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

October 1 2018
Truth time: Sometimes we get these engagement sessions and straight-up envy the charmed Instagram-worthy lives the couples seem to live. And Kaitlin and Allan’s shots could do just that. But....

September 28 2018
We’re heading into this football weekend with a true fan fave. Molly, a University of South Carolina law school grad, and Logan, who works with the Gamecocks football team, were successfully nudged...

September 27 2018
Do you know about Alhambra Hall in Mount Pleasant? That two-story, meeting house on Charleston Harbor that’s tucked away in the Old Village? Let’s let these shots of Abby and Patrick’s wedding...

September 26 2018
For the love of a topknot, people! University of Pennsylvania freshman Praachi and Shiv met one night when each were out with their friends and topknot caught his eye. “I remember thinking how...

September 25 2018
Eleven months after Stephanie and Scott met, the avid travelers ventured to Iceland for a long weekend (a surprise trip planned by him) and Scott popped the question on their balcony overlooking...

September 24 2018
Amber and Phil met while working in the same nonprofit organization together in Washington, D.C. Three years later, during a hike in Great Falls, Virginia (the same place where they did their first...

September 21 2018
TWR: How and when did you meet one another? Was it love at first sight? Daisy: Brent and I met through mutual friends on Halloween night at the University of North Carolina Delta Kappa Epsilon house...

September 20 2018
The Wedding Row: Tell us how your love story all began. Kiernan: Pawel and I met each other while we worked together at an ad agency in New York City. Early on in our friendship, Pawel tried to plan...