Internship
Marketing & Special Events Intern - San Diego
International Rescue Committee
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3mo ago
🚀 Off-cycle Internship
San Diego
AI generated summary
- Bachelor's degree in related field or current undergrad, Adobe/Photoshop skills, diverse population experience, strong communication/organization skills, language fluency a plus, MS Office proficiency.
- The Marketing & Special Events Intern will support IRC staff in developing special events and marketing outreach, create resources for clients, assist with social media marketing, and develop marketing materials for the organization.
Description
- The IRC in San Diego has provided training and assistance to small businesses in their path to establishing themselves in the commercial landscape, in real life and online. The Marketing Program will provide administrative and direct service support to the program and its clients.
Learning Objectives:
- Intern will gain experience in all aspects of special events from logistics, operations, marketing, coordination.
- Understand how small businesses try to compete with big competitors with limited resources directed towards publicity and marketing.
- Establish successful marketing campaigns focused to smaller communities with different consumption patterns.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline (business, hospitality tourism & management, marketing, publicity, communication) or outstanding current undergraduate pursuing a relevant degree.
- Strong working knowledge of Adobe, Photoshop and similar design software.
- Experience with both administrative work and direct service with diverse populations.
- Excellent organization skills, strong communication and interpersonal skills, and ability to effectively collaborate
- English fluency required, proficiency in a refugee language (Arabic, Farsi, Swahili, Vietnamese, Spanish, Creole, Somali) a plus
- Strong working knowledge of MS Office, MS Excel, and MS Outlook.
Education requirements
Bachelors
Area of Responsibilities
Marketing
Responsibilities
- Based on intern skills and experience, responsibilities may include a combination of program support, administrative support, and direct service:
- Support IRC staff in developing special events including logistics, marketing, outreach with vendors and community members
- Attend special events and provide event support
- Help to promote and market SBDC events and webinars.
- Develop monthlysu newsletter of the organization’s clients and upcoming trainings.
- Create resources for the organization and its clients, such as FAQ sheets and analysis of business opportunities, through analyzing past program data and researching current trends and opportunities.
- A good understanding of social media marketing techniques is desired. Social media require excellent writing, communication and computer skills.
- Develop marketing and outreach materials, and collect success stories
Details
Work type
Part time
Work mode
office
Location
San Diego