Part Time Opportunity: The NY Public Library

The Out of School Time division within the NY Public Library is hiring!

They are looking for an enthusiastic individual to provide individual mentorship and academic assistance to middle school children in their “Innovation Labs” program for grades 6 - 8.  The middle school Innovation Labs programs is semester-long after-school enrichment programs at the West Farms Library in the Bronx.  Innovation Labs seeks to aid students in their development of 21st century skills, adolescent identity, and voice by providing a variety of digital and non-digital project-based learning opportunities in a uniquely informal environment, while also offering personal mentorship and homework help from dedicated staff.

The qualified mentor will have the opportunity to assist programming staff in developing best practices for middle school programming and to learn about student-centered arts and literacy education in the context of a large urban library system.

Primary Roles & Responsibilities:
The Innovation Labs Mentor will work under the supervision of the Education Coordinator and will:
- Develop positive relationships with students that foster their academic and personal growth.
- Support individual student academic and organizational needs as assigned
- Assist students in “Homework Help” area as assigned
- Assist students and answer questions as they work through program projects, assignments, and activities as assigned
Other duties as assigned

Time Commitment:
- Must commit to a full shift, 2:45pm - 5:45pm, minimum 2 days per week
- Option of Monday/Wednesdays, Tuesday/Thursdays, or all 4 days Monday-Thursday
- 7-15 hours/week

For more information and to apply today, head to CareerLink, Job ID # 42513.

Internship Spotlight: Kedwien Valdez

By Kedwien Valdez, FCRH '15

Working at Allied Integrated Marketing has been one of the greatest experiences in my undergraduate career. Never did I think, that I would have the opportunity to work at a job that was so enjoyable. Let me start off by tell you a bit of background behind Allied. It is an integrated marketing firm that does work for big movie studio companies. They have clients like Lionsgate, Paramount, Focus Features, Fox, Warner Brothers, and even Disney. They participate in many aspects of marketing these studio’s movies. I worked directly in the promotions/publicity department of Allied; my title was Movie Studio Promotions intern. What I loved about being an intern at Allied is that I was given real responsibilities, I grabbed coffee for no one but myself. I was given real responsibilities and expected to do the same work as any other employee of the company. 

At Allied, we usually would receive a movie about one to two months before it is released in theaters. From there we have to work on creating and actualizing promotional events for the movie, as well as, work behind the scenes at these movie industry events. I had the responsibility of reaching out to different groups, places and events, all across New York City and try to tie them in to our movies. This would increase exposure and create more word of mouth buzz for each individual movie. For example, I recently did work for the Huger Games: Mocking Jay Part 1. Lionsgate was looking to target to college students and incorporate events Hunger Games into events across campus. So I organized a Hunger Games week at school and called it District Fordham. (Which was a pretty creative idea if I do say so myself.) I reached out to about four clubs on campus and together we brainstormed different ideas for events. We created a Hunger Games Trivia Night, a Movie Screening, a Social Media Raffle, and a walk out to the theater for the premiering night. While working with them, I also got one of our bigger clubs on campus, CSA, to incorporate the Hunger Games into their big event, Thanks-Give-Away. I got them to raffle off a prize pack filled with Hunger Games promotional items.

Besides working on the events, and pitching different ideas to different people, I also had the opportunity to do a lot of work with the movies. One of my main responsibilities was to work movie screening, which are advanced watching of the movie for selected crowds before it comes out in theaters. So I pretty much got to see a bunch of movies before they came out in theater for free. At these screenings, I had to help with crowd control and in some instances right reports at the movie analyzing the crowd’s reactions to particular scenes and their overall opinion of the movie. My favorite part of this internship and probably the most glamorous (brace yourselves for some humble bragging coming); I got the chance to work a ton of movie premieres. At these movie premieres I had many responsibilities, one of which was walking stars down the red carpet, scouting out any unexpected celebrities that decided to attend last minute and many times work the after party. Which actually isn’t as crazy as we imagine it to be it; although still really awesome to be in there.

Over all I learned a lot at Allied Integrated marketing: I learned to get out of my comfort zone, how to write proper pitch emails: what things worked and what didn’t, and how to present myself in many events like premieres and screenings. This internship allowed me to express my creative ideas much more openly; no idea was ever a bad one or too crazy. My opinions were always heard, and if weren’t agreed with, people took the time to explain why. It allowed me to strengthen my teamwork abilities and it also made me realize my interest in working within the entertainment industry. Overall this was a truly great experience.   

Internship Spotlight: Hans Lueders

By Hans Lueders, FCRH ‘16

Working at Efran Films was undoubtedly my favorite work experience and thus far I think it has been the best. At first in the last days of August and early September I was worried that the only organization to respond to my application for an internship would be from a film company; my major is Political Science with a Communications minor so I began to question whether or not I had a chance in a super competitive market. In fear that I wouldn’t have any sort of job for the fall, I accepted the position of Editing Intern at Efran with the reasoning that work experience of any kind was better than not, and while I was not a master of video editing, I was competent and curious enough to learn to hone an increasingly important skill in our digital minded workforce.

Although later on I received positive word back from a local Assemblyman’s office and another film company, I am very happy I decided to stay at Efran. Named after the creator and boss Shawn Efran, Efran Films is a small video production company that gets hired out by a range of organizations, frequently by the New York Times, to make promotional videos and documentaries. Even though I was only doing organizational things and limited video editing, I was in an environment that straddled both of my majors and I had a very close knit group of co-workers to show me the ropes. With no one over the age of 35 working, many of my co-workers shared my interests and creative eye, so they were always on hand to either encourage me or challenge me to approach situations in my own way.

 

The best part about working there was seeing that the work I did affected other people; I wasn’t just relegated to “busy work” like getting coffee, rather I contributed in my own ways to projects the whole team was working on, projects that made their way to the public eye. For example, on one instance I was tasked with locating and getting in touch with amateur Utah truck racers through their YouTube videos so that Efran could produce a video for TLC. The dialogue channels I opened allowed my co-workers to negotiate rights quickly and start production on a video that will air early next year. I think feeling like you’re part of a well oiled machine is truly spectacular, and anyone who wishes to work at Efran Films should know that you will feel valued and if you put in good work, you will be rewarded.

Available Internship Opportunities

1. SCO is looking for a Human Resources Intern.

SCO Family of Services seeks an intern to assist our Human Resources Department. The ideal intern will have a passion for acquiring a working knowledge of HR policies and procedures.

Position Responsibilities:

- Intern will utilize our HR methods and procedures to help organize and aid our HR department

- Intern will assist in induction process for new hires

- Intern will assist in establishing and maintaining administrative systems, including but not limited to filing, typing , faxing, data entry, photocopying documents, and organizing and maintaining personnel files

- Intern will assist in processes that allow effective management of all correspondence, reporting requirements and documentation, including but not limited to personal details of all new staff members and updating and accurately maintaining data of all existing employees

Method of Supervision:

Intern will receive direct supervision from the Associate Director of Human Resources, who will provide the intern with day to day training and management in HR functions

Desired Organizational Outcomes:

Collaborate with student intern to carryout and execute HR policies and procedures to ensure compliance and efficiency within the SCO organization

Desired Student Outcomes:

Understand and exemplify HR policies and procedures that represent best practices

Qualifications: 

- Ideally intern will be a HR Major or related field with knowledge and or interest of Human Resource practices and procedures or legal practices
- Individual will be organized, meticulous and timely
- Ability to maintain a filing system
- Knowledge of computer and software programs including Word & Excel
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Must ensure confidentiality

For more information or to apply today, head to CareerLink, Job ID # 41745.

2. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is hiring summer interns.

“We offer an array of challenges that demand the skills of a financial professional, the intellectual curiosity of an academic, and the passion for public service. If you are ready to take on these challenges in your career, then the New York Fed is the ideal place for you. We have launched our Summer Internship Applications on our careers website and wanted to provide you with the application details.  We would also like to ask for your assistance in passing this information along to your fellow classmates, student organization group members and other interested peers and colleagues.”

Summer Intern Recruiting Timeline:

- Applications will be reviewed at the end of January/February

- Candidates who are selected to interview will be notified in February

- Interviews will be conducted from mid- February through March

Summer Analyst and Associate Program Application Deadline:

Thursday, January 15th, 2015 (11:59 PM EST)

Apply on via the careers website.

3. The NY Mets are looking to fill a 2015 Internship in Guest Experience.

The internship program is designed for applicants who are interested in pursuing a career in professional sports, specifically in Guest Services. The intern will frequently assist with and eventually lead tours of the ballpark for VIP guests, along with escorting guests to various locations for pre- and in-game hospitality experiences.

Responsibilities:

- Interns will assist with all responsibilities of the Guest Experience Department. This includes but is not limited to: administrative support to the department’s Customer Relationship Management and Event Staff Recognition programs, project-based support for all department staff members and real-time support to the Guest Experience event staff.  

Internship Eligibility: 

- Must be graduating this December/January or a recent graduate of a College/University  

- Must provide own transportation to and from work

Program Length/Schedule:

- The approximate dates of this internship are from March 3rd through end of the season (including potential post-season games)

- Internship is paid

- Interns must be fully available for the duration of the internship

- Work location will be at Citi Field, Flushing, NY 11368

- Interns will work approximately 35-40 hours per week when the team is on the road and approximately 40-60 hours per week when team is home

- Please note, game day responsibilities include nights and weekends

Note: When you apply for this job online, you will be required to answer the following questions:

1. Are you available to work from March through October?
2. Do you have adequate transportation to and from Citi Field?
3. Are you available to work 35 hours per week and nights/weekends, as needed?
4. Please describe a time when you helped resolve a difficult customer issue. What was the issue, and how did you handle the situation?
5. Explain the type of work you currently do, and the types of interaction you have with others.

For more information and to apply today, head to the Mets Career Site.