SMART OFFICE

Smart Offices / Smart Homes Marketing/Web Design Internship

Smart Offices and Smart Homes of Okemos Michigan designs, installs, and services seamlessly integrated Computer, Network and A/V systems for your home or business.   See www.mysmarthomes.com and www.smartofficesinc.com for our company background.

Job Description:

Sales & Marketing Interns will gain valuable hands-on experience in a variety of sales, marketing and web design areas. Interns will assist marketing and sales staff in tasks including administrative duties, research, data entry, customer support, order processing, direct marketing, designing and updating web sites and other related tasks.

The internship is designed for someone with the desire to learn the sales and marketing tasks required to run a successful, and fun small company including those interested in exploring the business aspects of marketing and selling IT services, and A/V integration equipment to high end residential customers. The marketing intern will work on a wide variety of tasks and projects and interact with the sales, marketing, and development teams. The internship is somewhat flexible, depending on the strengths, experience and needs of the particular person.   This internship is also for someone with the desire to improve their web design portfolio by creating functional web sites. Primary functions will include:

• Assist the Sales and Marketing Manager in the acquiring and scheduling sales appointments for Smart Offices and Smart Homes businesses
• Help develop compelling marketing communications and sales tools including customer success stories, brochures, website content and other materials
• Disseminate marketing materials to customers and prospects
• Assist in the development, assembly and execution of direct marketing and online marketing materials and programs, including telephone follow up
• Help coordinate company presence and community awareness for marketing events, seminars, tradeshows, etc.
• Perform other various administrative and office duties as assigned
• Possibility of working on a special project as it relates to the position and personal interests of the intern

The intern will work 12-20 hours per week for a 4 to 12 month duration. Other arrangements can be designed on a case-by-case basis.

Available:

Immediately

Job Qualifications:

Applicants should be hard working, enthusiastic, and resourceful juniors, seniors or graduate students in marketing, business administration, communication, or related fields and have interest or experience in at least two of the following:

·       Customer support

·       Sales

·       Market research

·       e-Commerce

·       HTML, JavaScript, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash

·       Demonstrate creative designing

·       Understand practices and terminology of design disciplines.

·       Manager multiple projects simultaneously

·       Meet aggressive deadlines

They also must have:

·       Excellent verbal and written communications skills;

·       Demonstrated ability to organize and manage multiple tasks and timelines in a team setting;

·       An independent thinker and a team-player: innovative, willing to try new things, flexible

·       Strong computer skills including MS Office programs. Experience using database applications and design software (Photoshop) a plus

·       Previous administrative and/or marketing experience a plus