In Fall 2019, I took the Digital Media Foundations class which was taught by Prof. Goetz who also happened to be an internship coordinator at City Tech. After completing several projects, Prof. Goetz encouraged me to apply for a CUNY Culture Corps., before becoming a senior. CUNY Culture Corps., which provides paid work experience in civic-oriented jobs sounded like a perfect internship and I sent my application as soon as the program became available for the 2020-2021 year.
The application process was lengthy and included multiple steps like a personal statement essay, multiple interviews, and a waiting time of approximately 8-9 months. Luckily, I was selected for the program after which, we were required to complete the professional workshops and started preparing for an online job fair. The job fair was the most important event of this program through which, students were encouraged to apply for hundreds of positions at various cultural organizations and interview through Zoom and Google Meet.
I applied for 10 positions that were related to my professional field and I was paired with Lower Manhattan Cultural Council as a Communications & Marketing Intern. Although my number choice organization was the Wildlife Conservation Society of New York, I was still very excited to be matched with LMCC since the core idea of this organization is to promote the art in the city, help the artists with grants/residencies, and offer interesting cultural and art-related events to the public.
I have been an interning at LMCC since November 2020. Our communications & marketing team consists of Sophie, Director of Marketing & Communications, JoAnn who is a full-time communications and marketing associate, and Sunny, part-time communications associate.
