Hello all,
As some of you may have seen there are two open positions (both paid) in the Community Engagement department for internships on the Learning & Evaluation team:
Communications Intern:. (6 months, up to 30 hours/week) We are looking for a candidate who works and / or studies in the field of communications, has excellent verbal and written English communications skills and the ability to excel in a fast-paced, multitasking environment. Knowledge and/or experience with Wikimedia Projects a plus!
The Communications Iintern will primarily support conference communications for the Community Engagement Team (including event planning and materials preparation), help plan workshops and community events for program leaders (as well as document the outcome of those events), and assist with the coordination of technology supports for communications and events. You can find the complete job description here:
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/488571#.WCHxXOErKRs
Technical Intern (3 months up to 20 hours/week) We are looking for a candidate that has experience in Mediawiki mark-up and technical communications experience in designing for web content curation and user flow, has proficiency in at least three of the following programming languages: Javascript, Lua, Python, MySQL, has experience developing or administrating MediaWiki websites. The candidate should have a strong interest in archival systems, searchability and usable portals on wiki, and technical skills for designing Wikimedia templates and pages.
The Technical Design Intern will work closely with the Communications and Outreach Coordinator (that would be me!) on the Wikimedia Resource Center, the redesign of the Evaluation Portal on Meta Wikimedia, and migration and archiving of L&E portal pages from existing namespaces to new namespace, among other tasks. You can find the complete job description here:
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/488570#.WBE6X-ErKRs
If you are interested, please apply. If you know someone who might fit this position, please forward the email to them!
Cheers,
María