Description
Online Media and Graphics Interns will be responsible for creating engaging and provocative videos about Runa’s work in the Ecuadorian Amazon highlighting the farmers we work with, the significance of guayusa to the Kichwa culture and the dynamic Amazon jungle. They will develop brand awareness by creating digital online and web media. This will be accomplished by preparing, editing, updating and composing online material such as graphics, photos, audio/video clips, which will be integrated with our social networking mediums. This internship provides the perfect opportunity to build a unique media profile whilst supporting Runa’s work and sharing Guayusa with the world.

Project Objectives

• Create brand awareness through digital media

• Edit and use the existing media Runa has
• Collect more media which conveys Runa’s story and mission
• Share Runa’s story and Guayusa with the world through a unique online media profile

Qualifications
This internship is geared towards those with a background and interest in media and graphics. Experience in video editing and online media is essential, and the intern must have a sense of creativity and originality to produce online media that will effectively communicate Runa’s story. Proficiency in English and Spanish is preferred. Experience in Latin America and/or working in a rural setting is a plus.

Current Status of Research
This is a new project for Fundación Runa. However, our Social Media Manager has been working on collecting media footage for the past 10 months, which will be at the disposition of the media interns.

Intern Duties

• To create engaging and provocative videos about Runa’s work in the Ecuadorian Amazon highlighting the farmers we work with, the significance of guayusa to the Kichwa culture and the dynamic Amazon jungle

• To become an advocate of Runa in social media spaces, engaging in dialogues and answering questions where appropriate
• Supply Runa’s office in New York with updates from the field to weave into our efforts in the United States.