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Hi Sara, Where would this be based out of? New York? Thanks, Tricia Cassady Conservation Agent Artist/Natural Science Illustrator Treasurer, GNSI - New England Chapter On May 20, 2010, at 7:19 PM, Tenney, Sara wrote: > I'm sorry, I didn't realize that attachments don't go through on the > list serve. Here are the details: > > Start Date:Monday June 14, 2010 > End Date:Friday July 23, 2010 > Duration:Six > weeks > Pay > :$12.50 per hour,$500.00 per week, $3,000 total earnings > > Location: Intern will work from home. > > Nature Education Knowledge Project is a peer-reviewed wiki that > will launch this fall 2010. It will bring together a library of > introductory and focused ecology concepts as well as research > summaries for undergraduate students. The Nature Knowledge series > is being launched out of the newly formed Nature Education division > of Nature Publishing Group (http://www.nature.com/) This division > has several initiatives to launch free online content for a > worldwide audience. You can review a similar site, Scitable, at www.scitable.com > . > > Overview: > • Work with authors to help them create illustrations that > communicate basic ecology concepts and processes as part of their > articles that will publish on the wiki. Approximately 20 > illustrations, > • Photo research images from royalty free resources to accompany > articles. Approximately 75 photographs. Provide options for author > for final selection that will publish on the wiki. > • Contribute to decisions on how authors will submit photographs > and illustrations to the wiki. Research and determine possible ways > that artists and photographers could participate in the process. > • Work with art direction to finalize the look and feel of the > rendered illustrations. Possible work developing animations and/or > videos depending on time and level of experience. > • Research public domain sources for illustrations and photographs > and build a list of resources for wiki authors. > • As time allows, reach articles and provide feedback to authors > for illustrations and photographs that authors have rendered or > researched. Feedback focused on educational value of each piece. > > Requirements: Proficient in Adobe Illustrator. Interested in > ecology and the environment. Background in science strongly > preferred but not required. Working knowledge of wikis, creating > animations and videos desired but not required. Submit resume, > letter of interest and two illustration samples to [log in to unmask] > . Submission > deadline: June 1, 2010 > > Sara Tenney > Series Editor > Nature Knowledge > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sara Tenney [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thu 5/20/2010 4:26 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Cc: Tenney, Sara > Subject: Nature Publishing Group: paid summer internship/freelance > opportunity > > I am attaching information announcing a paid internship/freelance > opportunity at Nature Publishing Group this summer. The deadline is > just > around the corner, so if you are interested and need more time, > please let > me know. I can extend the deadline another week if necessary. I > can be > reached at [log in to unmask] > > > > ________________________________________________ > > Need to leave or subscribe to the Sciart-L listserv? Follow the > instructions at > http://citnews.unl.edu/presentmethods_lana/listserv/index.html Need to leave or subscribe to the Sciart-L listserv? Follow the instructions at http://citnews.unl.edu/presentmethods_lana/listserv/index.html