Communications Photography Intern

NRDC is a non-profit environmental advocacy organization. We use law science and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planets wildlife and wild places and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air clean water and healthy communities. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our people helped write some of Americas bedrock environmental laws including the Clean Water Act and many of the implementing regulations. Today our team of more than 700 lawyers scientists economists policy advocates communications experts and others work across the United States and the globe from our offices in Beijing; Chicago; New Delhi; New York; San Francisco; Santa Monica; and Washington D.C.

NRDC is seeking a Photography Intern to work with the Communications Multimedia team associated with our New York office.

• Assist with research selection and licensing of stock photography illustration for editorial social and digital advocacy & fundraising photo & video projects.
• Receive training in Photoshop editing techniques for basic color correction and resizing final files for digital delivery.
• Assist with commissioning photo shoots. Receive training and oversight to create photo shoot production timelines call sheets and shot lists.
• Photographing evergreen content for the NRDC DAM (digital asset management) if applicable to candidates skills.
• Assist with research selection and licensing of stock footage for use in social vertical videos.
• Receive training in basic video editing and/or design if applicable to candidates skill set.
• Gain an understanding of how Design Video and Photo Teams collaborate on creative storytelling.

• Photography-related experience (either educational or professional).
• Knowledge/experience with Adobe Creative Suite.

Preferred

• Majoring or minoring in Photography or related visual art.

NRDC is committed to advancing diversity equity and inclusion both in our work and in our workplace. We believe that celebrating and actively welcoming diverse voices and perspectives is essential to solving the planets most pressing environmental problems and we encourage applications from candidates whose identities have been historically under-represented in the environmental movement.

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race color religion gender gender identity or expression marital status sexual orientation national origin citizenship age disability veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local law. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

This position is: a paid internship with a stipend equivalent to $6600.00 paid bi-weekly over the course of the assignment.

The incumbent will not qualify as an employee fellow volunteer or independent contractor of NRDC nor will the incumbent be guaranteed employment at the end of the internship term.

NRDC operates under a hybrid work model. Employees are required to come into the office 8 days per month.

As a science-based organization NRDC aims to do our part to help contain the COVID-19 public health crisis. For the sake of health safety and equity we ask that people be vaccinated unless they have an approved medical or religious accommodation or other exemption in accordance with state and local law. We consider a person to be vaccinated two weeks after receiving one full course of a CDC-approved accordance with state or local law new hires will be asked to attest to vaccination. Those wishing to do so may request medical or religious accommodations or other exemptions. NRDC treats all vaccination-related data confidentially in keeping with local state and federal laws.

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