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Dream Jobs, take 1. Are you passionate about surfing, studying journalism or media and looking for some amazing work experience while you complete your studies?

14/01/2013

theBOMBsurf has several internship opportunities opening up in 2013 that you might want to check out if you want to hit the 2014 Job market freshly qualified with a year’s worth of work experience already under your belt.

Entering the job market is always a daunting prospect for fresh graduates because of the age old catch 22 of not having any real work experience. Don’t be fooled into thinking that prospective employees don’t see through the one week internship that you did at your dad’s mates business. They are looking for real skills and experience that will ad value to their own businesses.

theBOMBsurf online is looking for fresh energy, new ideas and some off the wall creative input. In return we will provide you with the opportunity to gain a full year of practical content generation, web management and marketing skills.

There are 7 internship opportunities opening up in 2013. They are all part time and designed to fit in with your studies. The internship is a year long and is unpaid for the first 6 months. You will have the opportunity to work in a digital editorial capacity sourcing and loading content for your designated channel. You will work with an existing network of contributors and be expected to expand on that and develop your own. You will learn how to source, package and load compelling content. You will also be expected to seed that content into social networks to capitalise on it’s viral potential. You will be exposed to real life digital marketing strategies and be expected to work with the publisher to explore and develop revenue opportunities within your channel. The internship opportunities are listed below. You can be based anywhere in the world to apply for these internships and are not expected to keep regular office hours. You will have content delivery deadlines but how you meet them is up to you. You will be taught how to use theBOMBsurf CMS. Photoshop and design skills are a bonus but not a prerequisite.

The internship opportunities are as follows:

Surf Alert Internship. Ideally you are studying oceanography and are passionate about tracking and following swells all over our coastline. You need to have the ability to write about them in layman’s terms but also to understand the science behind what makes them happen.

BMT Internship. For this role you need to have your finger on the pulse of global and local surf news. It is a current affairs channel with a humorous twist. An interest in current affairs, creative writing and humour are all important.

Adventure Internship. You need to love surfing and adventure and have a passion for finding and sharing incredible stories.

theBOMBshell Internship. You need to source images of and interview really beautiful woman. You will be expected to work with model agencies, photographers/videographers and the girls themselves to create a unique salt water and beach flavoured portal where readers can enjoy and explore the relationship between beautiful women, the beach and the ocean.

Retail Internship. You will be expected to work with various brands, products and advertisers to conceptualise, plan and execute a weekly online sales promotion. This will include both ecommerce and regular sales promotions.

Environmental Internship. You will be expected to source one cool environmental feature per week which assists surfers to lead a more environmentally conscious lifestyle by sharing best practice. The idea is that this content inspires people to change by showing them how they can rather than pointing fingers and telling them what to do. This content will be loaded onto the www.thegreenersurfer.com website and marketed off www.thebombsurf.com and other sites.

Art Internship. The emphasis of this role is on the discovery and creation of interesting and unusual visual imagery for the site. As the internet becomes more visual so we find we need to be able to communicate more effectively using still images, graphics, video and art. Ideally you are a photographer/videographer who is studying graphic design.

©Jon Ivins

To apply for any of these internships simply email a motivation to john@thebombsurf.com. In the header put the internship position that you are motivating for, ie ‘Art Internship’. Please keep it short. Ideally it includes an example of the type of content you would produce in that channel as well as examples of what you have done in your own capacity or in your studies. You need to include what you are currently studying and when you expect to complete your studies. You may apply for more than one internship, but please do so in a different mail with a different header. Successful candidates will be informed by the 14 February. If you have not heard from us by then your application has not been successful.

Got something to say? Then leave a comment!

Posted by Loop on the 14/01/2013 13:19

So in other words you are going to run the bomb surf on the backs of unpaid interns? Nice. Good business model.

Posted by Jay on the 14/01/2013 13:55

I personally wish that more companies were offering these sort of internships when I was studying back in 2001 as its a great way to experience a real working environment, gain some skill and make some contacts within the industry. Imagine managing and training all these interns, its no easy job so well done guys on your efforts to help out.

Posted by Charlie on the 14/01/2013 13:58

SERIOUSLY.........!!!!

Posted by frothdog on the 14/01/2013 14:41

righto, so this means all the content we are getting in 2013 is going to be written by green novices.. in that case i would like to apply for the bombshell internship..

Posted by Graeme on the 14/01/2013 14:51

so for each of these internship roles you have a fulltime employee, or are you just getting cheap labour?

Posted by Jdawg on the 14/01/2013 15:15

i'm sure it is illegal to not pay a salary to an intern? even if it is very small, you should at least be paying for their transport to and from work, as well as food money... Either way, this is such a crap way to make someone's life easier by dishing out all the 'bits' of work that take up his time, by disguising it as a 'fun intern job'.

Posted by Les on the 15/01/2013 18:54

Guys why all the fuss? people can choose not to accept the position if they feel hard done by.. if i cold i would love to take a year and learn and make connections.. its for school leavers and nice for people who are wanting to gain experience within the industrywhich could leadto a future inmany areas .. if the person is pssionate enough they will seize the opporunity! anyway aloha!

Posted by Bill Sonoghue on the 17/01/2013 15:16

Am I missing something here? Is Mr. McCarthy being serious? This is one of the more audacious/shameful and indeed amateurish stunts ever pulled by this publication.

Posted by Mathugh on the 21/01/2013 11:00

This is a vital step in the careers off many varsity students and the recently qualified, particularly in this field. Some folk just love to hate...

Posted by Loop on the 21/01/2013 13:09

Mat. 7 interns is also a vital step to get other people to do all the work for you for free.

Posted by John McCarthy on the 08/02/2013 13:41

No Loop, not for free. In the text above I clearly stated that the internship is a year long, the first 6 months of which are unpaid.These interns will be drawing on the expertise of experienced media people. Initially they are actually more of a liability than an asset. They slow us down while we teach them what has taken us years to learn. Also quite a few interns flake when they realise what real work is all about. Out of 7 positions if 3 make it I'll be surprised. If you are not damn hungry and willing to learn, then simply don't apply. Once you have proven yourself capable and have acquired some marketable skills we're happy to start paying you, because if we don't, you'll be able to take those skills and market them to someone else. If you already have those skills you shouldn't be applying for an internship position in the first place. Instead go out and find yourself a job.

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