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Internship: Chicago Gateway Green

CHICAGO GATEWAY GREEN
INTERNSHIP

Chicago Gateway Green (CGG), a long-established and well-known local not-for-profit situated in the heart of Chicago’s downtown area, is offering an internship to a motivated graduate student who will work on monitoring, measuring and reporting activities with regard to CGG’s Expressway Partnership Program (EPP).

Founded in 1986 by Donald J. DePorter, CGG is dedicated to greening and beautifying Chicago’s expressways, gateways, and neighborhoods.

As well as maintaining gardens along the expressways and gateways of Chicago through the EPP, CGG has a goal of planting 15,000 trees in Chicago by 2015.

Duties and Responsibilities
The CGG Intern will be primarily involved in producing the Expressway Partners’ Annual Report (the Project).

Project tasks will include:

Data gathering (e.g. quantifying carbon equivalents);
Graphic design;
Coordinating expressway site landscaping descriptions;
Overseeing still photography and video production; and
Drafting supporting documentation.

The CGG Intern will also be involved in coordinating the annual Mayoral Partners’ recognition breakfast event in October.

The Project will be undertaken over the months of September, October, and November. Ideally, the CGG Intern will be able to work a minimum of 15-20 hours per week.

Reporting

The CGG Intern will report to the Executive Director and work in close conjunction with the Business Development Manager and the Landscape Operations Manager.

This is an unpaid internship. However, transportation costs will be met. In addition, a small stipend will be provided at the completion of the Project.

Qualifications and Experience
Working experience with industry standard software: Illustrator, Photoshop, Quark and other graphic design software programs.
Excellent attention to detail.
Well-organized.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Interest in urban planning and sustainability issues.
Willing to take initiative on projects and suggest innovative solutions.
Knowledge of plants and landscape design is a plus.
To Apply

Please send a resume and covering letter via email to info@gatewaygreen.org with the subject line: “Intern”. Letters of recommendation are encouraged.


Application deadline is 5:00pm, Tuesday, September 7.


Other
In addition to a completed product to use as a valuable work reference, CCG’s Internship Program offers students an opportunity to learn about urban greening and beautification efforts in the City of Chicago, as well as the unique relationships of public-private partnerships in a leading non-profit agency.


The Project itself will provide an in-depth view of how non-profit organizations operate as well as count as course credit.
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