Converse is a well known footwear brand synonymous with cool, hip, classic, and they are now looking for interns for the Fall of 2011. This could be the perfect opportunity to hone your public relations and marketing skills and travel to New York City to work in media relations, press events, and much more. Converse requires interns to work a minimum of 3 days a week from 9 am to 6 pm, but you need to have the appropriate experience for the job.
You will only be awarded credit compensation, but although this is not a paying job, it will still give you an amazing chance to work with one of the most famous brands in the world. The internship will involve performing the following duties:
- You will help give out samples of the footwear and clothing for all requests including broadcast, editorial, and celebrities, which also means creating sample forms to keep track of inventory, packing samples and bringing them to the mailroom, checking returned samples and restocking them.
- Help to organize and maintain the PR samples closet by making sure that everything is displayed neatly and correctly for the current season and archiving old products.
- You will checking any media sources for editorial coverage and save clips of any press piece pertaining to the company. This will include archiving as well.
- Help with product orders, mailings, and gifts, including the lookbook that is distributed each season, as well as giveaways, and product orders.
- Updating and maintaining editor and media databases with current contacts for collections.
Assist at special press events and previews. - General admin duties including press kit production, photo copying, mailings, organization, expenses and mail distribution, and distributing magazines.
Candidates need to have experience in the fashion industry, working in PR, as well as editorial and magazine experience. They are also asked to have Photoshop experience and should be familiar with File Maker Pro.
There are plenty of other internships like this one offered for the Fall season and into the Winter where you can learn more about the industry of your choice easily and either for academic credits or for a salary. Many internship programs have started offering payment, but you will have to decide what is best for you and whether you need those credits or not. Some do offer credits as well as a small remuneration which is always preferred to pay for transportation costs and such.
If you want to learn more about the different types of internships you can get and discover what other intern possibilities there are, visit the Internship Finder website and become a member. Once you have signed up, you will be able to visit the Job Board and search for current job listings, and also find out what makes a good intern.
You will get great interning advice, learn how to be a success and stand yourself in good stead to be offered a permanent job when you graduate by the company who hired you for the intern position. There are many dos and don’ts when interning, and this website will show exactly how to be the best intern in a career field that you love.
According to studies, internships are the best way to go about finding out if you want to do a certain job, and likewise it is the best way for companies to find hard working, dedicated future employees, who are passionate about the industry and who have been able to get a good understanding of the company over the semester break or GAP year. With the summer months producing a heap of new interns that are job ready when they leave university, it is hoped that companies will continue the trend.
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