Pure Brand Communications

Freedom Service Dogs of America trains rescue dogs to serve people with disabilities, from those with physical challenges to veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. The dogs accomplish simple tasks, such as turning on lights, and more profound feats like pulling a weakened client to an upright position in bed. The organization doesn’t breed dogs; it saves animals facing unfortunate futures. And while some dogs each year go unmatched with a client, they are found adoptive homes.

Dates: The internships will begin on June 1, 2012 and end on August 31, 2012
Interns must be available on June 6 for orientation.

Job Description
• Seeking internship candidates eager to gain experience in a wide range of production industry facets, including pre-production, location/talent resourcing, shooting, editing/post production and distribution.
• Interns will be responsible for interviewing doctors, patients and hospital staff on a variety of health topics and creating professional videos and writing print/web-ready articles on a weekly basis.
• During the program, interns will research health topics, doctors and technologies, write scripts, schedule interviews, plan sets and props, conduct video interviews, edit videos, and write articles.
• Interns will work closely with HealthONE marketing staff to develop health topics and ideas for videos and web articles.
• The internship candidate must be reliable, flexible, hard-working, and willing to take charge of some of the logistical functions of the project as well as writing, editing, researching, shooting and graphics.
• The intern will also support other current project needs.

Required skills
• College sophomore, junior, senior or post graduate currently enrolled in school
• Communications, journalism or film majors preferred (but not required).
• Excellent interpersonal skills; maintains a professional profile in person and on the phone.
• Interns will need to conduct themselves in a professional manner at all times during the internship and possess a high level of ethical values.
• Interns should be deadline-driven and be detail oriented.
• Must possess an excitement to work and learn.
• Interns must be self-starters and be able to proactively complete projects on deadline.
• Intern candidates should have expert knowledge of working on a Mac computer.
• Intermediate skill level in Final Cut Pro, iMovie and/or GarageBand.
• Intermediate skill level in YouTube and other social media outlets.
• Interns must have transportation to and from hospitals and facilities throughout Denver metro area.
• Interns are required to work 15-20 hours per week.
• Interns are required to work in the HealthONE system office in DTC one day per week for a minimum of four hours. Most of internship work hours will be working inside of HealthONE facilities.

To Apply
• Send a resume, cover letter, and video and writing samples (1-3 of each) toJthompson@metzger.com. Videos can be sent as a link to a YouTube page, website or as a MP3 file.
• This is an unpaid internship (interns can keep samples of work for portfolio) with opportunity for school credit.

So how long can the Denver Post survive while jettisoning its most interesting, engaging, loved and hated personalities? Unfortunately, it looks like we’re going to find out.

Previously, Dana Lauren Berry has split her attention between the Vail resort and the Four Seasons Hotel in Denver. She will now handle public relations exclusively for the hotel in Denver.