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New grads – MMB (marketing & advertising) is hiring an entry level Account Coordinator – awesome opp, great foot in the door to the industry

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If you’ve had an internship with an agency, you’ve got a leg up!
Account Coordinator / Boston

MMB is looking for an Account Coordinator to join our rapidly growing team. This is an excellent career opportunity for an entrepreneurial individual who is looking to collaborate with a team of innovative, driven, seasoned advertising professionals, on high profile accounts. MMB provides the benefits of big agency clients, in a mid-sized agency environment.

The candidate must be organized, detail-oriented, a good multi-tasker, and have an open mind for learning all they can. Some of the responsibilities include:

  • Learning and mastering key Agency procedures that impact the team as a whole
  • Ability to develop awareness and understanding of the clients’ needs (ie creative, advertising, media etc) to better understand the scope of work being provided by the Agency.
  • Demonstrate initiative, attention to detail, exceptional organization, a passion for the business and a willingness and eagerness to learn.
  • Ability to work closely with others – specifically receive daily direction from the Account Executive, Senior Account Executive or Account Supervisor on the account based on staffing.
  • Assist with monthly creative updates
  • Works on client reports and presentations
  • Project coordination, timelines, and budgets
  • Manage day-to-day billing for account

Performance Competencies (Core Skills, Behaviors, and Values):

  • First rate thinker, self starter.
  • Problem solving and innovation.
  • Strong work ethic, reliability, and trustworthiness.
  • Flexibility and adaptability.
  • Strong written and verbal communication.
  • Active listening.
  • Ability to build and maintain positive, productive working relationships.

Requirements:

  • Four-year degree is required.
  • 0-2 years of related experience.
  • Prior agency experience is preferred.
  • Unparalleled work ethic.
  • Computer proficiency with Word, Excel, PowerPoint
  • Web savvy; strong interest in digital / CRM

http://mmb580.com/careers

New Hampshire Democratic Party Summer Fellowship – work with Joe DeSimone’09, PoliSci

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The New Hampshire Democratic Party seeks highly personable fellows who have the flexibility, professionalism and dedication to Democratic values necessary to excel in an exciting, high-pressure environment. As one of the nation’s truest swing states, New Hampshire experiences contested elections on the presidential, congressional, state, and local levels. The NHDP Summer Fellowship offers the opportunity to work on the front-lines of some of the nation’s most consequential political races.

NHDP Summer Fellows will be at the heart of the NHDP Coordinated Campaign, working closely with staff to implement modern political strategies and tactics. Fellows will play an integral role in the development and implementation of our voter outreach and volunteer training programs across the state; help maintain the NHDP voter database; and lay the foundation necessary to elect Democrats up and down the ticket.

No experience is necessary, but applicants should hold a commitment to Democratic Party principles and a willingness to learn about the political process.

 

Graduating senior Journalism majors: 11th Hour Food and Farming Journalism Fellowship – Deadline March 15

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The UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism is offering ten $10,000 postgraduate Food and Farming Journalism Fellowships in a program established by Michael Pollan, the John S. and James L. Knight Professor of Journalism at UC Berkeley. The fellowship, a project of the Knight Center in Science and Environmental Journalism, is supported by a grant from The 11th Hour Project, a program of The Schmidt Family Foundation. Aimed at early and mid career journalists, the Fellowship presents an opportunity to report ambitious long form stories on the full range of subjects under the rubric of food systems: agricultural and nutritional policy, the food industry, food science, technology and culture, rural and urban farming, agriculture and the environment (including climate change), global trade and supply chains, consolidation and securitization of the food system and public health as it relates to food and farming.

For print and audio journalists. 

Start preparing your pitch now, and getting your letter of recommendation lined up.

 

Be a Democracy Fellow – the time is definitely now! Deadline, March 11.

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FairVote’s Democracy Fellowship Program provides an opportunity for those with an interest in election reform to work on substantive projects while building valuable skills and networking with others in the field. Fellows will be assigned projects to manage throughout their tenures, and will also assist with the supervision of FairVote interns. They will be exposed to the broad workings of FairVote, ranging from research, communications and advocacy, to building websites, blogging, and representing FairVote in coalition meetings and on Capitol Hill.

The positions are paid, with healthcare benefits and a stipend for commuting expenses. Fellows will be given opportunities to build their skills and knowledge base both through on-the-job training and opportunities to attend workshops and seminars. Nearly every graduate of FairVote’s Fellowship Program has either continued at FairVote as a full-time staff member, begun work at another public interest organization, or attended graduate school.

Hot Summer Internships with Upcoming Deadlines

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The following summer internships have upcoming deadlines and can be found in UMass CareerConnect.

Summer 2016 Rotational Leadership Development Internship – Sun Life Financial – PAID – Jan. 30 deadline
Coaching Intern – Doc Wayne Youth Services – Jan. 31
Commercial Real Estate Summer Internship – CBRE/New England – Jan. 31 – juniors graduating spring 2017 ONLY
Global Student Internship – Commercial Banking – PAID – HSBC in Hong Kong – Jan. 31
Marketing Intern – Soundscape Merchandise (local) – Jan. 31
Summer 2016 Internships – Bipartisan Policy Center – Jan. 31
Summer Analyst – AlphaSights – PAID –  Jan. 31 – juniors
Summer Teaching Internship – Northfield Mount Hermon – Feb. 1
Environmental Studies Internship – PAID – Smithsonian Environmental Research Center – Feb. 1
Summer Social Justice / Reproductive Rights Internship – PAID – Civil Liberties & Public Policy Program – Feb.1
Radio Internship – mvyradio/WMVY – Feb. 5

This is just a sampling of jobs posted in CareerConnect, the UMass Career Services job search database.  Visit CareerConnect often, as new positions are added all the time.
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Co-curricular opportunities in media and communications

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Participating in campus groups is a great way to get hands-on experience and build your resume.  Check out this list of campus media organizations, where you can get journalism and media experience.  Many alumni began their careers in media and communications by working for these campus organizations.