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2009 Baltimore Chapter of the AMA Marketing Education Scholarship (Posted 10/8/08)

The Baltimore Chapter of the American Marketing Association (AMA) is now accepting applications for the 2009 Undergraduate Marketing Education Scholarships.  We are proud to offer a $2,500 scholarship as well as two $500 book scholarships for the 2009-2010 academic year.  Applicants must be a junior or senior as of September 2009 pursuing a marketing or marketing-related degree.  The deadline for applications is Tuesday, December 2, 2008.

Please pass the following information and the attached cover letter and application on to the students at your college or university.  Thank you for your help!

Click HERE to view cover letter and application

Office of Human Relations Programs (Posted 10/3/08)

Position Title: Marketing Intern 

Department Name: Office of Human Relations Programs (OHRP) 

The area:  The Office of Human Relations Programs is the equity, compliance, and diversity education arm of the Office of the President at the University of Maryland. OHRP is creating a team that will be responsible for marketing the office’s

programs particularly its major program, the Intergroup Dialogue Program/Words of Engagement IDP/WE to students, faculty, and partners campus-wide. The goal of OHRP’s marketing team is to strategically position and package the IDP/WE

and other office programs to make it audience friendly and popular on campus. 

The Role:   The intern will assist the interim executive director in the development of marketing strategies aimed at increasing the OHRP profile among students, faculty, and staff. The intern will work with the marketing team to identify target audiences and create and implement media campaigns to increase awareness of OHRP programs.  

Responsibilities: 

• Develop, coordinate and distribute materials to targeted campus constituents.

• Maintain mailing lists and data base for publicity purposes.

• Present programs to academic units, classes, student groups, and organizations.

• Co-develop tailored messages to position our programs with specific campus segments.

• Co-develop events to serve as opportunities for outreach and recruitment of students to OHRP programs.

Qualifications: 

• Strong marketing background, interest, and understanding of how to build compelling media/marketing programs.

• Proficiency with Microsoft office suite, especially Word and Excel. Knowledge must include designing and updating mail mergers, form letter and other database functions in Word.

• Comfortable with public speaking, strong interpersonal and communication skills.

• Dependable, punctual, responsible, and self-motivated.

Department Address: 1130 Shriver Laboratory 
Telephone: (301) 405-2842 
E-mail: gbouis@umd.edu 
Contact person: Gloria Bouis

RedPeg Internship Program (Posted 10/3/08)

RedPeg Marketing, a promotional marketing agency located in Old Town Alexandria, is seeking motivated college students to participate in its unique and competitive internship program. 

We are an award-winning company that makes annual appearances on Promo magazine’s list of top 100 agencies. Creating engaging brand experiences that touch people on a personal level is what we do best. We specialize in everything from building brand image and increasing sales to launching new products into the marketplace. Our numerous Fortune 500 clients only begin to attest to our level of expertise and impact. 

Our reputable clients have included:

• GEICO

• Anheuser-Busch

• Pepsi

• GE

• Bacardi

• Chase

• Starbucks

• Del Monte

• Jockey

• National Guard

• America Online

• Ford

• Pepperidge Farm

• Choice Hotels International

• Dunkin’ Donuts

Awards and Recognition:

• WASHINGTONIAN Magazine named Great Places to Work 2005

• Ranked #23 among the top 100 agencies by PROMO Magazine 2005

• Event Marketer Magazine’s Gold Ex Award Winner, Best Activation of an Entertainment Sponsorship: The Rock Boat, Miller Brewing Co., 2005

• Event Marketer Magazine’s Silver Ex Award Winner, Best Multi-Venue/Market Event: America Online, 2005

• Voted Best Boss FORTUNE Small Business Magazine 2004

• Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Companies 2002, 2003

• PROMO Magazine Pro Awards, Best Overall Campaign 2001: GE Wallet Drop

• PROMO Magazine Dialog Awards, Best Campaign 2001: Amstel Light Beach Patrol

General Overview 

Our internship program offers valuable, hands-on, professional experience that few others agencies can offer. High levels of organization, detail-orientation and multitasking abilities are required to succeed in this fast paced environment. We ask that applicants have a working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint and be willing to adapt to a Macintosh set up.  

Our spring internship is a part-time, 20-hour per week internship that will start in early-January and run through early- to mid-May. If your availability differs, please send your application materials indicating your availability. 

Application Process & Timeline 

To apply, please send your cover letter and resume to internship@redpegmarketing.com. Please state which position(s) you are applying for in your cover letter.  

If selected, phone interviews will be scheduled on a rolling-basis. Our second round will consist of in-house interviews. If you cannot come to the area, interviews over Skype or a subsequent phone interview will be scheduled. 

We will be taking applications until 6pm on November 14, 2008. We hope to make decisions by mid-December on all positions. 

Available Positions: 

• Client Service

• Business Development Department

• Staffing Department

• Accounting & Finance

• Venues  & Sponsorships

For a more detailed description about each available position and the overall internship program, please visit the URL below: 

http://www.redpegmarketing.com/fileretrieval/download/spring09_internpacket.pdf

Loreal Brandstorm NYC Weekend (Posted 9/30/08)

Application Period Ends at Midnight on October 5th

For the third year L’Oréal invites juniors from across the country to discover the world of brand marketing and corporate finance through an all-expenses-paid weekend recruitment event. All attendees will participate in the competitive selection process for a Summer 2009 Marketing or Finance Internship at L’Oréal in New York City. Over the weekend student participants will be mentored by marketers and financiers, coached through a marketing case study and hear from top marketing execs on how the best in the business create and market some of the world’s leading brands such as Kiehl’s, Garnier, Maybelline, Redken, Ralph Lauren Fragrances, L’Oreal Paris and many others.

WHO:                      

L’Oréal will select students who are currently in their junior year of studies to participate in the L’Oréal Brandstorm NYC Weekend. Students should have an interest in pursuing a career in marketing and brand management or finance after graduation.

WHAT:            

• A chance to learn how the best in the business create the world’s leading brands

• A marketing case competition completed in teams over a day and a half

• An interview for a spot in the coveted summer 2009 marketing or finance internship class

• Presentations on brand management and finance by top execs

• Networking opportunities with L’Oreal marketers, financiers and HR

• An in-depth exploration of marketing and finance career paths within L’Oreal

Also, did we fail to mention?

• L’Oréal will be picking up the tab for transportation and hotel accommodations.

WHEN:            

Friday through Sunday, November 14th – 16th, 2008. 

WHERE:

Downtown New York City

HOW:

Registration will take place via our website www.lorealusa.com until 12:00, midnight on Sunday October 5th, 2008

You can access the applications directly here: Marketing, Finance

To watch what happened at last year’s weekend in 2007 visit: www.youtube.com/watch?v=olPBghf3NKg

and in 2006: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd_TE2tcZNc

Company Profile

L’Oréal USA is headquartered in New York City, with research and development facilities located in New Jersey, Chicago and Ohio.  A subsidiary of Paris-based L’Oréal S.A., the company develops, manufactures and markets haircare, haircolor, skincare, color cosmetics and fragrances for the luxury, consumer and professional markets.  Our brands include Lancôme, Kiehl’s Since 1851, L’Oréal Paris, Maybelline New York, Matrix, Redken New York, Softsheen-Carson, Garnier as well as the fragrances of Ralph Lauren, Giorgio Armani and Diesel, to name a few.  Through an extensive and diverse collection of brands and an unparalleled marketing expertise, L’Oréal has gained international audiences and continues to meet the needs of persons of all ages and of diverse backgrounds.

Fortune Magazine Names L'Oréal USA One of the Best Companies for New Grads

Business Week Rank’s L’Oreal Amongst the Top Internships

Business Week Lists L'Oréal Among the Best Places to Launch a Career

MarketBridge Job Opportunities (Posted 9/19/08)

About the firm:

MarketBridge (http://www.market-bridge.com) is a global professional services firm focused on sales and marketing effectiveness. Founded in 1991, MarketBridge leads go-to-market strategies, operational transformations and managed in-market programs for Fortune 500 companies.  Through a combination of deep expertise, analytic rigor and industry focus, MarketBridge solves the toughest sales and marketing challenges, helping CEOs, CMOs and CSOs improve performance and effectively integrate sales and marketing operations. MarketBridge is headquartered in Washington DC, with offices in San Francisco, London, Seattle, Toronto and Singapore.

We are looking for seniors who could start in Summer/Fall 2009

Strategy Consulting Business Analysts (akin to the work one would do a larger strategy consultancy, but focused on the Marketing/Sales arena)
Marketing Services Campaign Coordinators (akin to the types of managed campaigns one might find in the agency world)
Analytics Business Analysts (heavily qualitative in nature with a large focus on SPSS, SAS, etc.)

The positions are posted on HireSmith, but I am also including the position descriptions in case you would like to share them with your students. 

On Monday (9/22) at 5pm we will be conducting a Case Interview Presentation followed by a short corporate overview in the OCM Career Library (Pizza will be served).  As part of our interview process we conduct a case interview and we want to help prepare students for that type of interview (either at MarketBridge or another consulting firm).  There is an RSVP on HireSmith and again it would be great if you could help spread the word to folks you think could benefit from a case study interview coaching workshop.  Please feel free to forward my contact info directly to the students as well.

Going forward, I would welcome the opportunity to discuss if there is any support we can provide to your classes or clubs (e.g., discussing our client work, marketing topics, careers, etc).

I think MarketBridge actually fills a unique niche for our graduating seniors looking to work in the Marketing arena.  I do apologize for the last minute nature of this email and would appreciate any help you can provide as we try to establish a relationship here at Smith (as an alum, I’d love to be able to hire a couple great Smith graduates!)

Consulting Business Analyst Job Description HERE
Campaign Coordinator Job Description HERE
Analytics Business Analyst Job Description HERE

Legg Mason Marketing Department (Posted 9/10/08)

Are you or someone you know still looking for a fall internship? Legg Mason's corporate office in Baltimore, MD has an opening that may be just what you are looking for.

I am a Corporate Human Resources Recruiter with Legg Mason in Baltimore, MD. Legg Mason's corporate headquarters in Downtown Baltimore (the Inner Harbor) seeks one (1) part-time fall intern to work in the Corporate Marketing-Communications department. This is a paid position that requires 15-20 hours per week from September through late-December.

Attached is information related to the position and our Firm. Please call Lisa Skarr at 410-454-3367 to further discuss the opportunity. If interested, please be prepared to e-mail  an updated copy of your resume and be prepared to discuss your availability to work this fall.

Lisa Skarr
Corporate Recruiter
Legg Mason
100 Light Street, 24th floor
Baltimore, MD  21202
Phone: 410-454-3367
Check us out at www.leggmason.com 

Download Internship Description HERE
Download Corporate Overview HERE
Download Accolades HERE

The Martin Agency Student Workshop (Posted 9/10/08)

Twice a year The Martin Agency, the agency that created the GEICO gecko, Cavemen, ‘What Can Brown do For You?,” and the popular FreeCreditReport.com commercials, conducts a popular Student Workshop program for college students interested in pursuing a career in advertising.  A description of the objectives, timing and format are outlined below, plus attachments with more information and the application.   

Workshop Objectives

The Martin Agency Student Workshop is designed for college students interested in pursuing a career in advertising or a related field.  It is our hope that through the experience, the students will gain a better understanding of the industry and the unique environment characteristic to advertising agencies. Participants benefit from gaining insight into an often-misunderstood field, and the agency benefits as it helps encourage talented, bright and ambitious young people to pursue an advertising career.

Program Description

The Student Workshop is a 10-day program held at The Martin Agency in Richmond, Va.  It is limited to 15 students and is held every June and January.  Our next workshop is scheduled for January 7-16, 2009. The application is due October 20th.     

The program consists of interactive seminars and lectures about advertising and the agency business.  The seminar topics include, but are not limited to media, account management, strategic planning and landing a job in the industry. Additionally, the students will work on a case study project for the duration of the Workshop. The project, based on an actual client situation, is to concept, create and present an integrated marketing and communications program, including ads.

For more information, please contact Allison Mays at allison.mays@martinagency.com.

Download Description HERE
Download Application HERE

Donors for Life Internship (Posted 9/4/08)

Smith Barney Internship (Posted 7/15/08)

Smith Barney in Bethesda is currently searching for more interns and prefers University of Maryland students. It is great resume building experience for marketing majors. The position pays $9.00 an hour. If you are interested please contact Scott Ackerman at 443.417.5186 or at rbaronfan@comcast.net.

CustomInk Jobs (Posted 7/15/08)

If you are interested in any of the positions below you can find out more at www.customink.com/jobs or by emailing Brie Kennedy at bkennedy@customink.com. Good luck!

Network Engineer:
We seek a highly organized and meticulous individual with excellent problem-solving and communication skills, to design, build and administrate multi site IT infrastructure of a rapidly growing technology enabled company. You will be one of our key contributors to leverage Desktop/LAN/WAN technologies to help improve business operations.

You will be working with internal users and external technology vendors to ensure Office related IT infrastructure is robust, secure and scalable to meet rapidly growing business needs.

Desktop Support Technician:
We seek a qualified, dependable, and highly-motivated Desktop Support Technician to assist with the technology needs of our team members. You will work with internal team members and help them with technology issues that include PCs, applications, network, Internet, email, phones, etc.

This is a full-time position and requires flexibility to work additional hours and on-call when necessary. Candidates must be able to lift over 60 lbs.

*we need 2 for the above job, one in Mclean, VA and one in Manassas, VA*

Order Controller:
We seek a highly organized and meticulous individual with excellent problem-solving and communication skills, as well as the ability to multi-task, to manage the successful production of orders. Order Controllers are responsible for working with both internal team members and sub-contractors to ensure that orders are completed accurately, on-time, and efficiently.

Production Artist:
We seek a friendly and reliable individual to help customers have a great experience with CustomInk as part of our dedicated production team. You must understand and care about satisfying customers. In order to accomplish this, you must have both an eye for aesthetics and excellent attention to detail.

As a Production Artist, you are responsible for the preparation and completion of artwork files and worksheets for custom product orders. You will manipulate and produce finished artwork files for designs created by customers using our web design tool, and be expected to produce a high volume of technically accurate work throughout the day. In addition, you will be required to script well-written internal and external communication. You should have an artistic eye, good working knowledge of both Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop, and feel very confident in your ability to proof designs for grammar and spelling errors.

This job requires substantial computer work, so you must possess basic computer and Adobe program skills. CustomInk will provide extensive training on our internal systems and various programs. Training on printing and graphics is also provided; however, prior experience with decoration methods of screen-printing and embroidery would be a plus. You will be expected to be a team player in our fun, intense, and results-oriented environment, so you must be helpful, professional, and able to learn quickly. This is a great first professional experience

Web Developer:
Can you pick up new technologies rapidly? Do you read different tech-related blogs? Have you learned a new language in the last year? Are you always working on your own private coding project at home? If so we may be looking for you!

CustomInk.com is looking for a web developer to help build and expand our technology platform. This will include building new web-based applications for use by our customers and internal users as well as extending our existing applications. We are looking for an individual who has developed and deployed web-based applications and someone who has a passion for developing new experiences on the web.

You will work closely with our designers, Marketing team, other business teams, and other developers to understand the new applications and changes needed, and then build and deploy these ideas. Within the Software Engineering team, most of your work will use Ruby on Rails with a great deal of AJAX work. You will also help to make key changes to the sections of our site that are Java-based.

You will report to our Software Engineering team lead, and will be part of our small, fun, and fast-moving team.

Sales Representative:
We seek a friendly and reliable individual to help customers have a great experience with CustomInk as part of our dedicated Service & Sales team. You must understand and care about satisfying customers, and have the communication skills, creativity, and problem-solving abilities to convert potential leads into satisfied customers.

Mr. Youth Brand Ambassador (Posted 7/10/08)

Mr. Youth, a marketing agency based in NYC, is currently searching for a student to participate in the Ford Brand Ambassador Program. The position is paid with flexible hours offering students hands-on marketing experience while pursuing their studies. Ambassadors will spread the word about Ford as a top automaker and specifically highlight the new Ford Focus featuring Sync™ technology. We're asking our students to create three events from the ground up as well as spearing the word about the student purchase program. They are looking for well-connected, ambitious and outgoing students to join their 2008 team. The job description is posted online at www.RepNation.com/Ford.

If you would like to discuss this opportunity in further detail you can contact Claire Fulton at 646.341.8294 or clairef@mryouth.com.