Marketing and Events Intern (Volunteer/College Credit for UVU Students Only)

Job Details

Description

Position: Marketing and Events Intern (Volunteer/College Credit for UVU Students Only)

Reports To: Director of Marketing & Public Relations

Position Summary

Loveland Living Planet Aquarium is seeking an energetic student intern who is passionate about animals, conservation, and marketing and events. The Marketing and Events Intern is an opportunity for learning and real-world experience in the day-to-day operations of a Marketing and Events department of a large non-profit organizations.

Qualifications

• Must be a student at Utah Valley University
  
  

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

The Marketing and Events Intern will have three primary responsibilities:

• Social Media: Create content, manage, and post on the Aquarium’s Instagram Stories
• Blog Management: Collaborate with Aquarium Husbandry and Education teams to write and post monthly blog articles.
• Event Coordination: Assist the Public Events Manager in implementing and running Aquarium events, including vendor communication, set-up, and tear-down. Winter/Spring public events include Yoga with the Sharks, Eggstravaganza, and Earth Day. Additional events may need assistance.
  
  

Additional learning opportunities may include assisting with commercial filmings, photo shoots, marketing messaging and strategy, public relations projects, advertising media analysis, and other duties as assigned under the direction of the Director of Marketing and Public Relations.

Scope of Opportunity

• 10-12 Weeks – Flexible Start Date
• 180 hours total – Hours per week TBD but will work around intern school schedule.
• Hours may require early mornings and/or late evenings
• May qualify for three (3) credit hours
  
  

Special Working Conditions

• This opportunity requires long periods of sitting, standing, walking, crouching, and lifting
• Must be able to lift 50 lbs.
  
  

How To Apply

• Please send a cover letter and résumé to Karmel Harper ([email protected]) by Friday February 16, 2024.
  
  

While this job description attempts to describe the essential functions of the position, it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. It does not restrict management’s right to assign or reassign duties or responsibilities to this job at any time. The overall work environment while performing this job includes exposure to weather conditions and the noise level is usually moderate. The employee is expected to adhere to all policies and to act as a role model in the adherence to the policies.

To All Applicants

Depending on the volume of interests and submissions, we will only be contacting applicants who meet all of the minimum requirements listed in the job posting. Only those applicants who align most closely with our minimum and preferred qualifications will be contacted for an interview. Loveland Living Planet Aquarium will retain your application materials for one year and may contact you regarding future opportunities.

Application and Certification Release

I hereby certify that I have not knowingly withheld any information from this application that might adversely affect my chances for volunteering. I further certify that I, the undersigned applicant, have personally completed this application. I understand that any omission, misleading or false information on this application or on any document used to secure a volunteer position or made during volunteering shall be grounds for rejection of this application or for immediate discharge if I am selected, regardless of the time elapse before discovery.

I understand that Loveland Living Planet Aquarium checks information provided by application on the volunteer application. I hereby authorize Loveland Living Planet Aquarium or its designee bearing this release to thoroughly investigate my references, work records, education (including, but not limited to, dates of attendance, graduation status, and disciplinary records), motor vehicle records and criminal records and other matters related to my suitability for volunteering and to obtain any information pertaining to the above described matters from any of my references, former employers, educational institutions or other entities or person possessing such information. I hereby direct all such entities to release such information upon request of the bearer of this release. I hereby fully and completely release Loveland Living Planet Aquarium, any of its designees who may obtain information about me on behalf of Loveland Living Planet Aquarium, my former employers, educational institutions and all other entities or person who provide information about me to Loveland Living Planet Aquarium or its designees, from any and all claims, demands or liabilities arising out of or in any way related to such investigation or disclosure of information. Such release includes, but is not limited to, any officers, directors, representatives, employees, agents, successors, assigned subsidiaries, and shareholders of Loveland Living Planet Aquarium, any of its designees and any entity providing information about me to Loveland Living Planet Aquarium or any of its designees. I agree that a copy of this release is as valid as the original.

I understand that any offer to a volunteer age 18 and over is conditioned upon the satisfactory completion of the background check. Loveland Living Planet Aquarium will allow only those individuals who are legally authorized to work in the United States and who present acceptable proof of their lawful status to volunteer.