Our Mission Statement: The Cape Media Center mission is to build community through media. 

Learning Objectives: The intern will gain professional, hands-on experience in the field of media production while simultaneously building a portfolio. They will build  an understanding of public access media and the essentials of running a successful non profit organization. 

Internship Job Description: The Media Center offers summer internships for college students and young adults who are interested in a career in communications, media, film, and television production. Media Center interns gain hands-on production experience in a professional environment, and have gone on to pursue careers in film, communications, journalism, and television production. Internships are unpaid but can be taken as course credit. Our schedule is flexible and part-time. 

Activities you can expect to experience as a Media Center intern: 

• Brainstorming with other interns as a production team to produce an original program or series

• Assisting Media Center staff in recording studio television programs

• Assisting Media Center staff with video field productions

• Conducting interviews with local community leaders

• Assisting with youth camps

Skills you can expect to gain as a Media Center intern: 

• Producing a program in a professional television studio

• Using cameras, microphones, and lighting in video productions 

• Editing skills through the use of Adobe Premiere Pro

• Interviewing, hosting, and storytelling skills

Requirements:

• An interest in film, media, television, podcasting or journalism

• Basic knowledge of video production and editing

• The ability to work well as part of a team

Tasks may include the following: 

Pre-Production 

• Training on studio and field equipment

• Logging and editing raw footage

• Creating a shot sheet for future videos and storyboarding

Production 

• Assisting on various in-studio and field productions

• Creating original promotional materials for the media center 

• Podcasting 

Editing

• Editing the final production in Adobe Premiere Pro

Additional responsibilities 

• Field assignments – determining preproduction with the intern manager to successfully film in the field 

• Marketing the Media Center – be proficient in articulating what the media center provides to the community

To apply, please send a resume and cover letter to Kate McMahon at kate@capemedia.org