Backpacker Photo School: Photography Internship

If you love gear, Backpacker’s fall internship is for you. One of the main focuses of the fall internship is working on our Gear Guide which means lots of new shiny gear to play with, organize, and photograph.

Fall dates: September-December/January



JOB DESCRIPTION:Backpacker magazine has a photography internship in the summer, fall, and spring.The main duties of the intern will be assisting with photo research, communicating with photographers to obtain hi-res files, helping produce and assist on gear photo shoots.The intern will have access to our stock request list and be encouraged to submit his or her photos if they have anything that fits our needs.You will have the opportunity to contribute to the photo blog with both words and photos.In addition, you will be creating photography slideshows for the Backpacker website and learning our content management system.You will also have the opportunity to create and develop a slideshow of your own.The theme of thephoto project will be developed by you and the photo department.

REQUIREMENTS: Ability to spend 2 -3 days per week in the office from 9to 5pm.

Summer dates: May/June – August/September

Fall dates: September-December/January

Spring: January –May

SALARY: For school credit only.

PLEASE SEND YOUR RESUME TOjuliav@backpacker.com

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: August 20, 2010