Opportunities

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Closed Positions:

Legal Intern

Position Closed. CC is no longer accepting applications for this position. This posting only remains as a reference for those people who have already submitted applications, and it will be removed at some point in the near future.

Job Summary

The Creative Commons legal internship provides a law student interested in intellectual property with the unique experience of exploring copyright laws from around the world and potentially interfacing with our network of international legal experts. The internship will focus on international intellectual property law, particularly copyright law. Ideal applicants should have completed their second year of study at a top tier law school and have significant interest in and experience with IP, including experience at a law firm or other legal organization. Law students with a background in computer science are especially encouraged to apply. Later round candidates may be asked to provide a writing sample. The intern will be based at the Creative Commons headquarters in Mountain View, California, near Mozilla, Google, Stanford and a number of prominent IP law firms.

Project Description

  • The intern will work with the CC legal team on international projects involving CC licenses and the CC Affiliate Network. This will include expanding the Jurisdiction Database, a collection of the key license terms among different jurisdictions, that is used by CC and its community for educational, academic and quality assurance purposes.
  • Research topics will include the intersection of copyright with other areas of law, conflict of laws issues relating to international copyright licensing, current developments in international intellectual property law and various ad hoc legal research related to open licensing.
  • The intern will also contribute to discrete research and writing projects that support CC’s legal tools. Please also be ready to assist with general office tasks in addition to focused projects.

Terms and Compensation

The internship will last for ten weeks from June 6 to August 12. All CC internships are full-time, temporary positions.

Creative Commons offers a stipend of $4,000, if not otherwise covered by grant funding. If your school offers a stipend for work-study or internships, this factor is figured into the compensation. This stipend may not be sufficient to cover living expenses in the bay area. No other benefits are provided. Interns must make their own housing, insurance, and transportation arrangements.

Regional Project Managers

Position Closed. CC is no longer accepting applications for this position. This posting only remains as a reference for those people who have already submitted applications, and it will be removed at some point in the near future.

Positions available

  • Europe
  • Latin America

Job Summary

Assist Creative Commons and the CC Affiliate Network Coordinator with organizational planning, strategic communications, community building, and fundraising in the appointed region (Europe or Latin America) in support of the organization’s mission, goals and objectives.

A primary focus of position in 2011 includes assisting with organization, coordination and planning for CC’s global meeting, including preparatory meetings and planning.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Support and encourage accomplishments of objectives expressed in Memorandum of Understandings
  • Cultivate and support sustainable regional initiatives that advance the organization’s mission
  • Advise CC and affiliates on regional resource needs
  • Identify and assist with regional fundraising opportunities
  • Foster relationships with region’s professional organizations, advocacy organizations, and other individuals and community organizations to promote use of Creative Commons legal and technical tools, participate in regional activities
  • Promote consistent messaging; publicize CC-related activities
  • Encourage coordinated and harmonized translation of CC materials, where possible
  • Encourage planning and implementation of regional websites
  • Field requests for information and interviews with key stakeholders and commentators
  • Identify and coordinate opportunities for policy statements relevant to region and/or globally
  • Co-organize regional meeting and play a key role in planning global meetings
    Facilitate and support self-organization and the development of inter- and intra-regional governance and leadership
  • Coordinate the preparation of a annual regional roadmap in collaboration with
  • CC and affiliates in the region (the regional roadmap describes goals, objectives, and risks in the region; it includes strategic events and partnerships, fundraising opportunities, license and tool adoption, community building activities, and inter-regional activities)
  • Prepare regular reports regarding objectives, successes, and challenges

Education Requirements

Four-year college degree or equivalent experience; advanced degree preferred.

Experience Requirements

3-5 years of involvement in free/open culture movement, ideally within the CC affiliate network.

Other Qualifications

Ideally from and lives in specific region; fluency in local language and English.

Compensation commensurate with experience.