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Internship with BrainJuice- Spring 2018

BrainJuice is an exciting consumer packaged goods company in the natural supplement space that is growing quickly and is looking for an intern to help assist our core team. We are looking for the right person that wants to help us grow our brand recognition with retailers and end consumers.

Responsibilities will include:
1. Assisting modifications of our website
2. Growing our social media, including “influencer” program
3. Working directly with executive team on marketing strategy
4. Working on finding the best google ad words and testing them out
5. Creating marketing brochures and flyers
6. Assisting sales team with what they need
7. Building relationships with retail partners
8. Customer support if needed

Requirements:
– Advertising, Marketing, Communications, Business or related major
– Must be a self-motivated, self-reliant worker who is skilled at self-teaching new information and working both alone and in a team
– Must be familiar with both Adobe Suite and Office programs, Adobe Illustrator proficiency preferred
– Strong writing and proofreading skills are a plus
– Must be reliable, able to meet strict deadlines and work well under pressure
– Must have a car or other reliable form of transportation (to/from downtown Austin)
Email your resume and a short description of yourself and skills/motivations to: justine@brainjuice.me
Original posted to https://recruit.utexas.edu/students-alumni/hireutexas/

, Filed Under: Employment Opportunity, Internship

Growth Management Internship at LawnStarter- Spring 2018

LawnStarter is looking for a few Growth Management Interns for our internship program. We are a fast-paced technology startup based in Austin, Texas, so joining now is an excellent opportunity to learn hands-on business and entrepreneurial skills. We’re looking for sharp, hard-working, quick-learning college students (and recent grads) to join us. If that sounds like you, read on.

It’s game time this spring. This means a large part of your job will be working with our Growth Management Team handling multichannel communications, including a wide variety of inbound customer interactions to ensure our customers have an amazing experience with LawnStarter. You’ll be joining us early enough to have the privilege of working and learning alongside tech industry leaders in a rapidly growing company.

As a Growth Management Intern, your primary responsibility will be engaging with potential clients and using your superior communication skills to explain how awesome LawnStarter is. We work primarily with customers who reach out to us for service, which means no cold calls! This internship is perfect for those who want to go on to launch or work at a startup. The Internship is going to be for the Spring time. If you go above and beyond, we may extend it!

The most important qualifications are that you’re hardworking and can learn quickly. We can train you to do most tasks as long as you exhibit those traits. Ideally, we’re looking for a college student who’s interested in entrepreneurship and technology startups. That way, you can take away some valuable information from this experience.

Here are some good guidelines:

You’re enrolled as an undergraduate student or you’re a recent college grad.
You can work at least 20 hours per week (part-time), including evenings and/or weekends.
You have an affinity and aptitude for communications, both oral and written.
You’re not afraid of changes and are flexible with it.
You’re upbeat with a great disposition.
You like to make strangers smile.
You want to help build something cool.

 This is a paid opportunity

To apply, please go to: https://lawnstarter.workable.com/j/4E3BB1051E.

**IMPORTANT: We will only take applications through Workable!!

Originally posted to https://recruit.utexas.edu/students-alumni/hireutexas/

, Filed Under: Internship

Community Engagement Intern- City of Austin

The Community Engagement Internship enables the participant(s) to help craft methods for generating public input on policy questions posed by the City Council and projects and programs administered by City departments; to design and help facilitate activities intended to build community consent; and to contribute to strategic planning of community engagement initiatives.

The interns will work directly with the Community Engagement Consultant, Marion Sanchez, managing tasks associated with community engagement activities, including, but not limited to:

• Working with City departments to determine their engagement requirements and objectives;
• Coordinating logistics associated with engagement activities;
• Note-taking during input-gathering sessions;
• Conducting correspondence and meetings with stakeholders;
• Analyzing and synthesizing data for reports and presentations to staff and City Council;
• Participating in staff meetings to develop engagement strategies;
• Contributing to strategic planning of the City’s engagement initiatives.

Each intern will work approximately 15-20 hours per week, in a schedule agreed upon by the intern and the Consultant. The intern will generally report for work during weekday normal business hours (8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.) but may, on occasion, be called upon to assist with community engagement meetings in the early morning, later evening, or weekends.

Applicants from a variety of educational backgrounds will be considered. Applicants majoring in communications, government, history, political science, public health, public affairs and psychology are encouraged to apply. Applicants should possess strong writing, public speaking, interpersonal, leadership and organizational skills. They should be able to work under tight deadlines with limited advance notice of their assignments, and should have demonstrated experience in working with large teams and managing complex projects.
Please send cover letter and resume to Marion Sanchez (marion.sanchez@austintexas.gov); include availability information (e.g., number of hours per week, preferred days, etc.). Application deadlines are:

• Spring 2018: Tuesday, December 5, 2017
• Summer 2018: Friday, May 11, 2018
• Fall 2018: Friday, August 3, 2018

Originally posted to https://recruit.utexas.edu/students-alumni/hireutexas/