Yama Jewayni

Job Type: Paid Temporary Position

The project – “Cool Kabul:”

ARCH International is looking for a project assistant this summer to support the research and content creation for a coffee table book that will collect stories and photographs from the global Afghan Diaspora, with a focus on Afghan communities in the United States, especially those living in the DMV (DC, VA, MD), documenting the 1960s/70s in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Criteria:

– Timeframe: at least 3 months, full-time
– Farsi, Dari language a plus
– Excellent English
– Experience with transcribing, recording (audio/film) interviews, ability to identify and showcase interesting audio/video clips/anecdotes
– Photography skills
– Experience with journalism/blogging (writing, researching, copywriting, content writing, cold-calling, follow-ups), Journalism major
– Research skills (libraries, media archives, museum collections, …)
– Interest in the arts, entertainment, music, lifestyle
– Interest in Afghanistan and the country’s history and people
– Independent work style, weekly check-ins (work progress), proactive, flexible, organized

How to apply:

-Writing Samples/ Samples of Photography/Video clips
-Short Cover Letter in which you explain how you would approach this project (whom to contact and how, how you’d document the ongoing project, hoped for outcomes, questions you have for ARCH,..)
-CV
-Note on availability (months/days of week etc)
-Contact us at info[at]arch-library.org