VSDC seeks a Social Media and Marketing Intern that has experience with Instagram and Tik Tok, who has interest in using these abilities to promote messages of the importance of arts education, an appreciation for the cultural heritage of Hip Hop and street dance and the power of community building through street arts forms. Interns will work 15-20 hours per week and be directly supervised by VSDC’s Social Media and Marketing Manager, who will deliver feedback and guidance on a number of tasks including story posts at Educational School Shows, behind the scenes footage at performances and Instagram post content creation, to name a few. The Internship starts in June 2022 and ends in December 2022.
Interns will need to have experience posting, reposting and responding to stories on Instagram, writing compelling and captivating content for Instagram posts, creating and editing appealing Tik Tok videos and basic videography and photography skills on an iPhone, including editing.
Versa-Style Dance Company (VSDC) is a non-profit dance ensemble. We create highly energetic work that fuses street dances that are culturally significant to our communities, including Hip Hop, House, Popping, Locking, Whacking and Krump, and Afro-Latin styles such as Salsa, Merengue, Cumbia and Afro-Cuban, to name a few. As a reaction to the widespread misrepresentation of these dance forms, VSDC performs to instill the roots, history, and social and political issues surrounding the art of Hip Hop and street dance. We perform educational school shows, teach in-school/after school residencies, produce dance festivals, hold low cost weekly community dance classes and create safe spaces for youth through a mentorship and street dance training program known as Versa-Style Next Generation.
Interested applicants should submit three items: 1) a 4-6 sentence cover letter addressed to Versa-Style Dance Company explaining their interest in the position 2) a resume with education, volunteer and professional experience in any field 3) an example of 2-3 well crafted social media posts on your personal and/or a professional/external page 4) your social media links Please send all materials to versastylela@gmail.com with the subject line “Social Media and Marketing Internship Application”