(15-20 hours per week)
Duties: Y-Rock On XPN is WXPN's online alternative media outlet, playing independent and alternative rock music to a worldwide online and local on-air audience. We create a live music stream, archived downloadable content, podcasts, blogs, RSS feeds and more. We're looking for a motivated, web-savvy work study to support our expanding online marketing initiatives. Applicant will assist the Y-Rock Program Director and Operations Coordinator in promoting Y-Rock On XPN's audio services to online communities, networking with artist's webmasters and fan sites, mining compatible online media outlets, creating and disseminating compelling copy messages, and reporting results. Applicant will also assist in creation and execution of all forms of listener outreach, marketing, and promotions.
Qualifications: Candidate must possess an expansive knowledge of the Internet and multimedia Web technology including direct experience on MySpace, Facebook, imeem, iLike and other social media music sites. Ideal candidate should have basic knowledge of blogging software including Blogger and Wordpress and some basic HTML experience.. Strong writing, communication and computer skills are required. This intern should also demonstrate ability to work independently and collaboratively with other departments. Obsession for music is a must!