TOKYOPOP Tour Internship

The Best Internship You'll Ever Have

TOKYOPOP's 2010 Digital Media Production
and Marketing Summer Internship

Complete and promote a real-world, digital production project as part of the TOKYOPOP Tour, a 3-month national tour for the world's most innovative entertainment company!

From May 28 through September 6, 2010, TOKYOPOP will tour America, going to anime and manga conventions, bookstores, libraries, parking lots--anywhere our passion leads us!--to promote TOKYOPOP, our stories, and our characters.

But this isn't any old tour. This is a multimedia experience...which is where you come in!

We're looking for a few good manga and anime fans to join us on the road and create a viral grassroots experience the likes of which have never been seen before. 

Responsibilities:

          --Work under the supervision and guidelines of a real-world production company to plan, shoot, edit, and upload video for a web-based "reality show"-styled grassroots marketing endeavor

          --Use social media tools to promote and market your videos, TOKYOPOP products, and the TOKYOPOP Tour

          --Host contests and events at conventions, bookstores, etc., nationwide

          --Assist the Tour Managers to set-up, tear down, and troubleshoot all events

Qualifications:

          --Must be a manga/anime/Japan enthusiast

          --Must be comfortable on camera and able to energize a crowd

          --Must be a skillful user of Facebook, Twitter, blogs, and YouTube

          --Must be able to plan, shoot, edit, and upload video

          --Must be available for most if not all of the Tour: May 22-September 7

          --Must like to travel

          --Must have lots and lots of energy!

          --Film or film marketing studies a plus

          --Japanese speakers a plus

          --Must receive course credit; this is an unpaid internship (travel expenses will be covered)

          --Must receive verifiable college credit for an internship; this internship is unpaid (travel expenses are covered)

          --Must enter into a TOKYOPOP Tour Internship agreement with TOKYOPOP

How to apply:

          1) Become a member of the TOKYOPOP Tour and join the Intern Applicants Group

         2) Upload your resume and writing sample as a blog post to your TOKYOPOP Tour profile

          3) Upload a video telling us why you're the right person for the internship to your TOKYPOP Tour profile. Show us your most positive attributes, the ones you think will make you a great spokesperson for TOKYOPOP on the road.*

          4) Send an email to Tour@TOKYOPOP.com with the subject line "TOKYOPOP Tour Internship Application" confirming that you have submitted an application

           5) Deadline: March 31, 2010

* Both TOKYOPOP and Ning prohibit the use of profanity in your video. All other Ning terms of service apply.