Internships at Matter!
So excited to announce that Matter is now a community partner with Tulane's Center for Public Service & offering internships at our creative studio based here in New Orleans! We are looking for passionate, talented people to begin in 2012!
Please read more below - it is still possible to participate this [spring] semester! Apply here.
+ Creative Assistant +
Position description:
Assist Matter's founder and director, Tippy Tippens, in developing new projects and expanding our current product line. Should be thoughtful in details and passionate about finding meaningful connections between social needs + creativity + community in order to create poetic, sustainable solutions.
Position Responsibilities:

- Develop and implement designs for new product development
- Coordinate production with outside vendors
- Develop collaborations for regionally sourced & created products.
- Currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program
- Passion for the arts, design or new product development
- Self Starter
- Problem solving skills
- Well organized
- Enrolled in or completed coursework in the fields of fine arts, design, architecture or engineering
- Experience using Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign
- Some experience in sketching / technical drawing
- Demonstrate superior ability to understand, analyze and assess a wide variety of marketing and communications issues; make recommendations on the analysis and formulate a go-to-market plan to implement ideas
- Make recommendations on analysis and create engaging go-to-market strategies on a startup budget using your ingenuity and creative abilities
- Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Able to organize and present ideas in a convincing and compelling manner
- Currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program
- Passion for business or marketing
- Self Starter
- Problem solving skills
- Well organized
- Experience in marketing communications, public relations, advertising or related fields
- Create the ceramic birdies using slipcasting approach and meet our weekly production quota
- Research and recommend new production methods to enhance efficiency in terms of volume, cost and time
- Create inventory list and manage levels appropriately with orders
- Create raw material list and manage stock appropriately
- Currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program
- An interest in the arts, design, or business
- Attention to detail a must
- Self Starter
- Problem solving skills
- Well organized
- Experience in ceramics, sculpting or related creative field
- Experience in production and process improvement
- Currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program
- An interest in the business or entrepreneurship
- Self Starter
- Problem solving skills
- Well organized
- Experience in business plan development or social entrepreneurship
- Experience working with a growing social venture
- Currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program
- A passion for culture, research, our environment and how this relates to business, industry, & new green technologies.
- Self Starter
- Problem solving skills
- Well organized
- Experience in information analysis and market research
- Proven ability to synthesize large amounts of data and make actionable recommendations