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The Next Zuck – Message from Honors Student and Founder, Amanda Quick

The Next Zuck

 

 

 

Looking for an internship or ways to get hands-on experience?

The Next Zuck is looking to fill positions for the spring semester!

The Next Zuck, is a media startup, web series and website that features college entrepreneurs, student-run startups, investors, accelerators, startup programs and more. Founded by Amanda Quick, Honors student and Crown Scholarship winner. So far, the team has interviewed college entrepreneurs at Syracuse University, Cornell University, Columbia University, Michigan State University, Ohio State University, Miami University (OH), RIT and Ithaca College. They will officially launch in mid-February.

If you’re interested in becoming apart of the team email thenextzuck@gmail.com with your name, resume, and short blurb (150 words) about your experience and interest.

The Next Zuck is looking for: Animators, Copy Editors, Video Editors, Programmers, Researchers, Social Media Gurus, a Web Director, Writers, and anyone interested in startup culture! (see below for details).

Animators – Animation team members will work with our production team to design animations for each of our web segments. Experience with animation is required. Please submit a resume and examples of work.

Copy Editors – We are looking for two copy editors who will edit stories, blog posts and “startups to watch” blurbs. Copy editors will be required to edit 3-4 stories a week as well as consult with Co-Founders and web team before posting to the website. Previous experience with copy writing is preferred for candidates, but not required. Candidates should have strong writing and editing skills. Please submit a resume and two writing samples.

Video Editors – Editors will work with our production team at the Orange Television Network. Editors will edit 1 video a week (2-3 minutes in length) and will be required to use Avid and/or Adobe Premiere. Editors should also be familiar with After Effects. Please submit a resume and links to your work.

Programmer – Will work with Web Director. Please submit a resume and links to any of your sites.

Researchers – Researchers will work with our campus team to research student startups and startup cultures prior to each of our campus visits. Research includes contacting students startups, incubators, accelerators, semester programs, unique startup events and potential partners who would be interested in being featured by The Next Zuck. Candidates should be curious, interested in startups and willing to meet with Co-Founders twice a month to discuss research and potential story ideas. Please submit a resume.

Social Media Team – The social media team will be responsible for posting and generating content to Facebook,Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr and Pinterest daily. Candidates should have experience with social media in a professional manner. Please submit a resume.

Web Director – Will work with Programmer to design and keep website up to date. Web Director should be familiar with Word Press, HTML 5, Javascript and Google Analytics. Please submit a resume and links to any of your websites.

Writers – Will write 1-2 stories per month about a student startup or campus startup event. Co-Founders and researchers will provide writers with story ideas and contacts. Candidates should be curious, creative, and strong writers with good interview skills. Please submit a resume and two writing samples.

Anna Ebers, Ph.D. candidate at SUNY ESF and Fulbright Fellow, is looking for interns!

Hello Honors students! An exciting opportunity has presented itself and we wanted to pass the word onto all of you! Anna Ebers, a Ph.D. candidate at SUNY ESF and Fulbright Fellow, is looking for an E-Commerce and Marketing Intern, a Marketing Intern, and a Grant-Writing Intern to work on a really great project. If there are students who may currently be in the Syracuse area, she is hoping you decide to read a bit more and look into volunteering some of your time! (Additionally, she would love to have the same interns working on the project throughout the school year so there’s a longer possibility as well.) As this is an unpaid internship it would be a great way to earn civic engagement hours for your Honors requirements and a great resume booster!

Anna explains, “Solar Solutions for Mexico project brings affordable solar technology to villages in rural Jalisco, Mexico, one village at a time. We electrify homes with stand-alone solar systems that come with 2 LED lights and a UV filter to purify water. These systems are produced in Mexico, and a partner NGO takes care of their installation and maintenance. Children can finally study in the evenings, not impaired by smoke from burning candles and kerosene lamps. Schools, medical centers and community spaces also benefit from our initiative. To meet their needs, larger more powerful solar panels are donated from Germany, where we formed a strategic partnership with another NGO. Solar electricity brings clean light to schools and connects both teachers and students to the outside world via solar PCs. With solar electricity, hospitals can store life-saving medicines in solar fridges.  Light in community centers allows grown-ups to use their evenings productively: charge their radios and cell phones or take evening literacy classes. Access to clean light empowers the community, especially women, who can work on their handicrafts in the evening as a source of income.  To help families pay for solar products, we purchase handicrafts fair trade from local women and merchandize them through our NGO in the US. We cut out the middle man and all proceeds go back to benefit the community in Mexico. We bring economic, social, and environmental benefits to the community through solar technology”.

So, if you’re interested, click on the images below and read up on what she is looking for in an intern!

For more information do not hesitate to reach out to Anna Ebers, the project director, at aebers@syr.edu or Rev. Gail Riina, director of the Step Center, at lutheran@syr.edu.