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Want to be a Vimeo apprentice this summer?

by Blake Whitman May 5th, 2008

Hey there guys!

We have 2-3 apprentice positions (we hate the word "intern") available this summer, and we're looking for people from the community who are familiar with Vimeo and want to have a fun summer working with the Vimeo team here in NYC.

Design Apprentice:
We're looking for a smart, font-loving, color-fying, detailed obessive, design apprentice who can help create the world that is Vimeo.
Here's the qualifications:
1. Design portfolio
2. Examples of CSS design/layouts
3. Strong attention to detail
Email your portfolio to jack@vimeo.com

Community Apprentice:
We're looking for someone with motion graphic and a strong video editing background to help create videos and promos for Vimeo. You will also watch TONS of videos and help with general community management.
Email your resume and portfolio to blake@vimeo.com

They don't *have* to be from Vimeo, so if you have friends who might be interested, let us know.

Thanks guys!
- Jip Eilbracht 3 months ago
  
  I would love to do that, especially at Vimeo.
  But bummer, I'm just too young... and I live at the other side of the world (what makes working in NYC even more attractive).
  When do you start an office here in the Netherlands?
- viewfromthemoon 3 months ago
  
  yeah, and in Montreal? :)
- Levi McCallum 3 months ago
  
  And what if we don't live in NYC?
- jessica tang 3 months ago
  
  is there an...age requirement?
- Blake Whitman 3 months ago
  
  18+
- Raphael Baumann 3 months ago
  
  damn, would be nice to go to nyc for a little holidays :)
  and work here too of course.
  
  ow well there is gonna be a few very lucky people.
- Alastair Brown 3 months ago
  
  I still have all my own teeth but....damn, my hairs gone! Guess that counts me out of the running?
- Mark Tomlinson 3 months ago
  
  The majority of the world doesn't live in New York, so I guess this is a worldist thing, :)
  Great op for any New Yorkers though, peace from Berlin
- BobbyG 3 months ago
  
  [my comment here was indicative of a bit of a sour attitude on this day so i removed it!]
- Caroline Martin 3 months ago
  
  It's pretty much a gift from the gods.
- BobbyG 3 months ago
  
  Awesome.
- Andrew Pile 3 months ago
  
  What makes you think its for free?
- BobbyG 3 months ago
  
  where is the button on here for assistance in removing foot from mouth?
- RNG35 3 months ago
  
  It's free, trust me, or they would be looking to fill a position rather than aksing for an "apprentice".
- Michael Benjafield 3 months ago
  
  I did an apprentice/work experience for a TV Company in London and they never payed me. They do now though. Its basically like were not gotta pay you until your of use to us. Which to be perfectly honest is fair enough. It's more for the opportunity to work for a company like Vimeo and through apprenticeships they can work out if you working for the company is gonna work out.
  You know what! Screw it i'm applying anyways!
- BobbyG 3 months ago
  
  I imagine the best work anyone can do for Vimeo is just to make more cool videos that lots of people want to see. Then put "content creator for Vimeo" on your resume under work experience. Put in start and end dates as applicable. This way you get to put Vimeo on your resume and make cool movies all from the comfort of your home! :)
- walt 3 months ago
  
  so what's the age requirement
- Elliott Cost 3 months ago
  
  I'd like to know too ;)
- Blake Whitman 3 months ago
  
  18+
- walt 3 months ago
  
  balls
- Elliott Cost 3 months ago
  
  k, cool. good luck to all that apply!
- walt 3 months ago
  
  haha, i love your awkward reply to my obscenity
- victoria 3 months ago
  
  cool! I'd like to do this but I might not be able to because of the summer trip... what are the dates for the apprenticeship?
- Clintus McGintus 3 months ago
  
  Man #2 would be a dream job for me. But no way I can move to NY for an apprenticeship. The wife would not approve.
- Blake Whitman 3 months ago
  
  aww, cmon Clintus!
- Clintus McGintus 3 months ago
  
  Trust me Blake, if there was a way to do it here in AZ or if this could possibly turn into a full time position then we could talk.
- Andrew Olanoff 3 months ago
  
  I would love to be one of the community "apprentices", and I live about 30 mns outside NYC, easy train ride. But, what is the age requirement as asked above?
- Blake Whitman 3 months ago
  
  18+
- Aneste 3 months ago
  
  I'd do it in a heartbeat. But I never had a job in the field before. Since I'm..18 looll
- jean-pierre chery 3 months ago
  
  Outside of apprentices, vimeo wouldn't happen to be hiring actual employees would it?????
- mike ambs 3 months ago
  
  Ahhhhh!!! Why does *have* to be in New York :( Crap... I would die to do job #2... but I wouldn't be able to leave LA just yes *sigh*
- Karen Abad loves Dinosaurs. 3 months ago
  
  agreed.
  it's so far away.
  
  :-)
- Hoop-CA, USA 3 months ago
  
  Hang on, let me ask my mom first. HA HA.
  
  What a great oppty best of luck to those that apply and best to those who become Apprentices.
- Encript 3 months ago
  
  I'm in the NYC area would love to help out.
- Andrew Olanoff 3 months ago
  
  Hey I'm 18! I don't really have a portfolio, it's mainly the movies here on vimeo. Should I just put links in my email for the videos I have made our helped out on? I am definitely going to try and see if I can do this "apprentice"-ship, expect an email shortly Vimeo (to which I mean blake).
- Tuan Hoang 3 months ago
  
  I love Vimeo! You guys rock. I've already got a day job.
- Paul McClintock 3 months ago
  
  I'm in the same boat as many people.
  
  I'd like to apply for job #2 also. Have no experience, but I'm awesome anyway. And I hate my current job... just one thing. I'm about as far away from New York as you can get without living with penguins.
- Paul McClintock 3 months ago
  
  P.S - The second you open a Melbourne office, I'm applying.
- Katie Parks 3 months ago
  
  ummm already sent my resume :-)
- RWSHELDON 3 months ago
  
  you go girl!
- K. Inselman 3 months ago
  
  Ah, if only it were at the Portland office. I hope that it's a blast for the folks who get it, what a wonderful opportunity! C:
- RWSHELDON 3 months ago
  
  wuz thinkin same thing but I don't think it's an option
- RWSHELDON 3 months ago
  
  Does it pay more than 62K?...cuz if it does... LOL. Would be nice then.
- matthew strong 3 months ago
  
  18+
  i am. honestly.
- Steven Maguire 3 months ago
  
  What if I can do both jobs!?!
- geese teeth 3 months ago
  
  css to me means cant script shit. damn. i would be perfect for this otherwise, and i could move in an instant.
- Michael Benjafield 3 months ago
  
  if my videos didn't suck so harshly and i didn't live all the way in London i'd literally chop of my belows to work at Vimeo -_-
- ari k 3 months ago
  
  I don't work at Vimeo, but if you chop of your "belows" for them, I'm pretty sure they'd think you were crazy and never hire you. Then again, I could be wrong, and it could make for some seriously viral video.
- Taylor Gillespie 3 months ago
  
  I've sent my email off to Blakeland... Wish me luck everyone!
- Maxwell Scott-Slade 3 months ago
  
  I'd totally do it if I didn't already have my own company. JohnnyTwoShoes
- YouHadMeAtASL 2 months ago
  
  Just wondering what month the apprenticeship begins?
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