Virtual Internship Opportunity: Marketing
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Market research Sales strategy Marketing strategySkills
slack (software) hubspot crm target market google sheets branding press releases value propositions market segmentation sales prospecting communicationOur organization is able to offer a virtual internship opportunity for (1 | 2 | 3) marketing students or teams.
The primary focus for the student will be: (please include a few examples of marketing projects you would like the student(s) to execute during the placement, as exemplified below.)
- Branding - Conduct a full competitive landscape assessment; define our organization's brand and core value proposition; identify opportunities and threats facing our brand; assess where and how to improve our brand's presence and differentiate from our competitors.
- Marketing Communications - Recommend changes to advertising and PR materials; create an integrated marketing campaign; create a rebranding campaign.
- Market Research - Investigate our competitive landscape; perform market segmentation to identify the ideal target market for (new or existing product or service); conduct customer surveys or focus groups to gain insights into the perceptions and behaviours of our target customers; develop a pricing strategy; identify expansion opportunities; identify key messaging for (new product or service).
- Public Relations - Develop and implement a PR strategy; create collateral, including press releases, user testimonials, case studies, and customer stories.
- Prospecting Strategy - Evaluate our current customer base and make recommendations for further market penetration; assess our current outreach process and develop and implement targeted prospecting; review our prospect messaging, make improvement recommendations, and create new outreach content.
- SEO Strategy & Recommendations - Develop and implement an SEO strategy; provide content suggestions and recommendations to increase search visibility; increase our inbound traffic and optimize the customer journey; increase inbound leads.
- Strategic Social Media Marketing - Conduct an audit of our current social media presence and/or other current communication channel(s); develop and implement strategies for improving our online presence and increasing engagement; create a content calendar; creating useable social media and blog posts.
Our goal at the end of this experience is: (please indicate the goal for this placement, or deliverable you expect the student(s) to complete, as exemplified below)
- Branding and Marketing Communications - For the student(s) to help us improve our brand's presence and capture greater market share.
- Market Research - For the student(s) to help us gain a better understanding of our target market and ensure we are optimally positioned and our product and pricing aligns with our target sector/customer.
- Public Relations - For the student(s) to help us effectively communicate our brand's story and mission to a broad audience.
- Prospecting Strategy - For the student(s) to help us implement better prospecting that increases conversion rates and boost our sales team's performance.
- SEO Strategy & Recommendations - For the student(s) to help us generate more traffic and revenue through search engines.
- Strategic Social Media Marketing - For the student(s) to help us improve our online presence, reach more customers, and effectively promote our brand through compelling content.
Other duties the student may complete could include: (indicate other duties as exemplified below)
- Assist with outbound email marketing campaigns as needed; measure and report on performance of these campaigns using tools such as (indicate tools used, eg. Hubspot, Google Sheets, Excel)
- Content development, including social posts, blog posts, LinkedIn articles, and website copy.
We will plan to communicate with our virtual intern(s) using these communication tools: (list expected channels - eg. Riipen messaging, company slack, email)
Primary contact: (Name, job title)
Secondary contact: (Name, job title)
About the company
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