Multimedia Intern
Location: Minnesota History Center, 345 W Kellogg Blvd, St. Paul, MN 55102
Description: Intern will assist MNHS multimedia staff in the development, production and implementation of a variety of multimedia projects for education, promotion, mobile tours, curricular products, and multimedia elements within exhibits. The media staff at MNHS produce everything from online videos to large-scale immersive media installations, like the “Flour Tower” at Mill City Museum or “This Must Be Hell” C47 plane show at the History Center.
Ideal degrees: Multimedia, Film Making
Student Qualifications:
- The ideal candidate would have 2-3 years undergraduate experience in multimedia, film making or related courses possess basic media production skills including videography, sound recording, editing, and preparing files for web delivery.
- Experience with Adobe Premiere and Adobe Creative Cloud applications is desired.
- Multimedia installation experience a plus.
Student Responsibilities:
- Work on a variety of projects from educational curricular and promotional to immersive exhibit multimedia
- Learn about the role of multimedia production within MNHS programs and exhibitions
- Assist multimedia producers on all aspects of production, editing in particular
- Prepare projects for web and/or exhibit delivery
- Assist with accessibility, including captioning
- Assist with multimedia exhibit installations
- Work within set deadlines
Knowledge intern is expected to gain:
- Experience working in many aspects of multimedia production for exhibits and programs
- Exposure to production best practices related to museum multimedia
- Introduction to the integration of multimedia experiences in exhibits
- Increased awareness of the operations of a large public museum
Additional Materials Required: Work sample reel. Links to streaming media preferred.