PortSide NewYork Social Media Intern

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Help bring change and life to NYC’s waterfront! Join an innovative, maritime non-profit in Red Hook, Brooklyn
A living lab for better urban waterways, PortSide NewYork, brings WaterStories to life. PortSide produces and hosts WaterStories programs in the arts; education; preservation; resiliency; and job training and harbor advocacy, on and off our flagship: the historic tanker MARY A. WHALEN.
Summer 2017, PortSide seeks 1 social media interns to work 20 hours a week, whose work would include:

1. Social media communication: download photos from phones and cameras to our archive.
2. Working closely with staff, create tweets and Facebook posts, open an Instagram account, and schedule updates (via Hootsuite or some other program) to regularly post content.
3. Occasional work as a ship docent during TankerTours and as a deck monitor during TankerTime. Some of this work is on weekends and in the evenings.
4. Occasional odd jobs around the ship and office

Qualifications
* Interest in working in our offices on a historic ship and OK with a lot of time outdoors
* An eye for photos and ability to write witty, succinct copy is key.
* Outgoing, articulate.
* Organized worker with careful attention to detail
* Ability to cheerfully work both independently and collaboratively, take initiative, and an eagerness to learn and develop new skills
* Able to spontaneously adjust to changing situations on the job
* Familiar with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook), Adobe Creative Suite, and social media
* Boating experience or familiarity with maritime terms, waterfront planning etc is helpful

Location
On our historic ship MARY A. WHALEN, Pier 11, Atlantic Basin, Red Hook, Brooklyn. As of June 1, this is next to the new NYC Ferry stop in Red Hook. Directions at http://portsidenewyork.org/visitor-info/

Interns are not stuck with scut work. We believe it is our responsibility to provide quality, learning experiences for students, and we take time out to mentor our interns and have maintained relationships with many former interns years after they have left us. The position is unpaid, but we find ways to give interns some things of value via our sponsors (rides on other boats, gift certificates at businesses, etc).