Internship Description

You’ll write for the blog and newsletter, generate ideas for our Six-Word challenges (called SixContests), interact with schools and organizations, and participate in the creative process of the internationally known Six-Word Memoir project. As part of the internship, you’ll read and potentially curate submissions that come in every day to SIXWORDMEMOIRS.COM and engage with our passionate community of storytellers.

Who We’re Looking For

College students or recent graduates who can work approximately two hours a week (some weeks closer to four if you’re writing a blog post or newsletter item).  Internships run for a minimum of three months, and include a small monthly stipend after the first three weeks. You should know WordPress and Excel, or be willing to learn both.

Responsibilities:

• • Creating Six-Word challenges to drive on-site interaction (contests, etc.)

• • Pick a social media lane and work with the Community Manager to help amplify that lane (e.g. Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok)

• • Writing articles about schools and organizations participating in the Six-Word Memoirs community, as well as occasional “Craft of Writing” items for our Substack newsletter.
  • Being an active participant on SixWordMemoirs.com

Requirements:

• • Proficiency in WordPress and Excel

• • Strong creative writing skills

• • Ability to work under deadlines

• • Great communication skills

• • An interest in storytelling and education
  • A calm, flexible demeanor

How to apply

Submit your resume and a short cover letter stating why you want this internship, and complete these assignments:

1. Look through recent Six-Word Memoirs® (sixwordmemoirs.com) and tell us which six among the last 50 that have been submitted you think should be featured as “Editor’s Picks.”
2. Suggest three six word prompts or challenges for a forthcoming SixContest.
3. Login to the site, create a profile and start writing Six-Word Memoirs®, at least one with a backstory.
4. Take a look at Six-Word Memoir’s Substack newsletter and suggest at least one “Craft of Writing” item.

Incomplete applications will not be considered. Please send attachments in Word or as link to a google doc.

Submit to: larry@sixwordmemoirs.com

Digital Content Internship

Internship Description

Digital Content Interns will work with the team on social media outreach, content creation and community development.

Who We’re Looking For
College students or recent graduates who can work 10 hours per week remotely for a minimum of three months. You should be very interested in social media and ready to immerse yourself in our Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram accounts on a daily basis. And seriously, do a gut check—we work too hard to have time to reign in unfocused members of our small and intensely driven team. We offer a $100/month stipend.

Responsibilities:

• Curating and creating Six-Word Memoirs® content for use across all social media platforms through the use of websites like Unsplash and Canva.
• Maintaining proper crediting of images on social media accounts
• Researching new social media marketing ideas and seeking out opportunities for social media partnership, sponsorship, and cross-promotion.
• Building relationships through the Six-Word Memoirs® social media profiles, engaging our existing and potential audiences through commenting, sharing and networking.
• Observing trends on social media outlets to incorporate into the Six-Word Memoirs® community

Requirements:

• Proficiency in Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, Pinterest, and third-party social media applications
• Ability to use Canva (or be a quick learner) to create beautiful and effective images to be shared across social media
• Strong creative writing skills
• A strong eye for good design
• Ability to work under deadlines and juggle multiple initiatives at the same time
• Great communication skills
• An interest in storytelling and current events
• A calm, flexible demeanor

How to apply
Include your resume, a writing sample, and a short cover letter telling us why you’re interested in a Digital Content internship with Six-Word Memoirs® from SMITH Magazine. And complete these assignments:

1. Pitch six ideas for on-brand tweets you would send from the @sixwords Twitter handle.
2. Suggest six thoughts/ideas on things you would do if you were running the Six-Word Memoirs® social media pages.
3. Login to the site, create a profile and start writing Six-Word Memoirs®, at least one with a backstory.
4. Familiarize yourself with the images posted to our social media accounts, and use Unsplash.com and Canva.com to make an accompanying image for one of the Six-Word Memoirs® you’ve posted.

Incomplete applications will not be considered. Please send attachments in Word or Rich Text format.

Submit to: news@smithmag.net

Internship Description

Six-Word Memoirs from SMITH Magazine design interns will be doing things as unglamorous and basic as updating our media kit and other company materials. At the same time, if you’re psyched, motivated, and in sync with what Six and SMITH are all about, you could be working on things as cool as creating artful presentations of Six-Word Memoirs, designing T-shirts, working on visuals for live events, and helping us develop our audio and visuals projects across our online and offline platforms. You’ll also help us expand our reach for our recently launched ‘Daily Illustration” found on the top of SixWordMemoirs.com

Who We’re Looking For

The ideal candidates are students or recent grads who can work five to eight hours a week either virtually or in our Columbus, OH-based office for a minimum of three months. You need to be smart, creative, self-motivated, professional, and have a passion for storytelling. The well intentioned but ultimately flaky should not apply.

Requirements:

• • Proficiency in In-Design & PowerPoint (both a must); WordPress (not required by recommended)

• • Ability to work under deadlines and juggle multiple initiatives at the same time

• • Great communication skills

• • An interest in storytelling and current events

• A calm, flexible demeanor

How to apply

Include your resume and a short cover letter telling us why you’re interested in this design internship and we’ll take it from there. If you have a website that shows samples of your work, please include that link as well.

Small monthly stipend after six weeks. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Please send attachments in Word or Rich Text format.

Submit to: news@smithmag.net