XLR8R is looking for a design intern who knows the difference between Photoshop and InDesign, and who wouldn’t need any handholding for basic design tasks.

Duties include scanning, resizing, and reformatting images for both print and the web, securing images through press contacts, mailing promo magazines, and assisting the design team with the production of the print magazine as well as the website. Candidates should have a working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator.

The internship is unpaid and requires a commitment of 8-10 hours per week, for four to six months.

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Andrea Crews, the design collective from Paris, France, presents their Fall 08 Collection: Carnival Bauhaus. You can always expect fun and quirky designs from the Crew. Most certainly not for the shy, you are guaranteed bold colors, shapes and graphics every season and the Fall collection is just that! The collection takes on many ethnic/tribal influences mixed with silhouettes reminiscent of the 80’s and will most certainly get you noticed! Don’t be shy grrrrl, get yours and turn heads while doing it!

See more from the collection as well as some pieces that appeared in the Sept. issue of XLR8R after the jump!

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Amanda Lopez, 25, was born and raised in Sacramento, CA. She moved to San Francisco in 2000 to study photography at San Francisco State. In 2004, she graduated with a BA in Art with an emphasis in photography. While in SF, Amanda linked up with the female photo collective, Dandelionblack. The lovely lady collective showed together at 111 Minna, SF City Hall, and at the United Trade Show in Las Vegas. In 2006, the crew also published a fashion story in the Synthesis Magazine. Outside of DandelionBlack, Amanda’s work has been published in the pages of XXL, The Source, XLR8R and Mass Appeal.In 2006, Amanda moved to LA to assist her favorite photographer, the amazing Estevan Oriol. She got to see first hand how celebrity portrait shoots go down and assist on shoots with folks like 50 cent, Kim Kardashian, and Travis Barker. Amanda loved her LA experiences but in 2007 Amanda decided to move back to Northern California to work on her own personal work.

See Amanda’s heartfelt work after the jump!

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