Jasper Project Intern Program
The Jasper Project invites college and postgraduate students who reside full-time in the Columbia, SC area to apply for unpaid intern positions with the organization.
Positions are available in the following areas:
· Magazine Writer
· Photographer
· Social Media Management
· Marketing and PR
Responsibilities
Magazine Writer – you’ll be writing an assigned online article weekly which will be published in Jasper Online as well as writing one or more articles for a print issue of Jasper Magazine.
Photographer – you’ll be creating weekly photo assignments or essays for Jasper Online and contributing to the photography of a print issue of Jasper Magazine.
Social Media Management – you will be the daily voice of the Jasper Project on X and Instagram and will assist in marketing Jasper events and promoting Jasper artists
Galleries Management – you’ll be assisting the Jasper Project galleries director with gallery installation and receptions (2 or more per month) and attending all or most gallery openings and receptions as a diplomat of the Jasper Project, greeting guests and introducing them to the featured artist(s)
Marketing and PR – in conjunction with the executive and operating directors, you’ll be writing press releases for all Jasper events and disseminating them to local and state-wide media outlets
All Jasper Project Interns
You’ll be attending all Jasper Project board and committee meetings (typically one per month) and will choose or be assigned to one or more Jasper Project Committees, as well as meeting weekly (by phone, Zoom, in person, or via chat) with a member of the Jasper Project executive committee or project director to discuss assignments and assess your needs and questions
Apply
Please send a letter of introduction to JasperProjectColumbia@gmail.com including the following information:
· Name, year in school, major
· Any experience you have in the position you are applying for
· Non-academic examples of your writing, if applying to be a writer, and photos, if you are applying to be a photog
· Do you have your own transportation?
· A letter of intent telling us which post you are interested in and why you’d like to work with Jasper.
JASPER INTERNS TYPICALL SERVE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR INCLUDING SUMMER AND TWO OR MORE SEMESTERS. EXCEPTIONS CAN BE MADE AND WE ARE HAPPY TO COMPLETE ACADEMIC FORMS FOR COURSE COMPLETION CREDIT
About Jasper
Jasper has been publishing a Midlands-based all arts magazine since 2011 that we distribute freely throughout the area. The Jasper Project became a 5013c in 2016 and still operates on an all-volunteer basis with no paid employees. We now have many projects including a film festival, literary journal, and a theatre series in which we annually produce and publish an adjudicated local play. Our priorities are making the process of creating art more understandable, nurturing community and collaboration, bringing to light a more positive narrative of SC, and making a penny squeal