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Information Technology Internship Information

Interns will work directly with their Team Coordinators and other staff, and are responsible for increasing awareness of and commitment to the Student World Assembly?s mission. Interns will work among a broad range of audiences, most particularly opinion leaders, educators, policy makers, and the general membership. Internships are unpaid but maybe done for academic credit or on a volunteer basis. A candidate must be an undergraduate student; a graduate student; or have graduated from college within twelve months at the beginning of the internship. Interns are expected to work between 15-20 hours a week. Internships are offered during the Summer, Fall, and Winter/Spring semesters. Interns may receive academic credit if an agreement is made between the SWA and the intern's college or university.

Required Skills:

Knowledge of MS Office products, internet navigation; ability to organize administrative projects; demonstrate clear and effective written and verbal communication skills; ability to meet deadlines and maintain a flexible schedule; strong diplomatic skills in dealing with people from a variety of cultures and backgrounds; awareness of and sensitivity to a variety of cultural perspectives; awareness of prominent global issues.

Web Developer/Design: The applicant should be comfortable developing/designing visual interface and coding in HTML. Candidates should have knowledge of at least on or more of the following applications: DreamWaver, FrontPage, Flash, Access and Photoshop or Fireworks.

Web Programmer: Should have experience in the programming language of ASP.Net, JavaScript and have some background in the web servers and database design.

Data Management: The applicant should be experienced with database structures and at least one of the following applications: Access, Microsoft SQL.

Graphic Designer: Proficiency with Photoshop is required. Knowledge of Flash, Adobe InDesign, Illustrator or other software is a plus but optional.

Primary Responsibilities:

Each Intern will be responsible for one or more of the following tasks depending on their abilities:
  • Develop and maintain website to ensure timeliness, accuracy and consistency of site
  • Writing efficient web applications and maintaining and redesign existing web applications using ASP.NET
  • Design, develop and maintain databases.
  • Creating and linking databases to the user interface.
  • Create designs, concepts, layouts for website, publications, advertisements and other printed and graphic materials.
  • prepare comprehensive layouts of the design using techniques such as photography, illustration and computer-generated imagery
  • Assisting in collaboration and design of marketing tools


For more information, please contact:

internship@studentworldassembly.org
2 West 64th St Suite 408 New York, NY 10023
Phone: 1.212.580.3800 - Fax: 1.212.580.3808

 

  

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