Internships

Featured Internship: InternMakers

InternMakers is offering opportunities for a Communications and Webmaster/Web Developer Intern.

Benefits of Internship:

  • Flexibility to work on your own schedule (15-25 hours/week)

  • Real internship experience you can add to your resume

  • Have a real impact on a growing community

  • Direct mentorship from InternMakers founders to lang your next internship

  • Access to InternMakers network

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Requirements:

  • Undergraduate rising seniors, with an expected graduation of date of December or Spring of the following calendar year

  • Highly successful students with a minimum GPA of 3.0

  • Demonstrated leadership skills, community involvement and extracurricular activities

Requirements:

  • To participate in the majority of programs listed on this application, you must live in the City of Chicago

  • Be between the ages of 16 and 24 prior to the start of your job.

  • Extended deadline to June 16th, 2020

Requirements:

  • Be a current college junior

  • Have a GPA of 3.0 or above

  • Hold a leadership position in a campus organization, volunteer organization, or professional setting

  • Be a U.S. citizen, legal permanent resident, or DACA recipient

*The application is currently closed but it will reopen in October

Requirements:

  • Demonstrated interest in communications, journalism, public relations, new media, and/or public affairs.

  • Strong written and oral communication skills, outstanding organizational abilities, and attention to detail are essential.

  • Experience with social media, photography, or video is a plus.

Program Information:

  • Up2Us Sports is an AmeriCorps program for students that are looking to work, coach and mentor youth in Chicago

  • Full-Time Corps members receive payment of $15,000+ with a $6,000 education award

  • Part-Time Corps members receive payment of $7,000+ with a $3,000 education award

  • The program is flexible for students to still be in school or work while participating in their year of service

To learn more about the program please go to the direct site

Requirements:

  • Master's degree preferred with five to eight years of work experience

  • Demonstrated interest in early childhood education, public policy, advocacy, and engaged philanthropy

  • Strong ability to research, analyze, and synthesize data

  • Excellent writing and presentation skills, particularly in communication with diverse constituencies in a variety of settings; specifically, strong, clear, and concise writing

  • Excellent organizational and project management skills with impeccable attention to detail, follow‐up, time management, and resourcefulness to research and problem solve

  • Collaborative style and willingness to work as a team to successfully implement program strategy goals

  • High level of interpersonal skills and discretion to handle confidential situations, as well as tact and diplomacy in establishing and maintaining strong relationships within the program, across the foundation, and externally

  • Humility and willingness to learn from mistakes

  • Adaptability, flexibility and productivity – able to pivot and work under deadline pressure

  • Demonstrated passion for the Foundation’s values with commitment to deliver results measured against the Foundation’s mission

  • Proficient in MS Office Suite, graphic design skills preferred

  • All offers are contingent upon successful completion of a criminal background check and drug screening


Requirements:

  • Recent college graduate or upperclassman at an accredited undergraduate degree program with experience in web programming and content production skills (photography skills preferred)

  • Proficient computer skills including HTML/CSS programming, Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Photoshop and Dreamweaver, and Adobe Creative Suite (MailChimp is a plus)

  • Efficient and effective multi-tasking and time management skills

  • Detail-oriented, inquisitive, and thoughtful

  • Team player, with the ability to work independently when needed

  • Demonstrated passion for the Foundation’s values with commitment to deliver results measured against the Foundation’s mission

  • Outstanding interpersonal skills and experience building relationships with multiple stakeholders by listening to new ideas, encouraging dialogue, and inspiring people to work towards common goals

  • Excellent writing and presentation skills, particularly in communication with an ability to create content in the appropriate voice for the organization

  • All offers are contingent upon successful completion of a criminal background check and drug screening


Able to commit at least 20 hours per week from early June – mid August

• Able to co-lead cycling, climbing, camping and paddling programs (some training provided)

• Interest in clinical psychotherapy and/or youth development

• Curiosity about the experiences of under-served and marginalized youth and practices to

best serve these populations

• Dedication to social justice and anti-oppressive practice

• Able to work independently, collaboratively, and flexibly

• Experience working with under-served and/or marginalized youth is preferred

• Experience in outdoor, adventure, or experiential education; social work or community-

based youth programming strongly preferred

• Able to work outside in harsh weather, lift up to 50 lbs, and work a non-standard schedule

• Able to transport yourself to various locations around the Chicagoland area


Internship Description

Requirements:

  • BA/BS student in social work, education, sociology, Spanish, or a related field.

  • Previous experience with Elementary students preferred.

  • Outreach seeks interns that demonstrate sensitivity to the needs of low-income and diverse populations who also support OCM’s Statement of Mission & Faith.

NorthRiver Commission * Various Internships

Program Information:

  • Summer Semester: 16 hours/week minimum, 7 weeks or more

  • Fall and Spring Semesters: 8 hours/week minimum, 10 weeks or more per semester

  • Project based internships: 8 hours/week minimum, 4 weeks or more

*Go to the website for more details

Get a $10,000/year scholarship towards an undergraduate degree in computer science and a guaranteed summer internship at Amazon.

*Applicants are now closed for 2020 recipients and will reopen again in November

Google's STEP internship - for first and second-year undergraduate students with a passion for computer science.

Minimum qualifications:

  • Must be a first or second-year undergraduate student currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field at a university in North America

  • Programming experience in one or more of the following languages: C, C++, Java, JavaScript or Python

  • First-year students must have taken one college level Computer Science course by the end of the first semester (AP or IB Computer Science is acceptable)

  • Students must be available for a full-time 12-week internships from May to August or June to September.

*Applications are currently closed and will reopen in Fall 2020

Twitter offers a 12-week paid summer internship designed for historically underrepresented second-year computer science students.

They also provide Onsite college experiences for one to five day interactive experiences for underrepresented undergraduate computer science students in tech.

*Applications are currently closed and will reopen in Fall 2020