Who we are
The American Physical Society (APS) is a nonprofit membership organization working to advance and diffuse the knowledge of physics through its outstanding research journals, scientific meetings, and education, outreach, advocacy, and international activities. APS represents over 55,000 members, including physicists in academia, national laboratories, and industry in the United States and throughout the world. Society offices are located in College Park, MD (Headquarters), Ridge, NY, and Washington, D.C.

Position Summary
APS is offering a full-time, paid Education & Diversity Summer Intern position based at APS Headquarters in College Park, MD. The intern will work a total of 10 weeks during the summer of 2019. The work schedule will coincide with normal APS hours, mutually agreed upon with the intern's supervisor. The internship will be paid work on an hourly basis. Primarily this individual will be working on, but not necessarily limited to, the redesign of the phystec.org website.

A Typical Week May Look Like This…

• Working with APS staff to update and design department webpages
• Updating and writing text related to physics teacher preparation
• Additional tasks may involve developing materials to publicize department programs, such as written articles, brochures, or videos.
• Other duties may be assigned.

You'll Be Working With...

• Internal interactions with Programs Department and Communications Department.
• Possible external interactions with physics students and faculty or with PhysTEC project partner organizations
• Individual contributors

Is This You?

• Must be a college student or have a college degree, preferably in physics or a physics-related major.
• Knowledge of teacher education desired but not required.
• Demonstrable graphic design skills
• Experience in creating wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows, and sitemap
• Proficiency in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for rapid prototyping
• Excellent visual design skills with sensitivity to user-system interaction
• Ability to solve problems creatively and effectively
• Up-to-date with the latest Web trends, techniques, and technologies
• Strong organization, documentation, and prioritization skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency in MS Word and Excel.
• Ability to adapt to quickly changing schedules.
• Ability to work well with interdepartmental teams as well as independently.

This is Us!
The American Physical Society strives to: 

• Be the leading voice for physics and an authoritative source of physics information for the advancement of physics and the benefit of humanity.
• Provide effective programs in support of the physics community and the conduct of physics.
• Collaborate with national scientific societies for the advancement of science, science education and the science community.
• Cooperate with international physics societies to promote physics, to support physicists worldwide and to foster international collaboration.
• Promote an active, engaged and diverse membership, and support the activities of its units and members.