Bay Area LASER Intern
About LASERS
The Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER) is a program of Leonardo/ISAST and is supported by institutions and individuals acquiring around the world. It is is a grassroots movement to connect artists and scientists for cross pollination of ideas and the beginning of new partnerships. Leonardo LASER Talks were found in 2008 by Piero Scaruffi.
Leonardo/ISAST Internship Program
The Leonardo internship program aims to enrich the learning goals and networks of the intern. The program will provide mentorship, skill development, project portfolio and on the job training. Other perks of the internship include a free subscription to ARTECA, Leonardo’s aggregator where you will have access to all Leonardo content as other valuable information about art, sciences and technology; Invitations to VIP Leonardo events; and a profile posting on our online Leonardo Electronic Directory. Our internships are flexible, experience driven and credit based.
Time Frame
Open Ended
Time Commitment
5-10 hours per week
Location(s)
Bay Area LASER Intern - Ability to travel to the 3 Bay Area LASERs (Stanford, USF and Berkeley) and at least a couple visits to the Oakland Office.
Reporting to
Leonardo Managing Director and LASER Leadership committee. Will also have onboarding and training with Leonardo offices and work directly with other LASER Organizers.
Responsibilities and Tasks
Below are some of the tasks of the LASER Program. Not all tasks will be required of the intern. What the intern will be assigned will depend on skill set and interest.
Live Events
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Help with filming and streaming the evening
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Live tweeting and posting to social media during the events
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Set up and take down
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Assuring Leonardo materials are available to the audience
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Acquiring filming permissions from the speakers
Speaker Maintenance
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Adding to and maintaining the speakers database
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Making sure the filming permissions have been processed
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Collecting speaker information such as bio, twitter handle, etc.
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Collecting sign up sheets
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Counting number of attendees
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Following tweets and posts with #LASERTalks
Outreach
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Posting on event listing websites such as University events pages, fun cheap sf, bay area science festival, etc.
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Be a liaison between student groups at USF, Berkeley and Stanford at the LASERS
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Adding events on the MeetUp.com website and Eventbrite
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Creating Facebook and Twitter memes related to the event
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Organizing the videos on the Leonardo LASER website
Preferred Skills
Outgoing
Self-Initiative or Self-Starter
Mobile video/photo
Social Media
Organized
Basic Content Management Skills
Has a (FOMO) fear-of-missing-out
APPLY
Send an email about yourself and why you are interested in this internship, along with website links and resume to laser@leonardo.info subject: Bay Area LASER Internship.