Hey kids!
Interested in a cool internship that pays, and where you can actually do some honest good work with cutting edge technology too?
You're in luck -- I'm looking for a netroots/e-activism intern to help me out this summer at Oceana.
All the gory details on the flip...
What would you be doing?
You'll be helping me build out all our online activism programs, including our e-mail list, our Web sites, our Scoop blog, and a buncha other stuff that I can't go into here because it's not live yet ;-) We are pushing technology in a lot of interesting directions here, so you'll never be bored.
What kinds of technology? Mostly open source stuff -- Linux, PHP, MySQL, and so on. If you're familiar with building web apps with LAMP you will be right at home.
If you're a good writer, that'd be great too!
Why should I work at Oceana?
We're saving the oceans, which is good for a warm fuzzy or two :-) And if you could care less about the oceans... it's paid!
What kind of person are you looking for?
This intern will be reporting to me. I have a sign posted at my desk that I got from the excellent site unamerican.com. It reads:
"What is stopping YOU from doing something SO COOL that it renders you IMMORTAL?"
This is not a Paris Hilton internship. You will work hard. But you will not be making copies or fetching coffee -- you will be hacking on cool tech for a great cause.
If you find that attitude inspirational, come on down!
It sounds great! I am ready to swear undying fealty to you (at least for this summer). How do I apply?
Check out the job posting and, if you're interested, shoot your resume to me at jlefkowitz@oceana.org. Mention you heard about this position through dKos and if we hire you, I'll throw in a set of Ginsu knives, absolutely FREE!
(OK, just kidding about the Ginsu knives. But go ahead and mention you heard about it through dKos anyway... it'd be cool for me to find a fellow Kossack!)
And if you're not interested, but you know someone who is, pass the notice along to them, OK? Come on, it won't kill you...