalic.com.