FMS Minor, Emily Baldwin, Interns as Audio Visual Intern with Southwest Airlines
This summer, I had the privilege of interning with Southwest Airlines as an audio and visual intern. I worked at Southwest’s headquarters in Dallas, Texas, and was part of the A/V Team at Southwest Airlines University.
Southwest Airlines University, SWAU, is in charge of creating the training content for nearly the entire company, meaning they are training over 70,000 employees! My team is responsible for creating all video, audio, and animation content for the trainings, as well as running internal live events held at headquarters. During my internship, my team completed over 75 projects ranging from short 30-second videos to eight-hour live events and everything in between.
As an intern, I was granted a lot of responsibility. I assisted in shoot days at the hangar, airport, flight simulators, cabin simulators and our studios, as well as many other places. I helped with lighting, working with talent, operating cameras, and running the teleprompter for these shoots. I was also handed several projects to edit throughout the summer, including eight videos in one week at one point!