subvert is looking for interns to help
Heather Gold / subvert is looking for 1-2 interns to help with the development of shows, project management, promotion and web help. This is a great opportunity to learn about the web, the creation of live and online performance and entrepreneurship. The internship will include a mix of video, audio and web editing and logging and some organizational + administrative tasks. This may include a role in the creative process of a solo show. You don’t have to be an experienced video or story editor. What matters most to me is that you’re smart, forthright, enthusiastic, a great listener, take initiative and have impeccable follow-through. For me, smart doesn’t mean that you get good grades on tests at school though you might.
About subvert | heather gold
subvert produces live and online experiences that allow us to be ourselves together, usually involving jokes. subvert produces the talk show for the Internet era the Heather Gold Show.
Heather Gold is a writer and innovative comedian with deep roots in The Valley. She tours North America performing, speaking and hosting conversations at venues from the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts to Kenyon College to Gotham Comedy Club. She’s been in media like Wired, npr, LOGO and performed with people like Tony-winner Bill Irwin and Margaret Cho. For 10 years, she’s been mixing up the Net and in live performances exploring the emotional mechanics of how people connect — for example, how to be “private†in public, how to scale conversation, and how to bring really different people together. Heather also uses her performance as a lab, bringing insight to technology, business and communities like Google and Web 2.0 on how to create useful conversations. She’s a leading voice in the direction of evolving entertainment, media and community (SXSW, medibistro). She’ll soon be the host of two shows on the This Week In Tech network (TWiT) which has 2.6 million viewers a month.
About the internship
Interns work 1-2 weekday afternoons a week in person, plus independent hours and the very occasional evening during live shows. I am based in Huntington Village. I will provide a small summer stipend and provide recommendations and introductions with great performance. I’ve been involved with the Web since its earliest days (Apple’s first music team, early webcasting, the start-up that created some of the iPod experience, early videoblogging) and am happy to provide some mentorship time around Net start-ups and the media.
Intern Characteristics and Qualifications:
• a sense of humor
• a background or interest in theatre, solo performance, comedy videoblogging, video production. Will train in iMovie if you don’t already know it.
• an attender of live comedy, performance or theatre a plus
• you have your own mac laptop running Leopard
• an excellent writer
• a quick learner
• experience or interest in basic video editing
• Web savvy. You understand social networking and use the web daily. You might even know a few html tags. If you can code WordPress front or backend, that’s fantastic but not necessary.
• love for and understanding of tech equipment, podcasting, mics etc is not necessary but a plus
• attention to detail
• organized
• reliable
• a great “no task’s too small†attitude
• intellectually curious
• gay friendly
• good judgement including good editorial judgement
How to apply:
Send an email to internship [at] subvert [dot] com. Include your name in the subject line. Write a unique, brief cover letter and include a resume and links to 3 video samples you have made or that you like. If you have them or anything that can show your editorial judgement or sense of humour, even your twitter stream, send a link to that as well. Let me know what you have to offer, why this internship excites you and what you’re looking to get out of it.