Megabus.com

Megabus.com, the first and largest city-to-city daily express bus service with tickets starting as low as $1, is looking for two students ? preferably sophomores (but select juniors would be considered) enrolled in public relations, marketing or advertising classes ? at Michigan State University to be our Student Ambassadors for your city!
Student Ambassadors will be responsible each year for planning and working two events in your city or on your campus (preferably in a student union, high-traffic area or major festival/fair). They will hand out flyers, tell people about megabus.com, and be in charge of our prize wheel game ? where people can to spin and win a t-shirt, koozie, pen or free tickets for travel on megabus.com in exchange for collecting their email address.
Student Ambassadors will be in charge of hiring and supervising 3-4 other students to help run events, and they will be expected to report to megabus.com the results of each event.
We?re reaching out to your students because it gives them the opportunity to work with a national public relations agency, help plan and manage an event and report on the outcomes. Talk about real-world experience!
See below for the job description, requirements and how students can apply.
Description
Student Ambassadors will be paid $15/hr for planning each event, working it and reporting the results.
Please review these requirements before applying:
?              Prefer a University sophomore (however select juniors would be considered)
?              Experience with, or classes in, public relations, marketing or advertising
?              Enthusiastic and outgoing
?              Able to communicate efficiently and promptly the results and outcomes
?              Willing and able to attend an overnight training session one Friday-Saturday in February 2013 (date TBD, travel and expenses paid for by megabus.com)
If you know of any students who may be interested in this great opportunity, please pass this along to them and have them send a brief email to gabby@hanser.com<mailto:gabby@hanser.com> with the following information:

1)      Name of university enrolled

2)      Description of why you want to be a Megabus.com Student Ambassador, how megabus.com will benefit from having you as their ambassador, and how you hope to benefit from this experience.

3)      Resume

4)      Where you?ve traveled on megabus.com  and how often

5)      Your photo

Thank you!

Gabby Bladdick

Account Executive

Hanser & Associates for megabus.com

Eastside Neighbors

Eastside Neighbors Growing in Community

Title: Communications Internship

Job Description: The Communications intern will work alongside our Executive Director on Allen

Neighborhood Center's weekly e-bulletin (Active Neighboring News), the bi-monthly

Eastside Neighbor print newsletter, website maintenance

(www.allenneighborhoodcenter.org), and social media sites (Facebook and Twitter).

You may use this internship for credit if arranged with an academic adviser.

Qualifications:

Excellent communication skills and proficiency in the following programs:

MailChimp

Microsoft Word and Publisher

WordPress

Facebook

Twitter

Must be able to commit 5-10 hours per week for a minimum of 12 weeks. Junior or Senior

year applicants will be considered. Ability to use personal laptop preferred.

Well-organized, detail-oriented, and responsible.

Please submit a cover letter and resume to Kristina Adair by 5pm on Thursday, January

31st at kristinaa@allenneighborhoodcenter.org. A Michigan State Police background

check is required for all Allen Neighborhood Center interns and is included in our

registration process. Questions? (517) 999-3919.

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Allen Neighborhood Center (ANC) is a non-profit community development agency that

supports sustainable, healthy, networked and stable neighborhoods on Lansing’s

Eastside. Founded in 1999, we work closely with stakeholders in the 48912 zip code to

build integrated and synergistic programs that focus on health, housing, food security,

economic development, and building social capital.

More information can be found online at http://allenneighborhoodcenter.org/

ICON Interactive

  ICON Interactive welcomes students interested in gaining experience through working on social and digital communications / marketing development projects. Our client list includes large publicly-traded global organizations to a regional business with an aggressive growth strategy.

Eligibility for Internship

To be eligible to apply for an internship with ICON, they must fit into one or more of the categories listed below:

• Currently enrolled in a college or university.
• Internship or practicum is required for college credit.
• Available 12-24 hours / week.      

Contact:

Doug Menzer
Director of Business Development
ICON Interactive
220 Felch Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
phone://248.790.0271
fax://734.786.3335
http://www.iconinteract.com

Journey House East Lansing

The Journey House Campus Ministries Center in East Lansing is looking for a student who would be willing to help develop and execute an advertising plan for housing vacancies.  Contact:

Dan Nowiski

Campus Ministries & Missionary Coordinator

Michigan Mission Center

Community of Chris

Tanner Friedman....

Summer 2013 internship opportunities with Tanner Friedman

by Tanner Friedman on Monday, January 7, 2013 at 2:09pm ·

Internship objective: The goal of our internships is to provide student participants with a meaningful, multi-dimensional, “real world” experience that will build upon their educational background and help create a foundation on which they can base a professional career.

Our values: We value mutual respect, collaboration, open and honest communications, client service and work/life balance. At all times, we adhere to a “we” not “me” mentality. 

About the interning organization: Tanner Friedman is a strategic communications firm specializing in traditional and emerging media relations, adversity management and public relations counsel.

Intern organization mission: We provide businesses, organizations, individuals and associations with relationships, resources and insights, using multiple platforms to deliver their messages, tell their stories and accomplish their objectives through strategic public and internal communications. We earn respect and trust by upholding the highest professional standards.

Start date:  On or near the first day of the semester, negotiable

End date:  On or near the last day of the semester, negotiable

Hours per week: 10-15 hours per week/depending upon the number of weeks scheduled to intern.  

Academic qualifications: Students seeking a career in public relations—whether agency, corporate or nonprofit—are preferred; in particular those who have successfully completed some level of corresponding college course work.

Desired skills and qualifications: Student should show good judgment, writing and overall communications skills; ability to think creatively, multi-task and work effectively both individually and as part of a team.

Description of intern responsibilities: We want our interns to learn and contribute with an opportunity to do both in a range of areas, including: research, writing, media relations, client meetings and more. Our interns must be college students earning credit towards their college degree.

Location:  Tanner Friedman office, 32255 Northwestern Hwy, Ste 298 in Farmington Hills

Intern co-coordinators: Justin Fisette, Maggie Sisco

Credit:  College credit toward related major, minor or general electives.  One hour of college credit is earned for 40 hours of work. This is an unpaid internship.

To apply, interested students should send their cover letters and resumes to: Justin Fisette (jfisette@tannerfriedman.com) and Maggie Sisco (msisco@tannerfriedman.com)

Stone Ward

Stone Ward is now accepting applications for its summer internship program! We have created posters for you to hang in the hallways of your department. If you are interested in receiving posters, please reply to this email with your office address, and we will send them to you ASAP.

Please forward the following information to your students, and let me know if you have any questions!

What: Paid internships
When: Application period runs through February 15; decisions made in early March.
Who: Preferably juniors, seniors and graduates with study in advertising-related fields.
Where: Little Rock, Ark.
Why: To gain real world experience!

Stone Ward is currently accepting applications for Camp Reality, a 10-week, full-time, paid internship program from June 3, 2013 to Aug. 9, 2013.

The 2013 Camp Reality intern class will include one representative from each of our departments. Stone Ward is looking for students who are interested in advertising, marketing, journalism, public relations, media buying and planning, creative writing, digital design, print production, broadcast production and graphic design.

We prefer applicants who are juniors, seniors or recent graduates. Interns will be paid $8 per hour.

Through Camp Reality, the intern class will team up to produce an integrated, strategic plan consisting of creative concepts, public relations initiatives, media plans and digital products that will be presented to a client at the end of the summer. While creating these materials, interns work alongside and often build lasting relationships with Stone Ward professionals. Interns are given guidance on how to complete projects but are encouraged to exercise their own creativity during the program.

Stone Ward, headquartered in Little Rock, Ark. with an office in Chicago and is one of the largest advertising agencies in the region. Stone Ward clients include Terminix, Sport Clips, U.S. Soccer, the Arkansas Department of Higher Education and Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield.

Applications, available at StoneWard.com/internships, should be completed and submitted along with resumes and work samples. Resumes should be kept to a page. Portfolios should reflect the best of the candidate’s work.

Submit applications, non-returnable resumes and portfolio samples online or mail to:

Katherine Dawson
Camp Reality Coordinator
225 E. Markham St.
Little Rock, AR 72201
Phone: (501) 604-6106
Email: campreality@stoneward.com

Detroit Zoological Society Seeks PR Interns for Summer

Detroit Zoological Society Seeks PR Interns for Summer

Want to mingle with the macaronis and pal around with the polar bears while learning valuable PR and communications skills?  Then the Detroit Zoological Society (DZS) has the internship for you! 

The DZS is seeking college student interns for the summer who are in their junior or senior year and studying Public Relations, Communications, Journalism or related fields.  Interns will be responsible for researching and drafting press releases, talking points, newsletter profiles, Facebook status updates and other PR-related copy; proofing and editing copy; scheduling and coordinating media interviews; escorting media through the Zoo during video/photo shoots; assisting with commercial and motion picture film shoots and special events; updating website and mobile app content; and performing other PR-related assignments.  

Interns will work closely with the Communications Director and other interns while learning valuable skills needed in the Public Relations workforce.  Excellent writing and public speaking skills are a plus. 

The duration of the internship is early May through late August; 24 hours (three days) per week.  This is a non-paid internship, and it is mandatory that students receive course credit. 

The Detroit Zoological Society is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in our workforce. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse screening.

The deadline for resumes is February 22, 2013.

Please apply here:    https://detroitzoo.iapplicants.com/application.php

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Send resume to:       Patricia Janeway, Communications Director

                                    at pjaneway@dzs.org with a cc. to PR1@dzs.org.

                                   

Please put “Summer PR Internship” in the Subject line.