Internships
This Summer, the Windward Network is offering virtual internships and other experiential learning opportunities! Internships offered through the Windward Network provide meaningful Summer experiences for current students (rising Juniors and Seniors) and college-age alumni in a variety of different fields. Participants have the opportunity to gain valuable insights into their industries of interest, develop skills, cultivate professional connections, and strengthen their resumes.
Any currently enrolled student who completes an internship organized through the Windward Network and the required reflection at the culmination of the internship will receive course credit documented on their transcript. This course credit will be graded as Pass/Fail and in the amount of 0.5 credits, and will be awarded for the semester preceding the internship.
For college-age students (including the Class of 2021), you are responsible for coordinating course credit through your university.
To be considered for a summer internship, please complete the following steps:
1. Review internship descriptions on our online mentoring below.
2. Complete application linked here.
3. Submit by Friday, March 12, 2021, at 3 p.m. (PST)
4. Wait for notification of interview and complete if selected.
5. Notification of placements will be completed early Spring.
6. If you have any questions throughout this process, please contact Robin Pickett at rpickett@windwardschool.org.
Summer 2022 opportunities will be available January 2022. See below for last Summer's offerings!
Windward at Work
Our online mentoring and professional support platform, Windward at Work, now has over 850 users! Through Windward at Work, students and alumni are able to seek guidance from mentors (Network Advisors and others) who have signed up to help assist in areas ranging from building a compelling resume and preparing for interviews to making introductions within their network.
Additionally, students and alumni are able to search for and apply to both internship and job openings through the platform.
We are always looking for people interested in joining our amazing group of Network Advisors. If you are interested in learning more, please contact Robin Pickett at rpickett@windwardschool.org or complete this form.
Summer 2021
Highlights
60 Summer Interns!
- 47 Student Interns
- 13 Alumni Interns
30 Internship Sites in LA
Entertainment
Gotham Group
Overview: The Gotham Group is a Hollywood-based management and production company. The Gotham Group's literary management practice encompasses all aspects of writing and directing, whether it be film, television, publishing, journalism, or content creation.
Beginning with Tony DiTerlizzi's award-winning family adventure THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES, which Gotham produced for Paramount in 2008, the Gotham Group has sought out visually stunning and compelling stories that strive to entertain audiences worldwide. In the YA space, the Gotham Group produced the MAZE RUNNER trilogy for 20th Century Fox, based on James Dashner's New York Times #1 bestselling novels. The first movie in the series was released in 2014, and the series has made over $1 billion worldwide. On the prestige drama front, Gotham recently produced the father/son road trip film KODACHROME, which stars Ed Harris, Jason Sudeikis, and Elizabeth Olsen. KODACHROME is based on a New York Times article by A.G. Sulzberger, and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it was acquired for distribution by Netflix, who released the film to race review in April 2018. More recently, Gotham produced the movie adaptation of Jerry Spinelli's STARGIRL, which is one of the most beloved and acclaimed YA novels, which over a million copies in print worldwide. STARGIRL was one of the first original productions for Walt Disney Studios' new streaming platform, Disney+. Gotham also recently produced the Netflix movie ALL TOGETHER NOW, based on the novel SORTA LIKE A ROCKSTAR by Matthew Quick.
Beginning with Tony DiTerlizzi's award-winning family adventure THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES, which Gotham produced for Paramount in 2008, the Gotham Group has sought out visually stunning and compelling stories that strive to entertain audiences worldwide. In the YA space, the Gotham Group produced the MAZE RUNNER trilogy for 20th Century Fox, based on James Dashner's New York Times #1 bestselling novels. The first movie in the series was released in 2014, and the series has made over $1 billion worldwide. On the prestige drama front, Gotham recently produced the father/son road trip film KODACHROME, which stars Ed Harris, Jason Sudeikis, and Elizabeth Olsen. KODACHROME is based on a New York Times article by A.G. Sulzberger, and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it was acquired for distribution by Netflix, who released the film to race review in April 2018. More recently, Gotham produced the movie adaptation of Jerry Spinelli's STARGIRL, which is one of the most beloved and acclaimed YA novels, which over a million copies in print worldwide. STARGIRL was one of the first original productions for Walt Disney Studios' new streaming platform, Disney+. Gotham also recently produced the Netflix movie ALL TOGETHER NOW, based on the novel SORTA LIKE A ROCKSTAR by Matthew Quick.
Responsibilities: Interns must be available to work remotely a minimum of two days a week. Interns will learn to write coverage, research projects, attend production and staff meetings, as well as pitch meetings with our clients. With many managers and assistants coming from internal promotions, Gotham looks to allow eager interns to learn and grow in the business with such opportunities as entertainment industry speaker meetings and assistant/manager shadowing.
Requirements: Interest in books, animation, live action film and television. Must be a self-starter and eager to participate in a team environment.
Time Frame: May/June 2021 – late August/early September 2021
Eligibility: Rising Juniors and Seniors
JLTV
Mentor: Brad Pomerance (current parent)
Overview: Brad Pomerance is a television journalist and is looking for interns to work with him on non-fiction television projects. For Jewish Life Television (JLTV), he hosts and produces a travel series entitled “Air Land & Sea” and an interview program entitled The J Report. For PBS affiliate KVCR, he hosts and produces a history-themed show entitled, “Uncovered in the Archives.”
Responsibilities:
Overview: Brad Pomerance is a television journalist and is looking for interns to work with him on non-fiction television projects. For Jewish Life Television (JLTV), he hosts and produces a travel series entitled “Air Land & Sea” and an interview program entitled The J Report. For PBS affiliate KVCR, he hosts and produces a history-themed show entitled, “Uncovered in the Archives.”
Responsibilities:
- Research and writing
- Media library maintenance
- Scheduling
- Assistance with in-studio and field shoots
- Social media management
- Potential voice over and on-camera work
- Requirements:
- Basic familiarity with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Strong research and writing skills
- Interest in history, travel, and current events
- It is not a requirement that the intern be of the Jewish faith.
Time Frame:
Three- to six-week time frames, three days per week, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. June/July/August
Eligibility: Rising Juniors, Seniors and college students, with a demonstrated interest in television/journalism
Myriad Pictures
Myriad Pictures: International Sales and Production
Mentor: Mithra Alavi
Internship provided by: Kevin Forester ’89
Overview: Based in Los Angeles, Myriad Pictures is a leading independent entertainment company specializing in production, financing, and worldwide distribution of feature films and television programming. Participating in top markets and festivals around the world, Myriad has garnered a strong reputation as a high-quality distributor of content for all formats. Myriad Pictures is currently acquiring projects in all stages, broadening the definition of distribution. By beginning the process before a film is complete, the team at Myriad is able to assist productions and lend their years of experience to every project. The company holds an impressive and diverse library of critically acclaimed art house and commercially successful mainstream filmed programming including “Kinsey,” “Goon,” “The Good Girl,” “Factory Girl,” “Van Wilder,” “Jeepers Creepers 2,” the Academy Award-nominated “Margin Call,” and the critically acclaimed “The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby.”
Responsibilities: Complete script coverage (read scripts that are submitted in order to be considered as potential films and then write a short synopsis of the plot as well as comment about what makes the script strong or weak). Interns' opinions on each script will be heard in our Friday Submissions Meetings, where about 10 people come together, including our VPs of sales, acquisitions, development, and Myriad’s CEO.
Interns will also be asked to watch films and write up coverage on completed films to see if we would want to acquire them. Interns assist with our actor/actress/director grids, which includes researching specific information about them and calling their agencies to find out their availability to be a part of upcoming projects. Interns will gain valuable desk experience while occasionally covering reception fielding calls and greeting clients. Interns may also track films for acquisitions by checking different online platforms for new projects on the horizon.
If interested, they may also shadow the CEO's assistant's desk a few times to gain knowledge on the verbiage of what is needed to be an assistant in the entertainment industry.
Marketing: Attend weekly sales and marketing meetings as well as weekly distribution meeting, which includes our Canadian sister company, Pacific Northwest Pictures (PNP). PNP is a theatrical distribution company based in Canada and primarily distributes theatrical films mainly in Canada and is gradually expanding into U.S. distribution. Press coverage: check very frequently for news about PNP titles, then compile news into a PDF used to send out to potential buyers and sellers.
BOTH Development/Production + Marketing interns: Helping the office run smoothly (e.g. answering phones, making coffee, keeping office neat and tidy, having a positive, can-do attitude! Film Festivals and Markets: where the majority of the deals are made and where our projects get to be seen for the first time.
Requirements: Excellent analytical, reading, and writing skills necessary, as coverage is requested regularly. Transportation and laptop also required.
Time Frame: Two to four days per week
Eligibility: Rising Seniors and college students
Requirements: Excellent analytical, reading, and writing skills necessary, as coverage is requested regularly. Transportation and laptop also required.
Time Frame: Two to four days per week
Eligibility: Rising Seniors and college students
RESET
Overview:
RESET is a production company owned by David Morrison and his partner of 27 years, director David Fincher. RESET specializes in high-end commercials, as well as short and long form content, and boasts an impressive roster of the world’s top directors, such as Guy Ritchie, Garth Davis, Ian Pons Jewell, Tim Miller, Nabil, JC Chandor, amongst others. RESET has produced many high-profile projects for clients such as Apple, Beats, Nike, Activision, XBOX, Playstation, Pepsico, Coca-Cola, Calvin Klein and a myriad of other 21stcentury corporate clients.
Responsibilities:
RESET is looking for a paid intern who is passionate about producing as a whole, with a focus on high-end advertising. Intern responsibilities would include assisting in preparing research materials, organizing files, proofreading, general office management and duties, assisting staff and Directors, as well as potential set work, if the opportunity arises. Candidates should be organized, personable, self-motivated, and have exceptional communication and time-management skills.
*In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, immunization of employees will be required upon widespread availability of the COVID-19 vaccine.
RESET is a production company owned by David Morrison and his partner of 27 years, director David Fincher. RESET specializes in high-end commercials, as well as short and long form content, and boasts an impressive roster of the world’s top directors, such as Guy Ritchie, Garth Davis, Ian Pons Jewell, Tim Miller, Nabil, JC Chandor, amongst others. RESET has produced many high-profile projects for clients such as Apple, Beats, Nike, Activision, XBOX, Playstation, Pepsico, Coca-Cola, Calvin Klein and a myriad of other 21stcentury corporate clients.
Responsibilities:
RESET is looking for a paid intern who is passionate about producing as a whole, with a focus on high-end advertising. Intern responsibilities would include assisting in preparing research materials, organizing files, proofreading, general office management and duties, assisting staff and Directors, as well as potential set work, if the opportunity arises. Candidates should be organized, personable, self-motivated, and have exceptional communication and time-management skills.
*In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, immunization of employees will be required upon widespread availability of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Thunder Road
Mentor: Armand Brescia
Internship provided by: Basil Iwanyk (current parent)
Overview:
Thunder Road Pictures is a film and television financing and production company founded by Basil Iwanyk (father of Jacob Garner ’19). It is based in Santa Monica.
Responsibilities:
Thunder Road Pictures, responsible for producing “Wind River,” the John Wick franchise, and “Sicario,” seeks sharp, creative interns who are passionate about film and TV. General office tasks and research/notes for projects in development also occur often. We recognize and value talent and give our interns the opportunity for creative input. Our internship program teaches interns the steps taken to develop and produce feature films and television series in a fun and collaborative work environment. We ask that interns commit two to three full days a week throughout the summer.
Requirements:
Excellent analytical, reading, and writing skills necessary, as coverage is requested regularly. Transportation and laptop also required.
Time Frame:
Four to six weeks throughout summer, two to three days per week
# of positions: two
Eligibility: Rising Seniors and college students
Law, Government, Public Policy
Inner City Law Center
Overview: Inner City Law Center is a non-profit law firm that provides free legal services to the poorest and most vulnerable residents of Los Angeles. ICLC promotes access to decent, safe, and fully habitable housing for the enormous number of homeless and working-poor families and individuals residing in Los Angeles’ inner city neighborhoods.
Since its inception in 1980 in a rusty trailer behind a soup kitchen, ICLC has been guided by the fundamental principle that every person should always be treated with dignity and respect. As the only full-time provider of legal services headquartered on Skid Row, ICLC’s staff of nearly 100, including more than 45 attorneys and 1,500 volunteers, provides quality legal representation for people who have nowhere else to turn.
Inner City Law Center fights for justice for low-income tenants, working poor families, immigrants, people who are living with HIV/AIDS or are disabled, and veterans.
With your help and generous support, we will continue to:
Since its inception in 1980 in a rusty trailer behind a soup kitchen, ICLC has been guided by the fundamental principle that every person should always be treated with dignity and respect. As the only full-time provider of legal services headquartered on Skid Row, ICLC’s staff of nearly 100, including more than 45 attorneys and 1,500 volunteers, provides quality legal representation for people who have nowhere else to turn.
Inner City Law Center fights for justice for low-income tenants, working poor families, immigrants, people who are living with HIV/AIDS or are disabled, and veterans.
With your help and generous support, we will continue to:
- Ensure safe, healthy, and affordable housing;
- Help homeless veterans get off the streets;
- Stop illegal evictions to prevent innocent families from becoming homeless;
- Overcome legal challenges faced by people living with HIV/AIDS; and
- Advocate for sensible, cost-effective public policies to aggressively address Southern California’s housing and homelessness challenges.
Responsibilities: Undergraduate students play a crucial role at Inner City Law Center and help ensure every resident of Los Angeles has access to safe and affordable housing. Students are assigned to one of ICLC’s project areas and work on a variety of tasks designed to strengthen their professional skills and introduce them to a career in public interest law.
RESEARCH AND WRITING: Students will research and analyze issues relating to our cases, draft client letters and legal templates, and learn about legal research and writing.
CLIENT-CENTERED WORK AND ORAL ADVOCACY: Interns will participate in client intake and interview sessions, help our attorneys prepare for hearings and trials, and observe depositions and courtroom proceedings.
ADMIN: Students will provide administrative support to their teams and help with filing, data entry, and case management.
TRAININGS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: During their time at ICLC, students will have the opportunity to attend a variety of trainings focused on housing law, veterans issues, trauma-informed practices, cultural competency, and trial skills, as well as meet and learn from skilled lawyers and bench officers.
Requirements:
- An interest in non-profit/public interest work is required.
- Spanish and/or Mandarin language skills are required.
- Students must commit at least 16 hours a week to ICLC.
Eligibility: Open for college-age alumni
UCLA Summer Urban Health Fellowship
This is a six week pipeline program that aims to introduce students to the importance of Community Based Primary Health Care. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we will be having a virtual version of our SUHF program this year. However, there will be a few optional in-person activities available during our program. You will learn skills in community needs assessment and implement and evaluate innovative programs to accompany communities in their struggle for justice. Students will also learn about health policy advocacy and community health education.
The program has six main components that are listed below, however, due to the virtual nature of the program this year we will be making some adjustments:
MENTORING: Be a mentor to other premedical undergraduate as well as high school students. Form lasting relationships that will guide and encourage our youth towards community leadership and higher education.
PUBLIC HEALTH/ SOCIAL JUSTICE SEMINARS: Covering the basics and current issues we face in providing health to our nation's underserved communities.
COMMUNITY BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH: Introduction to research methods, data analysis and interpretation. Recent research has been presented at national forums. This year's research will focus on the impact of COVID on our communities and vaccine hesitancy.
COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATION TALKS: Work with other students to organize virtual presentations and facilitate dialogues on health promotion and prevention with multiple families and youth.
HEALTH FAIRS: Usually all of our students plan and hold a health fair in Wilmington in order to provide a port of
entry into our health care safety net of providers to hundreds of uninsured and underinsured families. However, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we will be aiming to have different hands on opportunities available for students.
FOOD PHARMACY (OPTIONAL): Students have the opportunity to staff food and PPE distribution to Harbor UCLA patients and community.
CLINICAL PRECEPTING (OPTIONAL): Possible clinical opportunity to shadow Family Physicians in an underserved area. These may involve clinical and other street medicine opportunities, as well as, clinical simulations.
HEALTH SUMMIT: All components are brought together at the end of the program when students present and make recommendations to local, state and federal health leaders at our annual health summit.
Application Deadline: April 5, 2021 at 5 p.m.
We will start sending acceptance letters by April 26, 2021.
Fellowship dates: June 14, 2021 - July 23, 2021
Location: Our program will be hosted on the online Zoom platform, with the exception of a few in-person activities.
Time Commitment: Full-time with some weekend and evening commitments.
Finance
Gideon Strategic Partners
Overview: Gideon Strategic Partners, like most successful investment advisory firms, follows a core satellite investment philosophy.
These fundamental principles guide the investment decisions we help our clients make:
- Investments are used to achieve long-term goals, while savings are used for short-term goals
- Asset allocation with diversification among stock, bond and other markets reduces risk
- Investors should know and understand how investments fit into their portfolios and why they own particular assets
- Minimizing investment costs is crucial for long-term success
- An investor’s primary decisions involve choosing a mix of assets to be held in a portfolio, not the selection of individual investments
- Risk is multi-dimensional; investors should weigh “shortfall risk”—the possibility that a portfolio may not meet long-term financial goals—against “market risk,”—the reality that returns may fluctuate
- Market-timing and performance-chasing are not part of a winning strategy
- Future long-term returns are expected to be very similar to historical returns for various asset classes and subclasses
Responsibilities:
- Run hypothetical portfolios for high net worth clients
- Run asset allocation analysis for current client accounts
- Develop spreadsheets to monitor and track client performance
- Analyze investment options and alternative investments for current prospective clients
- Build decks for new and existing clients
- Use our CRMs to file and track client/ prospect communication (Wealthbox, Pipedrive)
- Administrative duties
Requirements: See above
Roxbury Consultants
Mentor: Scott Diamond (current parent)
Summary: Roxbury Consultants is seeking an intern interested in learning about the duties, roles and responsibilities involved in the financial services industry. You will shadow a 25-year professional throughout the day and help handle projects as needed.
You can expect to learn about:
• The investment advisory field
• Financial solutions for business entities
• Advanced life insurance design
• Private capital fundraising
• Marketing
Summary: Roxbury Consultants is seeking an intern interested in learning about the duties, roles and responsibilities involved in the financial services industry. You will shadow a 25-year professional throughout the day and help handle projects as needed.
You can expect to learn about:
• The investment advisory field
• Financial solutions for business entities
• Advanced life insurance design
• Private capital fundraising
• Marketing
Additional learning opportunities include:
- attending sales training conference calls
- viewing training videos about wealth planning, and more.
Requirements: The candidate should have excellent communication skills both verbally and written; be familiar with Microsoft Suite, including Excel, Word and
PowerPoint; and be comfortable in a small, entrepreneurial work environment.
Hours: Flexible
STEAM
Bluestone Safe
Mentor: Ariella Salimpour (Windward alum)
Overview: In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic shut down our country and we knew we needed to act. Bluestone Safe was founded to keep American businesses open by ensuring the health and safety of its employees. Over the last 10 months, our three-prong program (including daily symptom screening, telemedicine, and SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR saliva-based testing), has saved tens of thousands of lives and kept hundreds of businesses open and operational. Today, our clients range from Fortune 1000 companies to Native American tribes to casinos to state counties and many more.
Overview: In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic shut down our country and we knew we needed to act. Bluestone Safe was founded to keep American businesses open by ensuring the health and safety of its employees. Over the last 10 months, our three-prong program (including daily symptom screening, telemedicine, and SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR saliva-based testing), has saved tens of thousands of lives and kept hundreds of businesses open and operational. Today, our clients range from Fortune 1000 companies to Native American tribes to casinos to state counties and many more.
Beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, Bluestone Safe will continue to serve as a telemedicine and testing platform for large employers and government entities.
Responsibilities: The team is dedicated to advancing medical education by working at the intersection of medicine, technology and photography. We are rapidly partnering with new institutions (i.e. medical schools, health systems, etc.) around the country and we need people who are flexible during this period of extreme growth and comfortable wearing different hats as needed.
Responsibilities: The team is dedicated to advancing medical education by working at the intersection of medicine, technology and photography. We are rapidly partnering with new institutions (i.e. medical schools, health systems, etc.) around the country and we need people who are flexible during this period of extreme growth and comfortable wearing different hats as needed.
More than anything, we're looking for people who share our interest and dedication to providing all people around the world with access to top medical information.
Requirements: If you're hard-working and interested in medicine, technology and/or photography, there is a place for you here. Design skills (e.g. Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.) and experience with social media (i.e. Facebook & Instagram) is preferred.
Time Frame: Flexible
We will work together to determine your work days and hours.
# of Positions: 1
Time Frame: Flexible
We will work together to determine your work days and hours.
# of Positions: 1
Eligibility: Anyone who meets the above criteria
Boeing
Overview: Boeing offers a summer program that pairs Boeing role models with top high school students to provide experience and increases exposure to STEM.
Responsibilities: Students will have learning opportunities for technical skill-building, networking, and presentation skills through special projects, training or other assignments.
# of Positions: 3-5
Eligibility: must be a Windward STEAM Scholar and must apply through Karalyn Ramon, Associate Science Department Chair
*As noted above, you may not apply for a Boeing internship through the linked application for Windward Network internships. This is a special program offered directly through Boeing, and coordinated with Karalyn Ramon.
SmartSoft
Mentor: Anitra Tarpey (current parent)
Summary: SmartSoft is seeking an intern interested in learning about the duties, roles and responsibilities involved on the business side of the software industry. SmartSoft has been a provider of management and data quality software. We provide desktop and enterprise-level solutions for address correction, postal discounts, and print workflow automation, for the United States and Canada. Our customers are Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, financial institutions, not-for-profit organizations, major online retailers and a whole host of other businesses that rely on us for their data quality needs. You will have the opportunity to shadow a business professional with over 20 years of experience and you will work on projects that will have an actual impact on the company’s business.
You can expect to learn about:
- The B2B software business
- Competitive market analysis
- Developing pricing plans
- The software development process
- Marketing
- Additional learning opportunities include:
- How to create an effective business presentation
- Working across teams
Requirements: The candidate should have excellent communication skills both verbally and written, be familiar with Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word and PowerPoint, and be comfortable in a small, entrepreneurial work environment.
Hours: Flexible
Eligibility: Rising Juniors and Seniors
*This internship includes a stipend
Symantec
Symantec/Norton LifeLock
Overview: Symantec was founded in 1982, and Symantec and Norton software today protect more than 100 million systems from the largest enterprise data centers, to critical government systems, to laptops and mobile devices used by consumers.
Overview: Symantec was founded in 1982, and Symantec and Norton software today protect more than 100 million systems from the largest enterprise data centers, to critical government systems, to laptops and mobile devices used by consumers.
Job Description:
Interns will learn to apply sound engineering and design concepts to commercial software development to help enhance the position of Symantec and Norton as global leaders in cyber security software.
Interns will learn to apply sound engineering and design concepts to commercial software development to help enhance the position of Symantec and Norton as global leaders in cyber security software.
Job Requirements
- Enrolled in a college or university degree program or rising Senior at Windward
- Some proficiency in any of C/C++, Python, Java
- Understanding of object-oriented design principles a strong plus
- Familiarity with common algorithms and data structures a strong plus
- Good communication skills and ability to work effectively in a team environment
- Ability to adapt to rapidly changing projects and requirements
Time Frame: Six to 10 Weeks
# of Positions: One
Eligibility: College students and rising Seniors at Windward
Roles and Responsibilities will be varied and would include:
- Work on various real time protection technologies to block malicious software, stop network-based threats, and protect against cloud-based attacks
- Research emerging opportunities in the cyber threat landscape, including opportunities to leverage machine learning and big data techniques to solve complex security problems
- Develop new test and process automation to allow us to react to changes in the threat landscape even more quickly
Lifestyle, Fashion, Food
Lilla Bello
Mentor: Toby Kassoy ’88, Founder + Creative Director
How the Bloom Box Program was born:
When COIVD-19 hit, we were suddenly in a position where all of our 2020 event work was canceled or postponed. This was 80% of our revenue stream so one can only imagine how this impacted our small business. What we quickly learned was that the entire "food chain" of our beloved floral world was deeply impacted as well. When L.A. shut down back in March, all of our growers were in the middle of their abundant spring season, and without consumers to deliver to, they were forced to dump all of their product. It was devastating. So we at LILLA BELLO were determined to figure out a way to support those farms, keep ourselves working, and continue to bring beautiful blooms to our clients.
Whats a Bloom Box?
With everybody now staying (stuck) at home, we knew that receiving fresh flowers would serve as an amazing emotional pick-me-up. But we went a step farther. In every bloom box, we have curated a selection of cut stems, straight from the small farms. They have not been cleaned or conditioned yet, they are exactly as we would receive them from the farms. Along with your box, you have access to our complimentary tutorial videos which teach you how to clean and condition your blooms. So now, not only do you have beautiful flowers, but you also have an "at-home project" that people can do on their own or with their family. The ultimate self-care project! Most recipients are Bloom box members with a weekly, bi-monthly or monthly subscription. There are 3 size options. Flower selection changes every week.
Internship Description:
As an intern of our Bloom Box Program, you will be helping us sort and separate the bundles of flowers for each given week, re-wrap them in our signature wrapping, and box them up for our weekly delivery. You will learn about the different flower specimens, the seasonality of flowers, where they grown and how they perform. You will also need to flex your administrative skills, as organization is a must. Different customers have different size boxes, some are delivered locally and some are packed for shipping. We will need you to make sure everything is sorted perfectly.
Days and Hours:
We deliver Bloom Boxes every Wednesday. Therefore, the prep work is on Tuesday mornings, shipped boxes are sent out on Tuesday at 12n, and loading up for our local deliveries is on Wednesday mornings. The last hour of the day is for clean up.
How the Bloom Box Program was born:
When COIVD-19 hit, we were suddenly in a position where all of our 2020 event work was canceled or postponed. This was 80% of our revenue stream so one can only imagine how this impacted our small business. What we quickly learned was that the entire "food chain" of our beloved floral world was deeply impacted as well. When L.A. shut down back in March, all of our growers were in the middle of their abundant spring season, and without consumers to deliver to, they were forced to dump all of their product. It was devastating. So we at LILLA BELLO were determined to figure out a way to support those farms, keep ourselves working, and continue to bring beautiful blooms to our clients.
Whats a Bloom Box?
With everybody now staying (stuck) at home, we knew that receiving fresh flowers would serve as an amazing emotional pick-me-up. But we went a step farther. In every bloom box, we have curated a selection of cut stems, straight from the small farms. They have not been cleaned or conditioned yet, they are exactly as we would receive them from the farms. Along with your box, you have access to our complimentary tutorial videos which teach you how to clean and condition your blooms. So now, not only do you have beautiful flowers, but you also have an "at-home project" that people can do on their own or with their family. The ultimate self-care project! Most recipients are Bloom box members with a weekly, bi-monthly or monthly subscription. There are 3 size options. Flower selection changes every week.
Internship Description:
As an intern of our Bloom Box Program, you will be helping us sort and separate the bundles of flowers for each given week, re-wrap them in our signature wrapping, and box them up for our weekly delivery. You will learn about the different flower specimens, the seasonality of flowers, where they grown and how they perform. You will also need to flex your administrative skills, as organization is a must. Different customers have different size boxes, some are delivered locally and some are packed for shipping. We will need you to make sure everything is sorted perfectly.
Days and Hours:
We deliver Bloom Boxes every Wednesday. Therefore, the prep work is on Tuesday mornings, shipped boxes are sent out on Tuesday at 12n, and loading up for our local deliveries is on Wednesday mornings. The last hour of the day is for clean up.
Tuesdays: 9am-2pm
Wednesdays: 8am - 1pm
Pledge of Responsibility:
With a tumultuous 2020, we gave up our large commercial space and are now working residentially. That said, we will require all interns to commit to a "Pledge of Responsibility" in practicing extra safe social practices, both inside and outside of the workplace, during this COVID-19 Pandemic.
Olive & June
Olive & June believes in beautiful nails for everyone! We are democratizing the salon experience and making salon-perfect nails accessible for everyone, everywhere. We're looking for enthusiastic, amazing humans excited about all things social media!
Come help us make mani magic happen at Olive & June, helping to support content planning, content creator partnerships, community outreach and more across TikTok, Instagram and YouTube.
Taste of Nature
Intern Description
We are looking for an intern for who will serve as a Jr. Social Media Coordinator. Intern will assist in the development and execution of creative content for social campaigns and day-to-day initiatives across social channels. Identify social media trends and uncover untapped opportunities that will deliver measurable results.
Responsibilities:
We are looking for an intern for who will serve as a Jr. Social Media Coordinator. Intern will assist in the development and execution of creative content for social campaigns and day-to-day initiatives across social channels. Identify social media trends and uncover untapped opportunities that will deliver measurable results.
Responsibilities:
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Assist with development of innovative social content and campaign ideas that achieve marketing goals
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Craft and curate visual assets that are built with specific social platforms in mind
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Stay current and educated on platform updates and new social media opportunities to reach our audience
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Research and understand how competitors use social media marketing
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Assist in social media management and engagement across all platforms
Qualifications:
- Understand the workings of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tiktok, and LinkedIn and can create campaigns using them
- Ability to anticipate roadblocks and come up with alternative solutions quickly
- Ability to take creative feedback and build on it
- Strong aesthetic sense and an eye for specific art direction and photography
Minimum Requirements:
- Have a stellar attitude and ready to “give it your all”
- Some experience with Photoshop, Illustrator, or other Adobe programs
- Some experience in photography or videography
- Proficient in today’s social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tiktok, and LinkedIn)
- Creative mind
Viva USA
Mentor: Mollie Meyer
Founded in 2015, Dippin’ Daisy's and Ris-k are two of the fastest-growing swim labels on the market today. All of our swimwear is USA-made in sunny Los Angeles—our way of showing love and support to the local economy. Every year, we strive to reduce our environmental footprint though our fabrics, our production, and our packaging. We’re equally uncompromising about quality, which is why we hand pick luxury fabrics that stay taut and vibrant even after years of wear. As female-founded companies, we spread our message of women's empowerment by supporting women’s health initiatives, committing to inclusive sizing for bodies of all shapes and sizes, and maintaining a price point that is always accessible. With styles that range from classic to risqué, we have become go-to brands for tastemakers, influencers, and jet setters, just as much as the (super fun) girl next door. Regardless of who she is, we want every girl who slips into our suits to feel powerful, confident, and in love with life, and we actively invest that spirit into every aspect of what we do.
We believe in establishing a career path for enrolled college and high school students.
Operations Intern
This internship will provide valuable experience for a student to develop sales, marketing and analytics skills in the fashion industry. The Sales team is led by our talented Director of Sales, who oversees 6 independent area managers. The sales intern will assist the Director of Sales and focus on initiatives to support our wholesale and private label business.
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
- Spend 10-20 hours per week (2-3 days) learning the ins and outs of business operations in a professional setting
- Work closely with Chief Operations Officer to optimize business practices and processes
- Assist in order fulfillment processes
- Assist in managing and organizing inventory
- Assist with meeting preparation. Attend operations meetings and/or calls
What You Will Learn:
- Learn about the operations function within a retail organization
- Learn Netsuite ERP and shopify platform basics
- Excel basics + intermediate functions (pivot tables, lookup formulas)
- Inventory tracking basics
- Retail company insights, from design and production to sales and reporting
Preferred Qualifications:
- Previous related internship/work experience
- High sense of responsibility and confidentiality
- Familiarity with the swimwear industry
- Ability to receive constructive feedback
- Positive attitude and willingness to learn
- Benefits
- We pride ourselves in having a team that exudes leadership, high initiative, creativity, and passion. This program is designed to set you up for future career success by working closely with and learning from our talented team.
- Employee discounts on our complete line of swimwear
# of Positions: 1
Sales Intern
- This internship will provide valuable experience for a student to develop sales, marketing and analytics skills in the fashion industry. The Sales team is led by our talented Director of Sales, who oversees 6 independent area managers. The sales intern will assist the Director of Sales and focus on initiatives to support our wholesale and private label business.
Responsibilities:
- Spend 10-20 hours per week (2-3 days) learning the ins and outs of sales in a professional setting
- Assist in organizing account details
- Assist in preparation for tradeshows, including booth design, gathering samples, and pre-show marketing and outreach
- Assist in analyzing sales trends and make recommendations based on findings
- Contribute to catalog development
- Assist with meeting preparation. Attend local sales meetings and/or calls
- Assist with purchase order management
- Organize and distribute marketing materials including digital linesheet, editorial images, and samples
What You Will Learn:
- Learn the “full-funnel” approach to marketing and how to optimize campaigns to maximize profitability
- Facebook and Instagram Ads platform
- Shopify ecommerce platform basics
- Marketing reporting basics
- Excel basics + intermediate functions (pivot tables, lookup formulas)
- Retail company insights, from design and production to sales and reporting
Preferred Qualifications:
- Previous related internship/work experience
- High sense of responsibility and confidentiality
- Familiarity with the swimwear industry
- Ability to receive constructive feedback
- Positive attitude and willingness to learn
Benefits
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We pride ourselves in having a team that exudes leadership, high initiative, creativity, and passion. This program is designed to set you up for future career success by working closely with and learning from our talented team.
- Employee discounts on our complete line of swimwear
# of Positions: 1
Ecommerce Intern
This internship will provide valuable experience for a student to develop marketing and analytics skills in the fashion industry. Reporting to our Marketing Director, the intern will focus on marketing initiatives to support our direct to consumer business.
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
- Spend 10-20 hours per week (2-3 days) learning the ins and outs of ecommerce in a professional setting
- Learn how to create and manage an online store using Shopify
- Assist in planning, organizing, and creating new product listings, new collection pages, and other website initiatives.
- Assist in ongoing website QA (quality assurance) as needed
- Conduct ongoing competitive research and present findings on a weekly basis
- Contribute to the creation of the monthly marketing calendar
- Be the voice of GenZ and provide creative ideas for growth
What You Will Learn:
- Learn how to manage and drive sales for an online store.
- Shopify ecommerce platform
- Marketing reporting basics
- Excel basics + intermediate functions (pivot tables, lookup formulas)
- Retail company insights, from design and production to sales and reporting
Preferred Qualifications:
- Previous related internship/work experience
- High sense of responsibility and confidentiality
- Familiarity with the swimwear industry
- Ability to receive constructive feedback
- Positive attitude and willingness to learn
Benefits:
- We pride ourselves in having a team that exudes leadership, high initiative, creativity, and passion. This program is designed to set you up for future career success by working closely with and learning from our talented team.
- Employee discounts on our complete line of swimwear
# of Positions: 2
Analytics Intern
This internship will provide valuable experience for a student to develop marketing and analytics skills in the fashion industry. Reporting to our Marketing Director, the intern will focus on marketing initiatives to support our direct to consumer business.
Responsibilities:
This internship will provide valuable experience for a student to develop marketing and analytics skills in the fashion industry. Reporting to our Marketing Director, the intern will focus on marketing initiatives to support our direct to consumer business.
Responsibilities:
- Spend 10-20 hours per week (2-3 days) learning the ins and outs of business analytics in a professional setting
- Learn how to create and manage reports using Excel.
- Learn how to pull and aggregate data from Shopify, Google Analytics, and paid social platforms
- Identify Key Performance Indicators and develop reports to track and trends data
- Support Analytics projects including ideation, design, development, implementation working closely with Marketing Director and other Business partners
- Projects to include: returns analysis, repeat buyer analysis, product sales and sell through analysis, sales forecasting
What You Will Learn:
- Learn how to create and manage ad hoc and ongoing business reports.
- Shopify ecommerce platform reports, Google analytics reports
- Excel basics + intermediate functions (pivot tables, lookup formulas)
- Retail company insights, from design and production to sales and reporting
Preferred Qualifications:
- Previous related internship/work experience
- High sense of responsibility and confidentiality
- Familiarity with the swimwear industry
- Ability to receive constructive feedback
- Positive attitude and willingness to learn
Benefits
-
We pride ourselves in having a team that exudes leadership, high initiative, creativity, and passion. This program is designed to set you up for future career success by working closely with and learning from our talented team.
- Employee discounts on our complete line of swimwear
# of Positions: 1
Social Media Intern
This internship will provide valuable experience for a student to develop marketing and analytics skills in the fashion industry. Reporting to our Marketing Director, the intern will focus on marketing initiatives to support our direct to consumer business.
This internship will provide valuable experience for a student to develop marketing and analytics skills in the fashion industry. Reporting to our Marketing Director, the intern will focus on marketing initiatives to support our direct to consumer business.
Responsibilities:
- Spend 10-20 hours per week (2-3 days) learning the ins and outs of social media marketing in a professional setting
- Assist in ideation, set up, testing and reporting for social media content and campaigns
- Assist in content creation including social media content, behind the scenes content at photoshoots, and creating content for all social media platforms.
- Contribute to influencer marketing program, including identifying talent, negotiating contracts, and monitoring performance
- Assist in tracking social media performance, including weekly reporting and influencer reporting
- Conduct ongoing competitive research and present findings on a weekly basis
- Contribute to the creation of the monthly marketing calendar
- Be the voice of GenZ and provide creative ideas for growth
What You Will Learn:
- Learn how to create and manage a successful online presence through social media and influencer relations
- Instagram business account basics
- Social media KPIs
- Shopify ecommerce platform basics
- Marketing reporting basics
- Retail company insights, from design and production to sales and reporting
Preferred Qualifications:
- Previous related internship/work experience
- High sense of responsibility and confidentiality
- Familiarity with the swimwear industry
- Ability to receive constructive feedback
- Positive attitude and willingness to learn
Benefits
- We pride ourselves in having a team that exudes leadership, high initiative, creativity, and passion. This program is designed to set you up for future career success by working closely with and learning from our talented team.
- Employee discounts on our complete line of swimwear
# of Positions: 1
Design Intern
This internship will provide valuable experience for a student to develop marketing and analytics skills in the fashion industry. Reporting to our Marketing Director, the intern will focus on marketing initiatives to support our direct to consumer business.
This internship will provide valuable experience for a student to develop marketing and analytics skills in the fashion industry. Reporting to our Marketing Director, the intern will focus on marketing initiatives to support our direct to consumer business.
Responsibilities:
- Spend 10-20 hours per week (2-3 days) learning the ins and outs of product design in a professional setting
- Work closely with Creative Director on collection ideation and production
- Research and propose fashion trends to be incorporated into new collections
- Analyze current sales data and make recommendations for future seasons
- Assist in tech-pack creation and other pre-production processes
- Conduct ongoing competitive research and present findings on a weekly basis
- Contribute to the creation of the monthly marketing calendar
- Be the voice of GenZ and provide creative ideas for growth
What You Will Learn:
- Learn the end-to-end design process
- Learn the tools and platforms needed to bring a product from concept to production
- Excel basics + intermediate functions (pivot tables, lookup formulas)
- Retail company insights, from design and production to sales and reporting
Preferred Qualifications:
- Previous related internship/work experience
- High sense of responsibility and confidentiality
- Familiarity with the swimwear industry
- Ability to receive constructive feedback
- Positive attitude and willingness to learn
Benefits
- We pride ourselves in having a team that exudes leadership, high initiative, creativity, and passion. This program is designed to set you up for future career success by working closely with and learning from our talented team.
- Employee discounts on our complete line of swimwear
# of Positions: 1
Marketing Intern
This internship will provide valuable experience for a student to develop marketing and analytics skills in the fashion industry. Reporting to our Marketing Director, the intern will focus on marketing initiatives to support our direct to consumer business.
This internship will provide valuable experience for a student to develop marketing and analytics skills in the fashion industry. Reporting to our Marketing Director, the intern will focus on marketing initiatives to support our direct to consumer business.
Responsibilities:
- Spend 10-20 hours per week (2-3 days) learning the ins and outs of marketing in a professional setting
- Assist in ideation, set up, testing and reporting for email marketing and social advertising campaigns.
- Conduct ongoing competitive research and present findings on a weekly basis
- Contribute to the creation of the monthly marketing calendar
- Be the voice of GenZ and provide creative ideas for growth
What You Will Learn:
- Learn the “full-funnel” approach to marketing and how to optimize campaigns to maximize profitability
- Facebook and Instagram Ads platform
- Shopify ecommerce platform basics
- Marketing reporting basics
- Excel basics + intermediate functions (pivot tables, lookup formulas)
- Retail company insights, from design and production to sales and reporting
Preferred Qualifications:
- Previous related internship/work experience
- High sense of responsibility and confidentiality
- Familiarity with the swimwear industry
- Ability to receive constructive feedback
- Positive attitude and willingness to learn
Benefits
- We pride ourselves in having a team that exudes leadership, high initiative, creativity, and passion. This program is designed to set you up for future career success by working closely with and learning from our talented team.
- Employee discounts on our complete line of swimwear
# of Positions: 1
Medicine
- Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
- Lori Gottlieb
- Marc Cohen
- Robert Watkins Orthopedic Spine Surgery
- Shamsah Amersi, MD
- UCLA Otolaryngology / UCLA Head and Neck Surgery
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Mentor: Dean M. Anselmo, MD (current parent)
Overview: The purpose of this internship is to provide an opportunity for volunteers to gain experience and exposure to a busy pediatric surgical practice.
Pediatric surgery is a subspecialized field, which is focused on general surgery of the infant and child. Pediatric surgery includes a variety of disease and encompasses all anatomic areas of the body including: abdominal surgery, thoracic (chest) surgery, complex congenital anomalies, childhood cancers and trauma, to name a few. The interns will be shadowing a pediatric surgeon in the outpatient setting during clinic hours where preoperative and postoperative patients are seen. There will also be opportunity to directly observe surgical procedures in an operating room. In these arenas, the interns will be observing direct patient care, workup, diagnosis and treatment of surgical diseases, and complex medical decision-making.
Additionally, interns will have opportunities to learn about common pediatric surgical diseases as well as the principles of surgical treatment options.
For interns who are interested in pursuing a career in medicine, there will be opportunities for mentorship and guidance to prepare for the path towards a career in medicine.
For interns who are interested in pursuing a career in medicine, there will be opportunities for mentorship and guidance to prepare for the path towards a career in medicine.
Responsibilities: This internship will likely be virtual but if possible, Interns will primarily have the opportunity to observe direct patient care in a busy pediatric surgery practice at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
# of Positions: two
Time Frame: June-August, Wednesday and Friday - 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Eligibility: Must be at least 16 years old
Lori Gottlieb
Marketing/Research Intern: Lori Gottlieb, Author, Podcast Host, Psychotherapist
Mentor: Lori Gottlieb
Lori Gottlieb is a bestselling author, columnist, podcaster, and psychotherapist. This internship provides a student with an interest in psychology, writing, and podcasting the opportunity to assist with daily social media, as well as book and podcast production responsibilities.
Mentor: Lori Gottlieb
Lori Gottlieb is a bestselling author, columnist, podcaster, and psychotherapist. This internship provides a student with an interest in psychology, writing, and podcasting the opportunity to assist with daily social media, as well as book and podcast production responsibilities.
Tasks include:
*Marketing/social media:
*Marketing/social media:
- create weekly social media content calendar and post once daily Monday through Friday on author's IG/FB/Twitter/LinkedIn platforms
- write social media copy/captions in tone consistent with author's voice
- create graphics, video clips, and audiograms from podcast and media interviews for social posts
*Research/production
- assist with editorial needs on author's current book
- assist with production/coordination on Dear Therapists podcast
Ideal candidate:
- Has an interest in mental health and experience with social media platforms, caption writing, simple graphics creation, and basic audio and video clip editing.
- Is a detail-oriented self-starter who is comfortable working independently on tight deadlines
- Eager to learn, hardworking, and able to integrate feedback into work with a positive, can-do attitude
- Is excited to gain new skills involved in book writing, podcast production, and social media marketing
- Offered to rising seniors and above
This internship is virtual and the time commitment is estimated at 10-15 hours per week, plus a weekly phone meeting to review the week's tasks.
Marc Cohen
Internship Description:
The internship will provide students with exposure to the interface between psychiatry, medicine, and the law. Students will spend a half-day (3 hours) per week in the mental health court where they will observe psychiatric evaluations of defendants who are charged with a variety of crimes and whose competence to stand trial is at issue. Students may also have the opportunity to observe trial testimony by psychiatry experts, when available. Students will also spend one day (5-8 hours) per week in the psychiatric emergency room at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, where they will observe evaluations and treatment of patients in an acute care setting. In the psychiatric emergency room, students will be exposed to a wide variety of acute psychopathology, including but not limited to alcohol and drug intoxication, mood disorders, and psychotic disorders. The internship will also offer students the option of touring the Twin Towers Correctional Facility (TTCF), the largest known jail mental health facility that is located in downtown Los Angeles.
Objectives:
At the end of the internship, students will have gained an appreciation and understanding of the following:
- The purpose of a competence to stand trial psychiatric examination
- The interface between psychiatry and the law
- The legal criteria used for involuntary acute psychiatric hospitalization
- The assessment of suicide risk
- Available mental health services in Los Angeles County (i.e., DMH, DHS, Department of Veterans Affairs).
Responsibilities:
Students will be observing psychiatric examinations and treatment of patients in an acute care facility as well as forensic examinations of defendants in a courtroom setting.
Schedule:
The internship requires a commitment of four consecutive weeks from June-to-July. Students are expected to spend 8-10 hours per week in the settings described above.
Eligibility:
Seniors and college-age alumni
Robert Watkins Orthopedic Spine Surgery
Overview: Dr. Robert G. Watkins, IV, is an orthopedic spine surgeon at Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital. He is the Chief of Staff of the hospital, creator of the Back Doctor app and podcast, and the spine consultant to the Dodgers, Rams, Clippers, Kings, and LAFC. His practice entails helping people decide the safest, least invasive, and most effective treatment for neck and back pain and pathology.
His areas of expertise include: minimally invasive surgery, artificial disc replacement, computer-guided surgery, and non-surgical options such as: injections and rehabilitation.
Students will get to experience the detective-work in figuring out the source of the problem, the decision-making in determining the best treatment, and the follow-up of outcome evaluation.
Responsibilities: Shadowing and/or Zoom conferences with Dr. Watkins
Eligibility: rising Juniors/Seniors, college students
Shamsah Amersi, MD
Overview: Students who spend their summer with Dr. Shamsah Amersi will expect to have a memorable Summer. Dr. Amersi, mother to Jaden Amersi Anselmo (9th Grade) is ranked the top obstetrician/gynecologist in Los Angeles. She created Amersi MD to offer her patients a personalized, compassionate, integrative approach to health and wellness by combining advanced diagnostic and emerging medical alternative treatments to achieve optimal health and longevity. Dr. Amersi is a leading advocate for women through all journeys of their life, from adolescence, child birth, menopause and beyond. Her patients seek her care for hormone imbalances, chronic pain, infertility, pregnancy, and beyond.
Students will join Dr. Amersi in a Summer of caring for her patients. They will witness the miracles of childbirth, pregnancy and fertility evaluations. They will also witness the sadness that women experience along their life journey such as miscarriages, severe hormone imbalances and infertility. Students will learn about the art of compassion and healing and be given a rare insight into the life of an obstetrician/gynecologist.
Students will also learn about the importance of being your own boss and running a medical practice while simultaneously balancing work and life.
Responsibilities:
Due to the sensitive nature of her work, this internship is open to female students only. Interns will be directly observing Dr. Amersi in her private practice office in Santa Monica. They will also join her at Saint Johns Medical Center to observe childbirth, c-sections and surgeries.
Requirements:
10 hours a week between June and July 2021; option to join Dr. Amersi during evenings if available for after-hours child birth.
10 hours a week between June and July 2021; option to join Dr. Amersi during evenings if available for after-hours child birth.
UCLA Otolaryngology / UCLA Head and Neck Surgery
UCLA Head and Neck Surgery Research
Sponsor: Maie St. John, MD. PhD
Mentors: Yazeed Alhiyari, PhD
Overview:
A highly renowned surgeon, scientist and educator, Dr. St. John is Professor and Chair of Department of Head and Neck Surgery. Dr. St. John’s laboratory studies the mechanisms of tumor progression and metastasis in head and neck cancer and seeks to identify and study novel genes and pathways for future targeted therapies, while actively incorporating the results of their laboratory-based research into the development of novel therapeutics.
Sponsor: Maie St. John, MD. PhD
Mentors: Yazeed Alhiyari, PhD
Overview:
A highly renowned surgeon, scientist and educator, Dr. St. John is Professor and Chair of Department of Head and Neck Surgery. Dr. St. John’s laboratory studies the mechanisms of tumor progression and metastasis in head and neck cancer and seeks to identify and study novel genes and pathways for future targeted therapies, while actively incorporating the results of their laboratory-based research into the development of novel therapeutics.
Dr. St. John’s clinical expertise is in intraoperative tumor margin delineation in the resection and treatment of head and neck cancers. Her laboratory research is translational with a focus on improving therapies and outcomes for patients with head and neck cancer. In collaboration with the school of Engineering, Dr. St. John’s lab has built a camera that can see cancer cells intraoperatively in surgery so that tumors can be resected precisely. If world circumstances permit an in person rotation, the student will join in with tissue culture and hands on experiments. If it will be a virtual rotation, students will be guided into a deep study of cutting edge scientific articles relevant to translational research within head and neck cancer. Students will be expected to read articles, ask questions, attend mentorship sessions and make a presentation at the conclusion of the internship given their understanding of the research material.
Throughout the internship students will attend scheduled zoom meetings in which they will get to interact and learn from researchers at various levels within their careers (Medical Residents, Staff scientists, and graduate students).
Responsibilities:
Volunteer Interns will work in person or virtually (depending on world circumstances) with a senior mentor either hands on in the lab or via regular zoom meetings. Students will be assigned research project to present on at the end of the experience.
Requirements:
Participants must have completed multiple science courses including AP/Honors Biology and Chemistry, have a strong interest in medicine and research, and proven self-starting skills.
Time Frame:
Three-week period during the summer.
# of Positions: 2
Eligibility:
Rising Juniors and Seniors.
Responsibilities:
Volunteer Interns will work in person or virtually (depending on world circumstances) with a senior mentor either hands on in the lab or via regular zoom meetings. Students will be assigned research project to present on at the end of the experience.
Requirements:
Participants must have completed multiple science courses including AP/Honors Biology and Chemistry, have a strong interest in medicine and research, and proven self-starting skills.
Time Frame:
Three-week period during the summer.
# of Positions: 2
Eligibility:
Rising Juniors and Seniors.
Minimum age is 16 years old.
Start-Ups
De Novo
Mentor: Carly Steinbaum
Overview: De Novo is a predictive recruiting tech startup that uses artificial intelligence to help companies determine which applicants will have the highest likelihood of job success. Companies spend $162B on recruiting software each year only to have 46% of hires fail in 18 months. Resumes are biased, interviews are biased and personality quizzes still require companies to weed out 90% of applicants on their own. Our team has over 75 years of AI and recruiting experience. We are launching this year in the legal industry because law has the highest rate of attrition, has the highest replacement cost per wrong hire and is where our team has existing expertise and client relationships.
In the meantime, we have a cool startup recruiting company, and we can use some interns to help our team grow our brand and sell De Novo.
Intern(s) wanted – someone creative who may want to be interested in design or marketing and/or building websites. We are looking for one or two design-oriented interns.
The first intern we are looking for is interested in helping us market our brand and our recruiters through social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and others).
Tasks would include working with the founder of the company to manage our Instagram account, determining what to post, how to get followers, and determining whether we get any value in promoting ourselves through Facebook or Twitter. Tasks would also include doing research on the most effective marketing strategies and researching whether we want to take advantage of newer social media platforms. This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to take ownership of tasks and is interested in social media.
The second intern we are looking for is interested in web design. We are looking for someone with a creative eye to help us visualize our new website. (No coding experience is required, but a familiarity with Wix, Squarespace, Weebly, or a similar website is preferred).
This intern may also work with the founder of the company to design template marketing materials and emails.
This is a great opportunity for an intern to get real, hands-on experience and see how startups work.
Each internship would be located remotely and the time commitment would be 2-3 days per week.
Financially Wise, Inc.
Overview: Financially Wise, Inc. is a fee-only financial planning company specializing in personal financial planning, online money courses, workshops, live events and presentations about women, finance and entrepreneurship.
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
Job Description: The Marketing Intern is responsible for the continued development and growth of the Financially Wise, Inc. brand through marketing, speaking engagements and event & partnership opportunities.
Length of term: three months
Start Date- March 2019 End Date- pending Time
Commitment: 10 hours per week, virtual, unpaid
Principal Responsibilities:
● Create custom powerpoint workshop presentations and memes for FWI events.
● Consistently scour the internet to find conferences, workshops, corporate retreats, panels and events that align with FWI.
● Help pitch Brittney and FWI for new brand partnerships, speaking events, etc.
● Monitor the social media activity of like-minded colleagues and peers of Brittney to learn about events where these women are speaking and teaching workshops.
● Work closely with Jessica Krewson, our Creative Director to build out and implement the Money Class brand ambassador program for college campuses and organizations.
● Pitch new ideas to the FWI team for more growth, brand awareness and world wide FWI domination.
Position Requirements:
● Candidate should be interested helping grow Financially Wise, Inc.
● Candidate must be creative and a self starter who understands that doing the same tasks on a weekly basis will always yield new and different results.
● Candidate must be articulate and have a proven ability to present new marketing ideas to the company.
● Candidate must be able to take direction and feedback and be good with time management.
● Proven ability to work independently and/or with a team.
● Internet savvy with research skills and familiarity with social media, blogs, and news sites.
● Candidate should be great at understanding this vision and mission and then able to interpret it to find things that we don’t currently know about.
Requirements: Must be College-age alumni
Requirements: Must be College-age alumni
Hayutin
Overview:
Hayutin is a family owned and run K-college educational tutoring and consulting company specializing in executive functioning, test prep and independent study programs.
Hayutin is a family owned and run K-college educational tutoring and consulting company specializing in executive functioning, test prep and independent study programs.
Job Description:
Marketing and Communications Intern is responsible for editing an issue of our online journal of creative writing and fine art, editing and co-producing a new podcast, and growing social media channels by helping to create and curate multiple sources of content.
Length of term: Three months or longer
Start Date: June 2021
End Date: Pending
Time Commitment: 10 hours per week, virtual, unpaid
Principal Responsibilities:
● Edit an online journal with an eye on generating submissions.
● Liaise with our social media manager to pitch and source new content and ideas for Instagram and Facebook, including evaluating the efficacy of digital ad spends.
● Collaborate with Matthew Hayutin, the president of the company, on a new podcast series, including scheduling guests, recording episodes, and editing video content.
● Monitor the social media activity of allied professionals and colleagues to grow authentic followers and generate reposts, etc.
Position Requirements:
● Interest in helping grow Hayutin, who just completed a full rebrand and new website launch in February 2021.
● Excellent communication, time management and organizational skills.
● Proven ability to work both independently and with multiple team members.
● Internet savvy with research skills and familiarity with social media.
● High proficiency with Google Suite and Microsoft Office.
PrideBites
Mentor: Sean Knecht
Overview: This summer-long internship is for a student who is eager to learn about what it takes to be an entrepreneur and grow a small business in the pet industry. You will be focused on helping grow our corporate sales division. Your work will directly affect the business, and you will take on meaningful responsibilities, such as reaching out to prospective businesses and individuals to discuss partnering with PrideBites. We have a very hands-on approach here, and it will be an action-packed summer!
Responsibilities: Assisting the Co-Founder/VP of Business Development with corporate sales and business development
Requirements: Go-getter attitude, hard-working, focused, self motivated, and eager to learn about building and growing a business. Must love dogs!
Time Frame: Summer
# of Positions: two
Eligibility: Rising Juniors and up, college students
Non-Profit
- Climate Action Santa Monica
- Holocaust Museum LA
- JVS SoCal
- Vision to Learn
- Windward Communications Intern—Designer/Fine Artist
Climate Action Santa Monica
For our CASM Climate Corps 2021 summer program, we are seeking students who care about helping to safeguard Mother Earth’s natural ecosystems and to engage the community in understanding how everyone counts in dealing seriously with global warming.
Our program is embedded in local, collective action to confront the global climate emergency. From June 21 to August 21, 2021, maintaining safe and appropriate COVID-19 protocols, we will train and support young people in developing a personal and practical understanding the local impacts of climate change, sustainability and climate policies and programs, and interconnections between one’s interests and advocacy. Through our collaborative teamwork and practice in inter- and intrapersonal skills, youth develop leadership skills.
The CASM Climate Corps helps bring climate policy and action to life in our local community, while aiming to influence regional and state efforts and people everywhere. Each Corps member chooses to focus primarily on one of various tracks offered, such as:
- Gardening and soil
- Energy
- Mobility
- Urban planning and public art
- Zero waste strategies
The program’s components are supported by the CASM steering committee and coordinated with our partners, including the City of Santa Monica, the Santa Monica Office of Sustainability, City staff, Santa Monica College or other universities, community organizations, school groups such as Team Marine at Samohi or Windward’s EcoClub, and other regional climate thinkers or leaders in these areas.
Following the summer, year-round opportunities continue to involve the Climate Corps members and volunteers.
Following the summer, year-round opportunities continue to involve the Climate Corps members and volunteers.
We welcome young people who are determined to be a vibrant presence for a confidently sustainable future!
Holocaust Museum LA
Mentor: Julia Davis, Associate Manager of Education Programs
Overview: Holocaust Museum Los Angeles dedicates itself as a primary source institution, one that commemorates those who perished, honors those who survived, and houses the precious artifacts that miraculously weathered the Holocaust. The Museum provides free Holocaust education to students and visitors from across Los Angeles, the United States, and the world, fulfilling the mission of the founding Holocaust Survivors to commemorate, educate, and inspire. Through engagements and education programs that value dialogue, learning, and reflection, the Museum believes that we can build a more respectful, dignified, and humane world.
4-week internship, exact dates June 2021 Virtual TBD
What to expect:
Overview: Holocaust Museum Los Angeles dedicates itself as a primary source institution, one that commemorates those who perished, honors those who survived, and houses the precious artifacts that miraculously weathered the Holocaust. The Museum provides free Holocaust education to students and visitors from across Los Angeles, the United States, and the world, fulfilling the mission of the founding Holocaust Survivors to commemorate, educate, and inspire. Through engagements and education programs that value dialogue, learning, and reflection, the Museum believes that we can build a more respectful, dignified, and humane world.
4-week internship, exact dates June 2021 Virtual TBD
What to expect:
- Learning about Holocaust history and World War II through in-depth conversations, dialogue, readings, movies, museum exploration, and survivor speakers
- High-level discussions with other high school and college interns about specific topics and themes relating to the Holocaust, as well as its social relevancy on topics including:
- Liberation
- the female experience during the Holocaust
- Intellectual resistance
- Holocaust denial
- America and the Holocaust
- Nazi hate symbols past and present
- Creating educational materials for Museum programs and student tours
- Support Museum social media
- Contribute to museum student blog
# of Positions: Varies
Requirements: Our ideal candidate is inspired by working with peers, learning from Survivor elders in our community, and utilizing critical thinking and artistic reflection to shape the landscape of Holocaust remembrance. This internship requires maturity, thoughtfulness, humility, and a strong interest in history and social justice. Applicants must be entering 9th-12th grades and complete the application including a parent/guardian consent form.
Eligibility: Applicants must be entering 9th-12th Grade and complete an application packet received from Robin Pickett (rpickett@windwardschool.org), as well as a parent/guardian consent form, to be considered for HMLA Internships.
Eligibility: Applicants must be entering 9th-12th Grade and complete an application packet received from Robin Pickett (rpickett@windwardschool.org), as well as a parent/guardian consent form, to be considered for HMLA Internships.
JVS SoCal
Overview: Founded in 1931 in the midst of the Great Depression, the legacy of today’s JVS SoCal began with a single desk in a Bunker Hill office in downtown Los Angeles, serving job seekers who were struggling to survive amid overt workplace discrimination. Eight decades later, the agency is a recognized regional leader in the field of workforce development, offering a broad range of innovative programs to 50,000 individuals each year and advocating on issues of public policy that impact the people we service.
Responsibilities: Job Description and Duties: JVS SoCal is expanding its partnerships with corporations with a goal of both adding new corporate partners and deepening our existing partners. These partnerships can participate in our programs as employers of the people we serve and provide funding for our programs. Our intern will provide the below support to the Director of Corporate Development and Engagement:
- Research and create profiles of individual companies that might have the criteria for providing funding to us that would include basic information on their philanthropic focus, amounts of giving, and alignment with our goals.
- Provide recommendations and prioritize companies in an industry and overall based on certain criteria.
- Maintain our database of prospective and current relationship inputting information as required.
- Attend and help with events as directed and as available. Participate in phone calls, internal meetings and other key learning opportunities as appropriate.
- Create target lists by industry.
- Research key philanthropic attributes of certain industries.
- Seek insights on other nonprofits and organizations in workforce development.
- Create PowerPoint presentations as needed.
- Other duties as assigned.
Learning Opportunities:
- You will have the opportunity to learn about:
- How to read and extract information from vital base line corporate business documents about a company’s business. This is great learning for anyone who wants to enter the business world.
- How and where to find important information about a company’s strategic direction.
- How to analyze and understand a company’s philanthropic strategy and direction.
- Our work in the area of workforce development and that of others. o How to write good briefs and summary documents.
- How a well-respected nonprofit works.
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You will be included in important events, phone calls, and internal meetings to expand your learning.
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You will be trained on good research techniques, reporting and philanthropic giving by corporations and foundations.
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Qualifications and Position Requirements:
Ideal Start Date and End Date
Qualifications and Position Requirements:
- The ability to seek and interpret the most relevant information in order to translate it into a written document in a timely manner.
- Strong interpersonal skills to work with a diverse group of people to garner information.
- Proactive to seek out important information.
- Must know how to take initiative to garner information from our staff and other resources.
- Good writing skills.
- Good PowerPoint and Excel skills.
Compensation: Prevailing minimum wage now at $13.25 an hour.
Physical Requirements/Working Conditions: Will work in an office environment with the exception of attendance of our events, industry events, and/or partner events. Must be able to operate standard office equipment. Education/Certification/Licensure
- High School diploma and currently enrolled in a graduate or undergraduate degree program ideally in business or the nonprofit sector.
- Solid knowledge of Microsoft Office-Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
Vision to Learn
Position: Field Support Summer Intern
Location: Los Angeles, CA
This is a paid internship.
About Vision To Learn
Vision To Learn is a non-profit organization that provides free eye exams and free glasses to students in
low-income communities to give them every chance to succeed in school and in life. The program was
founded in Los Angeles in 2012 and has since expanded to schools throughout areas of California, Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and coming to Ohio in Spring of 2021. Since our inception, Vision To Learn examined over 285,000 students
and provided over 227,000 children with free glasses. Vision To Learn partners with school districts to provide eye exams to children in low-income communities with unmet needs for glasses. Our mobile eye clinics arrive at the school on a pre-scheduled date. We see an average of 20 students daily on our mobile clinic.
Vision To Learn is a non-profit organization that provides free eye exams and free glasses to students in
low-income communities to give them every chance to succeed in school and in life. The program was
founded in Los Angeles in 2012 and has since expanded to schools throughout areas of California, Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and coming to Ohio in Spring of 2021. Since our inception, Vision To Learn examined over 285,000 students
and provided over 227,000 children with free glasses. Vision To Learn partners with school districts to provide eye exams to children in low-income communities with unmet needs for glasses. Our mobile eye clinics arrive at the school on a pre-scheduled date. We see an average of 20 students daily on our mobile clinic.
Job Description
The Field Support Intern works with a small team that is responsible for all operations, logistics, and
support of field staff located on our kid friendly mobile vision clinics. The Field Support Intern will work closely with the operations team members to ensure that schools/summer partners meet their consent
deadlines and that accurate student and clinical data is maintained.
The Field Support Intern needs to be a self-starter with strong communication skills, able to work efficiently while paying close attention to detail. This person is able to flourish in a fast- paced environment. Strong Excel and organizational skills are critical.
Specific Responsibilities
• Handles routine phone call inquiries and clerical functions as needed. Inputs, maintains, and
processes all documentation.
• Provides support to field staff the day of visits.
• Files, checks faxes, and stores documents on the cloud.
• Connects potential patient to Vision To Learn services.
• Verifies and enter patient data by reviewing, correcting, deleting, or reentering data.
• Maintains Excel and Google spreadsheets, updates our database.
• Supports scheduling coordinators: periodically report problematic sites, low consent form numbers and sites that are not responsive to outreach
• Manages and updates Dynamics system: built exam roster for sites, request needed corrections and
communicate conflicting data
• Assists with the administration of the day-to-day operations for the site visits. Works on special
projects for management as requested
• Other tasks and responsibilities may be assigned as required
Qualifications
• Excel expertise, computer literacy is required
• Filing skills (physical and digital)
• Accurate, organized, and detail oriented
• Excellent people and communication skills
• Self-motivated individual that can work independently and effectively with team members. Ability to
learn quickly
• Problem solving skills – data collecting, analyzing, recommending
• Willingness to commute to office, clinic sites and weekend events
Our normal work week is Monday through Friday 8 a.m- 4:30 p.m.; however, there are times in the
Summer that employees may need to work over the weekend. Flexibility is a must!
COVID-19 Considerations In an effort to protect the health and well-being of our employees, we have
implemented best practices for ensuring social distancing and a clean and safe work environment,
including the provision of personal protective equipment for employee use.
Vision To Learn is committed to a diverse staff and to a culture that holds equity as a value and a priority.
VTL welcomes applicants who bring a variety of perspectives, experiences, and competencies. People of color, women, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ persons are strongly encouraged to apply. VTL is
an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, creed, color, religion, ethnicity,
national origin, party or political affiliation, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or any illegal or prohibited factor.
Windward Communications Intern—Designer/Fine Artist
Responsibilities: Windward Communications seeks a dynamic, self-starter to assist marketing and communications efforts for the summer months. This internship is an excellent opportunity to experience various aspects of strategic marketing, communications, and public relations. This internship allows for the opportunity to have work published in print and web publications. The intern will be responsible for:
- Managing Windward's photo and video archive - categorize and tag Windward's 2018-19 photo and video assets
- Update and maintain Windward's social media presence, including creating Facebook and Instagram posts and stories
- Assisting in proofreading, fact-checking, and editing all summer publications including: Windward Magazine, Print Directory, and Annual Report
- Writing articles for website and summer publications
- Designing flyers, graphics, e-vites and other marketing material for major events hosted by Windward
- Collaborating with staff on new ideas, directions, and venues for marketing and communications
Qualifications:
- Firm grasp of available tools and platforms in the social media space
- Interested in studying Marketing, Communications, or Public Relations in College
- Must be computer literate (working knowledge of word processing, PowerPoint, Excel). Proficiency in Adobe InDesign and Photoshop highly desired. Knowledge of HTML and graphic design a plus but not required
- Extremely detailed oriented
- An effective communicator, both written and oral
- Super writing skills or a passion or interested in writing desired
Art, Photography, Music
Brett Cleaver (Forthcoming)
Responsibilities: Windward Communications seeks a dynamic, self-starter to assist marketing and communications efforts for the summer months. This internship is an excellent opportunity to experience various aspects of strategic marketing, communications, and public relations. This internship allows for the opportunity to have work published in print and web publications. The intern will be responsible for:
- Managing Windward's photo and video archive - categorize and tag Windward's 2018-19 photo and video assets
- Update and maintain Windward's social media presence, including creating Facebook and Instagram posts and stories
- Assisting in proofreading, fact-checking, and editing all summer publications including: Windward Magazine, Print Directory, and Annual Report
- Writing articles for website and summer publications
- Designing flyers, graphics, e-vites and other marketing material for major events hosted by Windward
- Collaborating with staff on new ideas, directions, and venues for marketing and communications
Qualifications:
- Firm grasp of available tools and platforms in the social media space
- Interested in studying Marketing, Communications, or Public Relations in College
- Must be computer literate (working knowledge of word processing, PowerPoint, Excel). Proficiency in Adobe InDesign and Photoshop highly desired. Knowledge of HTML and graphic design a plus but not required
- Extremely detailed oriented
- An effective communicator, both written and oral
- Super writing skills or a passion or interested in writing desired
Craft Contemporary Museum
Overview: Located on Los Angeles’ historic Miracle Mile since 1965, Craft Contemporary is a small art museum focusing on contemporary art made from craft media and processes. Craft Contemporary presents dynamic exhibitions and programs by established and emerging artists and designers who are often underrepresented in larger art institutions.
Responsibilities: The intern will be shadowing Eunice Lee, the Manager of Public Programs to carry out essential functions of the Public Programs department such as: organizing, planning and working special events, lectures, hands-on craft workshops, etc. We ask that interns commit at least two days a week, including some weekends and nights for our monthly craft workshops.
Job Requirements: Writing and organizational skills necessary. Based in Mid City at 5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036. Ability to lift up to 20 pounds.
Time Frame: Six+ weeks throughout summer, two+ days per week
Eligibility: College students (preferred)
Roger Fishman Photography
Mentor: Melissa Shoemaker/Roger Fishman
Overview: Based in Los Angeles, Roger Fishman is an artist and adventurer. And he has created the largest fine art collection of Greenland and has photographed and filmed some of the most remote parts of Mother Earth. This includes Greenland, Iceland, Antarctica, Kenya, DRC, Namibia and many more places.
Roger is now focused on aerial photography and filmmaking. Which means that he flies around these remote countries in a helicopter with his pilot, capturing moments of our ever transforming planet.
Roger and his colleague, Melissa, also collaborate with a wide range of scientists from MIT, Brown, U of Buffalo, UCLA and more. They also collaborate with a wide range of environmental non-profits such as Conservation International, NRDC and Oceana from a science and art perspective. They also fuse art forms by creating original videos that take Roger’s art work and combine them with amazingly talented musical artists.
#1-Responsibilities: The intern needs to develop and implement a metadata/database that makes searching for specific content subjects easier. This means creating an intuitive and easy database for identifying/scanning through/accessing the photographic and film library, and where necessary, time codes as well. If possible, the intern may also coordinate with Roger's pilot to try and add GPS data to each photo.
#2-Responsibilities: The intern will develop video stories based on the existing content. And will edit videos and create a library of videos for use in social media and a possible visual documentary of planet Earth. The videos will include footage and photographs from around the world.
#3-Responsibilities: This internship is as a project coordinator/developer.
This intern would help develop the creative brief for each project and research topics/issues related to the projects. This would include providing creative input, analysis of pros and cons of options and dealing with third parties.