As a SMITH intern, you’ll have opportunities to write for the site, generate ideas for new projects, and participate in as much or little of the making of an online magazine as you desire. Grunt work is minimal. What we will do is give you a great opportunity to get some hands-on, practical experience at the ground level of a hot indie Web site. We will ask you to research, copyedit, and hype SMITH stories across the Net to appropriate sites. If you’re a master of social networking, or want to be, we’ll get you involved on our Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and MySpace pages. You’ll be working with people with years of experience at some of the top magazines in the industry from Wired to ESPN to Men’s Journal and Salon—and making friends.

Who we’re looking for
College students or recent graduates who can work 10 hours a week either virtually or in our Manhattan office for a minimum of three months. You need to be smart, creative, self-motivated, professional, and have a passion for storytelling. The well-intentioned but ultimately flaky really should not apply. Seriously, do a gut check—we work too hard to have time for flakes.

Stipend
$50-100 a month depending on your commitment. And we’ll probably end up buying your coffee.

How to apply:
Send an email to: “news [at] smithmag.net” with:

• Either:1) a 250 to 400-word Brush With Fame that you’ve either written yourself or assigned to a friend who you know has had a celebrity encounter (if you haven’t); 2) a 150-200 word blog entry about an interesting “personal media” site we haven’t covered, or a “call for submisisons” we haven’t done yet.
• Links to three six-word memoirs from either SMITH or SMITHteens.com that you love.
• Three celebrities you would want to chase down for a six-word memoir for a SMITH book.
• One book you think Memoirville should excerpt in 2009, or example of an unknown writer/blogger whom SMITH should publish
• A resume
• A short cover letter telling us why you’re interested in a SMITH Magazine internship

Incomplete applications will not be considered. Please send attachments in Word or Rich Text format.