Opportunity: Event Engagement Intern

Cooked Illustrations is an animation and illustration agency specialising in science communication. We work with researchers, organisations and institutions to make complex information more accessible.

This year, we started a new collaboration with the Startup Stiwdio, the graduate business incubator of the University of South Wales. The initiative, Fieldnotes Stiwdio, is a monthly networking event with a goal to platform researchers and creatives to help build a stronger science communication network in South Wales. The event is an opportunity for multiple sectors to engage, learn, share their work and build stronger ties. Rotating between each of the three Stiwdios in Newport, Cardiff and Trefforest, Fieldnotes Stiwdio has been running for five months.

We’re looking for an intern to help us build on the success of the project and take it to the next level.

The unpaid position will run for a minimum of three months, with a schedule to be agreed with the successful applicant.

The duties would include:

• Write blog posts inspired by the speaker’s talks

• Create other forms of social media content to promote the event online

• To generally help with advertisement and marketing of the event

• To generally support in the management of the event

• Help us in building our list of speakers and reaching out to invite a wider network of experts to participate in the events

• The successful applicant is not expected to be available on the evening of the event (last Tuesday of the Month)

Location:

This opportunity could be for someone in Cardiff or fully remote.

Application Procedure:

We would request a BLIND CV from interested participants. This is a CV without any identifying information (name, age, nationality, ethnicity, address etc.). We request this to reduce the likelihood of bias in the decision making. The CV file should be emailed to creative@cookedillustrations.com with the naming format of “Fieldnotes_CV_Name of a fruit”. The name of a fruit is for us to keep track of CVs.

We also request a short paragraph explaining how the candidate would approach our specific problem.

We will set aside two unchangeable dates for interviews. The Candidates will be informed of their placement within two days of the final interview.