Boston Publishing/Marketing Internship Summer 2012

Pearson Education Internship Program Job
Pearson - Boston, MA
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Pearson Education Internship Program Job ID : 2012-10367 # of Positions: 1 Posted Date: 5/8/2012 Job Location: US-MA-Boston Position Type : Temporary Full Time Category: Project/Temporary Workforce Overview Pearson has one defining goal: to help people progress in their lives through learning. We champion innovation and we invest in models for education that deliver on our promise for effective, accessible, and personal learning from early literacy, college and career readiness to professional education, through data informed instruction and inventive applications for mobile and digital learning. Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global-reach and market leading businesses in education, business, and consumer publishing and is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com. Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Responsibilities Our group is responsible for managing and developing the Higher Education Business publishing lists for print and digital. This includes signing new projects, developing first edition product, managing revisions, and developing media that meets the needs of student and instructor challenges. We are seeking an intern that will help with two discrete projects: Develop and organize our customer and reviewer management system. This includes: working with editors and marketers to gather information on customers and reviewers, developing a process for data entry; managing freelancers conducting data entry. In addition, the intern will work with our Pearson Leadership Associate on researching Decision Making digital simulations in education. Intern Responsibilities Managing and overseeing freelancers responsible for data entry. Ensuring the timely release of a complete customer and reviewer database Researching and reporting on current simulations in Pearson and from other educational material providers. Intern Activities Contacting freelancers to assess progress and answer questions. Review freelancer work Contact educational simulation providers internally and externally to gain access to simulations. Qualifications Required Soft skills Excellent communication, written and verbal Project management skills Ability to multitask Ability to synthesize and present information clearly Required Technical skills Proficiency in Word, Excel Our ideal intern will tackle these very different tasks with the same enthusiasm and focus. They will be organized, goal-oriented, and ask questions when tasks are unclear. They will communicate through out the course of their projects.