Magazine – Picture This Post DANCE Content Curator -- VOLUNTEER
Magazine – Picture This Post DANCE Content Curator -- VOLUNTEER
Pre-requisites:
-Minimum of 10 hours/week
-Attend zoom orientation or zoom interview
- Commitment to fulfill tasks for all Picture This Post staff members—to remain in good standing. See Picture This Post Student Volunteers – Good Standing Commitments.
About Picture This Post and WHAT YOU WILL DO
Picture This Post magazine, www.picturethispost.com, alerts time-strapped readers to cultural offerings that are the best match for their interests in art, books, dance, film, museums, music, theater, as well as travel with a focus on culture. We not only cover culture creators and venues with high name recognition, but also delight in helping to showcase bold, creative strokes by fledgling artists in all genres.
Before applying, please study the Picture This Post DANCE Section – Click a picture to read a story.
As DANCE Content Curator, your duties will first include doing daily tasks shared by many working in the DANCE section:
-Upload of dance performance events in cities where Picture This Post has editions to the Picture This Post Reader’s Calendar.
- Social media sharing of dance related content to choreographers and dancers being profiled in new Picture This Post articles (reviews, previews, PICTURE PREVIEWS, interviews and round-up features.)
Depending on your time availability and interests— a custom program will be developed in consultation with you that additionally includes mastering our guidelines and skills to do one or more of the following—
-PICTURE PREVIEWS (Extracting info needed to complete layout; social media).
--preview articles (inverse pyramid/AP Style editing of promotional press releases into news, layout, social media)
-interview articles (email interviews for q/a articles)
-professional correspondence /outreach to dance troupe and performance creative team members with an eye to expand various types of Picture This Post dance content.
-outreach to dance enthusiasts to solicit their interest in becoming a Picture This Post review writer*, with a special focus on inviting dancers and choreographers to become contributors to the CHOREOGRAPHERS’ EYES series.
(*This position does NOT include writing dance reviews--- applications to become a review writer are separate and begin with a Trial Balloon Process.)
More Details on This Opportunity--
Amy Munice, Editor in Chief, will be the primary supervisor of your internship. She is the co-publisher of the magazine, a 30+ year PR professional and freelance journalist, and cultural reporter who has penned many hundreds of articles. She will be the author of your future reference for job hunting purposes.
Training sessions are held by zoom—usually in small groups—throughout the week and weekend. Initially you will need to adapt your schedule in order to attend training sessions to learn layout, confer on rewrites/instruction, and more. Once you have the prerequisite skills, you determine your schedule each week.
ALL UNPAID– ALL REMOTE WORKERS:
Picture This Post is an entirely volunteer organization, from top to bottom. We are a not-for-profit (as opposed to a 501c3 non-profit) – too small to hire accountants etc. needed for non-profit status. Students are like all volunteers EXCEPT that much time/energy goes into training students and helping you develop a portfolio for future job hunting.
This position is an excellent opportunity for anyone interested in dance, and for initial exposure to how an online magazine works.