STORY DEVELOPMENT STUDENT INTERN Job at Confidential, Florida

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  • Confidential
  • Florida

Job Description

Job Summary

Vizcaya Museum and Gardens seeks a Story Development Student Intern Coordinator with a talent for researching and coordinating story development for its Beyond Vizcaya platform. This internship is for Fall 2025 and will assist in the production of collaborative storytelling media focused on sharing and co-creating community memory. Storytellers representative of Vizcayas audiences will take part in these events to set the tone for conversation and inspire attendees to share their own stories. These media will be showcased on Vizcayas website and social platforms. The person in this position will perform research in Vizcayas archives and develop storytelling partnerships in the Miami area to create stories for this project. The intern reports to the Director of the Technology and Digital Initiatives Department. 

Responsibilities: 

  • Research stories using Vizcayas archives and collections, as well as other cultural institutions. 
  • Identify stories and storytellers throughout south Florida related to the content theme and examine connections to Vizcays stories. 
  • Contribute researched content to planned live streamed storytelling events as well as the project blog, audio postcards and produced video content. 
  • Assist promotion of the story content through innovative uses of social media. 
  • This job description is not designed to be comprehensive; duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. 

Learning Opportunities 

  • Intern will work closely with museum staff in a historic house museum. 
  • Intern will learn to create ethnographical multimedia stories by interviewing people.
  • Intern will learn to research historic objects and stories. 
  • Intern will learn to apply metadata for search engine optimization purposes for enhanced accessibility. 

Minimum Qualifications

Must be a Humanities major (Art, Art History, English, History, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Modern Languages, etc.).

  • Effectiveness in planning, organizing, and meeting deadlines 
  • Demonstrated storytelling skills across traditional and digital media 
  • Writing and editing skills and attention to detail 
  • Understanding of social media content production standards
  • Ability to work across different media: social, video, and audio  
  • Skill in working with the WordPress CMS to post and optimize content
  • Some knowledge of cultural institutions or historic sites preferred 
  • Skill with MS Office Suite and the media production apps in Adobe Creative Suite.

Job Category

Student Assistant

Student Disclosure

  • Applicants must be currently enrolled as a student at FIU with a minimum of six (6) credits as an Undergraduate student or three (3) credits as a Graduate student during the Fall and Spring semesters. 
  • During the Summer semesters, Students need only remain enrolled and are not required to take credit hours, but cannot have graduated.
  • Upon decreasing credit hours or graduating, student employment must end.

Work Schedule

  • Monday - Friday.
  • Location: Vizcaya Museum and Gardens at 3251 S. Miami Avenue, Miami, FL, 33129
  • Will work during regular office hours, which must coincide with Technology and Digital Initiatives staff regular office hours (10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.)
  • One semester internship.
  • 10 to 12 weeks not to exceed 144 hours per semester 

Advertised Salary

$18.00/hour

Pre-Employment Requirements

Criminal Background Check

This student appointment may be subjected to a pre-employment background check.

Working Condition(s)

Work is done in a museum setting, involving interaction with museum colleagues, work with a computer and photography equipment. Vizcaya is a non-smoking environment. 

Job Tags

Summer work, Internship, Monday to Friday

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