Content Department Internship

PBS Western Reserve is a reliable and trustworthy community resource. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, we are dedicated to enriching people’s lives through exceptional programming and educational services. We provide commercial-free television and related services that inspire, educate, and illuminate. Our goal is to cater to our audience's varied interests and needs by offering consistently outstanding programs and lifelong educational services. We strive to provide cultural and artistic enlightenment and enjoyment, exposure to local, state, and national public affairs, and opportunities for lifelong learning through formal instruction and general educational programming.  This remarkable service is accessible to around 4.9 million people in the Cleveland and Youngstown designated market areas, making it the most extensive population of Ohio's eight PBS member stations. On average, over a million viewers tune in each month. The organization also runs two standard definition channels: Fusion (WNEO 45.2 / WEAO 49.2) and FNX (WNEO 45.3 / WEAO 49.3).

PBS Western Reserve Content Department Internship

Duties will include but not be limited to the following:

Completing on-air promos for PBS Western Reserve HD and our secondary SD channel, Fusion on a weekly basis.

Learning the process of adding closed captions to programs and then do so for programming.

Serving as crew in various capacities for potential productions both in our studio and in the field.

Participating in various meetings with other production team members and station employees.

Taking on other potential projects as assigned and on an as needed basis.

Skills:

Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Excellent organizational, project planning, presentation, interpersonal, and time management skills.

Has basic studio and field production skills, including camera, lighting, audio, video switcher, teleprompter, and movement of sets and graphics.

Knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud Suite, Microsoft Suite, and Google Workspace.

Candidates with editing and crew experience, in a school or professional setting, will be given preference.

Requirements:

Work is on-site at PBS Western Reserve in Kent, Oh, occasionally work could be conducted in the field.

General schedule is 20 hours per week, Monday - Friday.  PBS Western Reserve office hours are 8am - 4pm, events may warrant evenings and/or weekends.