Fashion Internship / Opportunity!

Addendum to this today: 5/24/10

From Liberty London Girl: www.libertylondongirl.com



Interested candidates should email me at libertylondongirl@gmail.com with a resumé and a covering letter setting out their relevant experience, interests & skills. I’m not necessarily looking for people who have worked on professional magazines or websites before – I want to give someone interesting a foot in the door. (As regular readers will know, I have been a magazine editor and writer for fourteen years – my website is here www.sashawilkins.com)



From Liberty London Girl's blog: today!


http://www.libertylondongirl.com

Liberty London Girl states:

"I’m looking for an intern to help me with Libertylondongirl.com & with various fashion and journalism related projects this summer.

Based here in New York, ideally they’d be able to commit to around 15 hours a week, with some time spent with me during the working day, and some spent working remotely from home.

The position is best suited to someone who wishes to pursue a career in journalism, with an emphasis on on-line media. They must have excellent written skills, and have a knowledge of fashion, beauty and/or lifestyle trends as research in these areas will be required.

The ideal candidate will be very familiar with, & used to interacting on, social media (Twitter & Facebook), and basic knowledge of blogging software (Wordpress and/or Blogger) is necessary. Familiarity with uploading to Flickr & YouTube wld also be helpful, as would a knowledge of podcasting.

Most importantly, they will be logical, alert, hyper-organized and efficient as there is a lot of precise admin, coding of images and organisation of databases to be done. (Tasks that I perform on a daily basis, but which are currently taking up time which I should spend writing.) A good phone manner is required.

As well as helping with day-to-day work admin, the internship may also involve calling in samples for shoots, accompanying me on appointments to fashion houses and to publicity agencies, to events & launches as necessary, as well as some work errands such as returning samples to fashion houses & agencies. This means a familiarity with NYC is essential.

There will also be an opportunity to contribute by-lined posts to Libertylondongirl.com in the intern’s area of interest, therefore knowledge of some or all of the areas currently covered by Libertylondongirl.com would be helpful but not essential. I will work with the intern to help improve their writing skills.

They must have their own laptop. The position is unpaid, but a weekly MTA card will be covered, along with various other emoluments to be discussed. Ideally I’d like a commitment of four weeks (or more), starting in June at a point tba.

Interested candidates should email me at libertylondongirl@gmail.com with a resumé and a covering letter setting out their relevant experience & skills. I’m not necessarily looking for people who have worked on magazines or websites before – I’m most interested in giving someone interesting an opportunity to learn."