C-Lab is seeking applicants for a six-month full-time Marketing intern position. The successful applicant will work on marketing development, identifying and securing funding support from grant, institutional and private sources. The funding is intended to support C-Lab initiatives including policy research, special print and media projects, and the publishing of Volume Magazine. The intern will work closely with C-Lab’s staff to develop media materials and to prepare inquiries and grant proposals. This position offers an opportunity for a highly motivated and resourceful individual to formulate a development strategy for a think-tank dedicated to media and communications. To that end, C-Lab is looking for applicants interested in exploring marketing as a means of effective communication in addition to securing funding support. The candidate should be well informed of contemporary architecture, design and culture, with excellent communication and writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop marketing material
• Identify funding sources and prepare grant and other proposals
• Maintain and develop C-Lab’s website content

Qualifications

• Interest in C-Lab’s mission, agenda and output
• Strong writing and communication skills
• Desire to learn about the daily operations of a research think tank and architectural media platform
• Knowledge of grant writing preferred

Positions Available: One

About C-Lab and Volume Magazine

C-Lab, the Columbia Laboratory for Architectural Broadcasting, is an experimental research unit devoted the study and communication of architecture issues that impact public policy. It operates as a semi-autonomous think tank at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University and is directed by Jeffrey Inaba.

Since 2005, C-Lab has collaborated with Archis and AMO on Volume, an independent bimonthly architectural publication dedicated to the production of new forms of architectural discourse. Volume Magazine was founded by Archis editor Ole Bouman, architect Rem Koolhaas, and Mark Wigley, Dean of the Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation.

Volume is ARCHIS + AMO + C-Lab + ...
ARCHIS: Magazine for Architecture City and Visual Culture
AMO: Research and Design Studio for Architectural Thinking, Rotterdam
C-Lab: The Columbia Laboratory for Architectural Broadcasting, New York

The intern will work at C-Lab’s space at STUDIO-X in downtown New York. STUDIO-X is a collaborative office launched by the Columbia University GSAPP that brings together architects, theorists, graphic designers, media thinkers, artists, and landscape architects for collective projects in design and research.

Interested applicants should email a cover letter, resume and writing samples, as well as URL links to work sample to hr@c-lab.columbia.edu

Include 'MARKETING INTERNSHIP' in the subject field

No phone inquiries please.