Author: Jessica Wong Camhi (Page 16 of 233)

Design Museum Boston is seeking a 2D Design Intern to join our team this summer and assist us in designing and producing graphic assets for print and web to be used in public exhibitions, marketing, and outreach programs. Design Museum Boston is a distributed museum, meaning we don’t have a single physical location — we put exhibitions in places where people already go, places like city hall, the mall, the airport, public parks, and online. Our exhibitions and marketing materials need to be clear, educational, and fun for our audience. The 2D Design Intern will tackle challenges at multiple levels that are specific to Design Museum Boston’s unique approach to delivering educational content.

The intern will:

• Develop concepts and graphic assets for the designmuseumboston.org redesign
• Assist in developing concepts and unifying the brand direction of the organization as it readies to launch new programs
• Assist in the creation of graphic assets for existing Design Museum Programs as needed
• Have their own computer capable of complex tasks
  Be creating web based graphics and newsletter designs

Knowledge of the following tools/processes required:

Expertise with Adobe CreativeSuite (in particular Photoshop and Illustrator)
Pages, Keynote, Word, and Excel
Googledocs

Design Museum Boston is seeking a 3D Design Intern to join our team this summer and assist us in designing, developing and fabricating exhibitions and other program elements. Design Museum Boston is a distributed museum, meaning we don’t have a single physical location — we put exhibitions in places where people already go, places like city hall, the mall, the airport, public parks, and online. Our exhibitions need to be designed to pop-up quickly, travel, and most importantly educate and delight our audience. The 3D design intern will tackle challenges at multiple levels that are specific to Design Museum Boston’s unique approach to delivering educational content.

The intern will:

• Develop concepts and prototypes for exhibition and physical programmatic elements
• Fabricate and install exhibitions in public
• Monitor and maintain exhibitions in the field
• We’re looking for someone who:
• Is a self-starter, able to pick up parts of a project and contribute
• Is a collaborator, able to fit into a team and boost its effectiveness
• Is adaptable, able to pivot and move forward with new constraints
• Is a planner, able to anticipate needs and put detailed plans in place for the future
• Is a builder, able to translate his/her ideas into real assets (wood, metal, acrylic, etc)

Knowledge of the following tools/processes required:

• Knowledge of CAD systems: Rhino, Solidworks, or Sketchup
• Expertise with Adobe CreativeSuite (in particular Photoshop and Illustrator)
• Wood/metal shop power tools and assembly processes
• Pages, Keynote
• Googledocs

Interns at Design Museum Boston are provided with some of the most unique experiences one can receive as a student. Interns become an integral member of our team and play a vital role in the success of the organization.

Design Museum Boston is seeking an Exhibitions intern to join our team this fall. This position requires strong organizational skills, excellent research, writing and interpersonal skills, and the ability to work well with our whole team. The intern will report to and assist the Program Coordinator in variety of duties such as communications, organization, research and writing, developing web content, and event and workshop support.

Responsibilities will include:

• Assist in creating content for museum exhibitions; includes research, copywriting, editing, creating presentations, performing outreach to content providers, etc.
• Assist with email and written communication with partnerships including venues, content partners, vendors, etc.
• Attend and assist with exhibition meetings and planning meeting agendas.
• Coordinate and manage volunteers at various levels
• Copywriting for PR, media, advertising (press releases, etc)
• Social media and press/media outreach for exhibitions
• Assist with Boston museum events

Qualified applicants will have/be:

• Enrolled in degree program and applying to satisfy academic credit requirements
• Passion for design, education, and/or nonprofit arts administration
• Organized and detail oriented with good interpersonal & communication skills
• Familiarity of Mac OS, Adobe Creative Suite, spreadsheets, and email marketing tools, including advanced spreadsheets and formulas — mailchimp, dropbox, eventbrite, and the like, all our software is in the cloud
• Self-starter with a strong work ethic and attention to detail
• Excellent writing, research, communication, and organizational skills
• Hard worker, able to contribute under uncertainty and learn while doing in a startup environment
• Great interpersonal skills and experience working with groups and children
• Graphic design skills — not required but this would be a major bonus, we like to design everything we do

Design Museum Foundation (DMF) is seeking a development intern to serve in its Boston office.

DMF is a nomadic museum that’s open to everyone, everywhere. By design, we’re a museum without a permanent home. We make design accessible through a network of pop-up exhibitions and events that are open to everyone, everywhere. We believe design can change the world, with the power to transform social systems, increase individual ambition, implement community visions, and strengthen local economies. So our programs educate and inspire everyone from kids to CEOs — empowering new creative problem solvers everyday by showing them the transformative power of design.

The Development Intern will support the Development Director in the implementation of DMF’s annual strategic development plan, designed to build and enhance all donor communications and experiences, and to structure and prioritize solicitation activities. The Development Intern will report to the Development Director, and will work closely with the Executive Director and the Grant Writer.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for timely and accurate gift entry in donor database and other donor files, maintaining clean and up-to-date donor records, and producing donor acknowledgements with adherence to our development policies and procedures;
• Reports on and analyzes results of various campaigns throughout fundraising cycle;
• Assist in all donor correspondence, including campaign and solicitation materials, donation acknowledgment;
• Help execute donor cultivation, celebration, and solicitation events;
• Represent DMF at public events and meetings with donors;
• Support Development Director in creation of publications (annual report, newsletters etc.);
• Support Development Director in donor prospecting, cultivation and solicitation;
• Support Development Director and Grants Writer in grant research, writing and packaging, and reporting;
• Perform other position-related duties as assigned.

Qualified applicants will have/be:

• Enrolled in degree program and applying to satisfy academic credit requirements
• Passion for design, education, and/or nonprofit arts administration
• Organized and detail oriented with good interpersonal & communication skills
• Familiarity of Mac OS, Adobe Creative Suite, spreadsheets, and email marketing tools
• Self-starter with a strong work ethic and attention to detail
• Excellent writing, communication, and organizational skills
• Hard worker, able to contribute under uncertainty and learn while doing in a startup environment