NASA Video / Social Media Producer – Student CO-OP Opportunity
Image by NASA Goddard Photo and Video
Updated September 27, 2010
NASA invites students working towards a degree in television/film, journalism, media relations, or web communications to participate in our exciting science storytelling program – before you graduate.
You’ll gain on the job experience as you work with a leading team of science communicators to produce, manage and share sophisticated multimedia and public engagement campaigns on missions such as the Hubble Space Telescope (astronomy), Solar Dynamics Observatory (space weather and the Sun), Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (solar system) and the Earth Observing System (remote sensing / climate change).
We are looking for students interested in helping us explore new ways of engaging our audiences and sharing the most exciting science and technology content in the Universe!
Duties of the position include:
– Participating in wide range of multimedia and video production — shooting, writing, editing, and wrangling of short-form and news style broadcast products. Products are distributed via NASA-TV and online sources to news outlets, educational channels, documentary filmmakers, science centers and the general public. Advanced students may create their own videos or assist other producers.
– Writing, producing, editing, mixing, mashing, tweeting, blogging, posting content on our popular Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, and public facing news sites.
Undergraduate Co-Op Program
This unique program is designed to give promising undergraduate students the opportunity to gain practical experience that complements their academic studies. We seek highly motivated undergraduates studying a variety of fields including video production, journalism, science writing, computer graphics, corporate communications and social media.
Graduate Studies Program
Our graduate studies program looks for bright graduate students who are focusing on video production, science communication, journalism, or communications. Students selected for this program should be entering either their first or second year of graduate studies.
Student opportunities are highly competitive. You are expected to meet the same employment standards as permanent employees. Applicants must be US citizens and should have a strong academic record. Excellent communications skills and a strong interest in science and technology are necessary.
The CoOp program is flexible. Students may part time or full time during summer or alternating semesters.
For more information on these programs, please send a cover letter and resume to:
goddard.multimedia@yahoo.com
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Get to know us ….
Behind the scenes slideshow of our team via Flickr photo blog:
www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/sets/72157607126563972/show/
YouTube:
www.youtube.com/user/NASAexplorer
Twitter:
twitter.com/NASAGoddard
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/NASA.GSFC
Scientific Visualization Studio archive:
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Goddard Home Page:
www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/home/index.html
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