Careers

Editorial Internship for Charleston Weddings

Our internship is a competitive opportunity to hone and practice your journalism skills at an award-winning magazine and its associated digital properties. The intern will help coordinate the production of Charleston Weddings magazine and our blog, the Wedding Row. Main responsibilities include wedding trend research, writing, editing, fact-checking, and general administrative work. The editorial intern will also help out with social media.
 
The ideal applicant is a detail-oriented self-starter who is genuinely interested in the wedding industry. We are looking for someone with strong writing skills and experience in proofing and copyediting (in adherence to the Chicago Manual of Style), solid writing skills, and knowledge of Adobe InDesign. The internship is unpaid and requires a minimum of 15 hours per week.
 
Interested candidates should contact Peggy Loftus (weddingseditor@charlestonmag.com) and submit a cover letter, résumé, and three writing samples (each sample must not exceed 1,000 words). High school students will not be considered. While we're happy to consider remote internships, preference will be given to local candidates. 

EDITORIAL GRAPHIC DESIGN INTERNSHIP

  • We publish four different magazines - you get to be a part of all of them
  • Learn the process of making a magazine by working directly with the creative team
  • Help design editorial pages of a magazine with our creative director and graphic designers overseeing & guiding you
  • Polish up your researching skills
  • Converting photographs from RAW, re-touching, color-correcting etc.
  • Assist with the production of photo-shoots
  • Network while you start your professional career
  • Take advantage of all the opportunities to help at events that we sponsor
  • Must have a great attitude & good work ethic
  • To be comfortable in a fast pace environment with tight deadlines
  • Must be proficient in Photoshop & InDesign

Please send resumes and inquiries to Julie Wood (jwood@charlestonmag.com). 

(click here to download more information about our internship program)

For summer internships please apply in the month of January only. For any other time of year, you may apply at anytime.

 

EDITORIAL PHOTOGRAPHY INTERNSHIP

- Depending on your strengths, have upward of 20+ images in each issue
- Go on studio, portrait, in-house, and location shoots
- Gain knowledge from other professional photographers by assisting at photo shoots
- Learn the process from camera-to-layout by working directly with the art director and graphic designers as a team
- Convert from RAW format
- Complete at least 20 hours a week, for at least 3 months
(Minimum hours are necessary to stay involved in a constantly changing atmosphere)

*Ideal candidates own digital SLR equipment and have a good understanding of digital photography and lighting. Must submit digital portfolio samples. Please send resumes and inquiries to Julie Wood (jwood@charlestonmag.com). 


 

 

The Wedding Row

March 27 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, the majority of us are anxious and overwhelmed. And when you’re engulfed in worry, you often dig further and further down that hole and forget to take in the beauty...

March 26 2020
Maybe you’ve been planning your dream wedding for months. Maybe you just got engaged and cannot wait to start booking vendors. Either way, you weren’t expecting a pandemic like the COVID-19...

March 19 2020
For anyone who doubts that chemistry trumps all, meet Ashlyn and Tommy. The two Charlestonians were struck super shy when they first bumped into one another at a party in 2013, but thanks to a little...

March 18 2020
Charlotte, North Carolina, residents Drew and Annie were introduced at a birthday party in a local brewery. He heard she was a physical therapist and asked her lots of questions about his “hurt”...

March 17 2020
Five years ago, Anna just happened to sit right behind Ian while both were in Savannah, Georgia, at pharmacy school. Soon after, he asked her to a wedding as his plus-one, and they had a grand old...

March 12 2020
When bridal boutique owner Christina was struggling to lug a new desk into her East Greenwich, Rhode Island, condo, her neighbor Daniel (Dan), on a business call, saw her plight … and kept on walking...

March 11 2020
Today we have two local lovebirds, Mallory and Brian, who were introduced through Bumble. Their first-date stops were Charleston favorites: Home Team Barbecue on Sullivan’s Island for ’cue and The...

March 10 2020
This one brings a whole new luxe-wedding vibe to “painting the town red!” Charleston native Annie moved to Nashville on a whim, where her new home just happened to be down the road from Music City...