W.O.R.D. Made Flesh

As a Media Production Intern, you’ll be responsible for creating many of the media packages (graphics, animations, bumpers, videos, photos, and other promotional pieces) along with individual elements that we use to support our ministry efforts. Creative Media also helps create resources and materials for community partnerships (like the Searcy Ministerial Alliance) that Downtown has the honor of supporting/partnering with. Depending on the time of year, and the needs of the church, projects can range from small elements used in a worship service or sermon series, to entire packages for events or special weekends.

At Downtown, we strive to create most of our creative media pieces from scratch. While this is more challenging, we believe this is beneficial for two main reasons:

1. It provides you with the opportunity to grow your skills and gain professional experience.

2. Because the content is created from scratch, we own 100% of the intellectual property, allowing us to give it away for free for other churches to use through The Church Resource Hub.

During your time as an intern, you’ll have access to a church provided computer (Mac) equipped with the full Adobe Suite of software. You’ll also have access to a wide variety of stock media libraries to aid you in your work. All projects you work on during your internship can be included in your portfolio and may also fulfill specific class projects as well. Students should have an understanding of Graphic Design & Video production. We do not expect applicants to have “lots” of experience in all design fields, but rather, we expect applicants to be willing to try new things and learn new skills. You will be asked to submit a simple portfolio as part of the application so we can see examples of your previous work.

With this position, you can expect about 10 hours of work a week. Pay will be negotiated in interviews and will be in accordance with Downtown’s Apprentice & Internship Program.

We will have a retreat to kick off the semester. Unless negotiated before hiring, we ask all interns to be in attendance for the full duration of the retreat. More information about the retreat will be provided during interviews.