Rhode Island Novelty is looking to provide students with the opportunity to
build personal and professional effectiveness skills while participating in
monitored field-based learning experiences. Students will develop important time
management and prioritization skills while gaining business marketing
experience. Students will be responsible for a variety of tasks including but
not limited to:
Market Research: (40%)
• Students
will be primarily responsible for sales lead retrieval from industry-specific
periodicals, directories, and internet research (20%)
• Students will be
responsible for identifying, categorizing, and contacting potential sales leads
through telemarketing communications and providing summaries on a weekly basis
(10%)
• Students will perform fundamental competitive analyses including
product and price comparisons for various customer bases as well as for internal
operations (10%)
Business Marketing: (35%)
• Students
will explore the process of tradeshows by assisting sales representatives with
preparations and following up with the requests of tradeshow attendees
(5%)
• Students will be responsible for mailing catalogs and other
promotional packages directly to new and existing customers as well as following
up with recipients to provide additional information (5%)
• Students will
be responsible for managing social media in the business setting by maintaining
and updating the company’s Facebook and Twitter accounts (10%)
• Students
will also assist sales representatives with completing individual customer
requests including electronic packing lists, inventory availability updates, and
product information requests (15%)
Marketing Technology: (25%)
•
Students will receive software training in order to use the company database to
retrieve customer, product, and price information as well as enter and process
actual orders and customer requests (20%)
• Students will assist on
various web-based projects within the sales department for the development and
implementation of the company website (5%)
Percentage of time spent in
each subject area may vary on a weekly basis depending on the skill set of each
intern and the prioritization of tasks assigned on a daily and weekly basis.
This internship is for the 2013 Spring Semester (and could lead to
Summer employment) and that I would like to receive all resumes by
11/16/12. Interviews will be conducted during the week of 11/26/12.
The
starting salary is $13.00/hour.All majors/classes (FR, SO, JR, SR) can feel free
to apply however, only students meeting CCB crtiteria can earn business
internship credit (at least 60 credits earned, intrenship class etc. Go to http://www.umassd.edu/charlton/internship/ for
more details on the CCB internship program.)
Please send resume and
cover letter via email: Dan Highcove, Rhode Island Novelty Corporate Sales
Manager 350 Commerce Drive Fall River, MA 02720
dhighcove@rinovelty.com
