Summer 2024 Video Editing Internship

WORDTheatre Video Editing Internship - Job Description
WORDTheatre® is seeking video editing interns who will work for 8-16 hours per week. Candidates must be able to come into the Studio City office. We need interns with the technical skills to edit raw and archival video footage for the WORDTheatre website, the schools program WORDTheatre Campus, and for the WORDTheatre digital archive.
DESCRIPTION
Video Editing Interns will help ready WordTheatre's audio and video library, comprising over 1200 stories, written by world class contemporary authors and performed by esteemed actors in LA, NY & London, for our weekly podcasts, branding campaigns and perhaps most importantly our WORDTheatre Campus program. In addition to audio and video editing, interns will be listening to the stories and writing promotional blurbs, archiving event photographs, and organizing our archive of the past 20 years of stories and performances. Our interns also may be asked to research and help write podcast introductions and postscripts. Interns need to be experienced with Premiere Pro and Pro-Tools.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Tasks will include:
Helping to populate our new website and working to enhance our web presence
Becoming involved with our online social networking (Facebook, Twitter, etc.)
Editing video clips from our library
Sorting through footage and photographs to find most marketable segments/ images with guidance from staff
Editing video footage into clips suitable for general internet viewing and for promo reels with guidance from staff about how to represent the organization’s image and how to effectively edit together multiple performances and interviews
Editing video of full performances to be archived
Uploading video and photos to our website and social networking sites
REQUIREMENTS
We are seeking a hardworking intern who loves editing great performances. Ideal candidates have experience with Premiere Pro and/or Pro-tools, Word, Excel, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Gmail, Mac's and be detail oriented. Curiosity and enthusiasm are essential.
Intern should –
Be creative
Be a strong communicator
Be personable and friendly
Be a fast learner and be able to adapt and work in a rapidly changing environment
Be organized, with great follow through
Video Editing Intern should be proficient in Protools and/or the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite, Premiere, Photoshop After Effects.
HOW TO APPLY
Please address applications to the Artistic Director Cedering Fox. These may be submitted via email to admin@wordtheatre.org. Please also include a cover letter, current resume and attach any relevant examples of works/letters of recommendation.
School credit offered. Lunch provided every day
Schedule:
Day shift
Monday to Friday
Self-determined schedule
COVID-19 considerations: Fully vaccinated requirement