GENERAL SUMMER INTERNSHIP:
Lara Media Services is a marketing agency, located in Portland, with over a decade of experience. With a special focus on the Latino community the mission of LMS is to communicate, create and inspire. Lara Media Services is known to be the largest Latina owned agency in the Pacific Northwest. For this reason Victoria Lara, the CEO of LMS, is dedicated to giving our young Latinas the opportunity to gain work experience and more specifically learn about the world of business.
Interning at Lara Media Services is a great way to learn the ins and outs of a marketing agency. While working in a fun, young, bilingual office environment you will be gaining great work experience that you will carry with you throughout your career. We give our interns many opportunities to grow and learn by attending networking events such as the Memorial Cup Soccer Tournament, Latino Gay Pride and Hispanic Chamber of Commerce events, to name just a few.
Duties:
- Research and evaluate best practices of marketing, social media, and market research within agency goals and objectives.
- Assist with administrative duties.
- Support with social media campaigns.
- Help our team with Marketing Strategy development.
- Lara Media Services LLC can also make alterations to job description to accommodate student’s interests, schedule, skills and learning goals.
Qualifications: You must …
- Be a high school Latina currently in their junior or senior year.
- Be bilingual and bicultural
- Be able to travel to our Portland office dependably.
- Be able to commit to 12 weeks of part-time work from Late May until Mid-August 2013 (Hours will vary and are flexible to accommodate student needs).
Additional Qualifications:
- Self-starter – ability to work well alone and with others.
- An interest in any of the following fields: Marketing, Advertising, Public Relations, Health, Social Justice, Market Research, Graphic Design, Accounting, Sales, Cause Marketing, Video Production, etc…
- Willing to shadow everyone in the team to learn the different tasks and aspects of a marketing agency.
- Equally comfortable with proposing ideas/solutions and accepting direction from Lara Media staff.
- Proficient with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, the internet and other technology.
- Comfortable with public speaking.
- Reliable, professional demeanor.
- Passionate about young people changing the world, committed to social change.
Compensation:
- Monthly stipend.
- Possibility of school credit through your high school.
- Public speaking development and presentation skills.
- Learn how to use Marketing tools and equipment in an agency environment.
- Networking skills and great contacts for future reference.
- Plus tons of fun, a great reference letter and a chance to work in a super fun and positive work environment.
If this fits you please send us your resume by April 22nd to laramediaservices@gmail.com. We will be emailing all of the applicants to let them know if they were selected by late May. No late or incomplete applications will be accepted. If we are interested, we will contact you for an interview.
-Lara Media Services LLC