Comic Artist Intern

Summary

Resilience, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to improving the mental health of students, as well as reducing mass shootings, suicide, and depression. Resilience, Inc also works to combat declining test scores, low student engagement, and a slew of other social issues. 

Our organization focuses on offering Social Emotional Learning tools to enable K-12 schools to teach emotional intelligence through five core topics; self-awareness, self-control, social awareness, relationship management, goal setting, and effective decision-making. Resilience, Inc. also provides tools for acquiring and maintaining inspiration, hope, and overall well-being.  

Our mission is to teach SEL at every school in the country. It is a tough challenge, but we know “No Challenge, No Change.” If you are also concerned about children’s mental health and social being, join us! Become a member of Resilience, Inc, and help change the way schools approach mental health.

Resilience is looking for a Comic Artist and offering internship programs in the Curriculum Development department. Our internship programs are 90 hours with the option to continue after meeting the minimum requirement. We require at least a four-month commitment and have flexible start and end dates. 

Some previous projects Comic Strip Writer interns have worked on include writing comic strips for the social-emotional learning curriculum and developing productive and engaging materials for the social-emotional learning curriculum. Interns will report to the Director of Curriculum Development. 

This internship is unpaid, but students may receive academic credit through their university. It is the responsibility of the student to check with their institute to be sure they meet any requirements before they accept the position. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities 

• Adapting curriculum into an episodic comic art.
• Help illustrate volume material and stories for SELENA Soundwave. Each volume focuses on a specific topic to help children with social emotion learning skills
• Coordinate with the content writing team to develop the project  
• Contribute ideas.
• Change other’s lives based on your creations!

Qualifications 

• Work independently 
• Ability to work on a team can attend weekly remote meetings
• Skills with creative art
• Consistently communicate with team members.
• Objective learning.

Learning Outcomes

• Develop the ability to illustrate comic art professionally. 
• Gain an understanding of social-emotional content and tips for maintaining and improving mental health.
• Interns will improve their skills in creativity, communication, and critical thinking.