Intern - Business Development

This is a Part Time Unpaid Internship

Evolve Media LLC is a publisher of leading enthusiast destinations for influential men and women. Leveraging proprietary advertising and publishing technologies, as well as hundreds of talented content professionals, Evolve Media offers premium and engaging content to its readers, while offering marketers the tools needed to execute custom, content-led marketing solutions that reach its audience of over 95 million people globally each month. Our mission is simple; we deliver Content, Context and Creative at Scale.

Evolve is headquartered in Los Angeles (LAX adjacent) with offices in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Atlanta, Boston, Toronto, London, Melbourne and Sydney. Evolve has been in business since 2001, it is a rapidly expanding business.

Description:

The Business Development team is looking for a passionate and motivated summer intern to contribute to the many functions within our dynamic department. The summer intern will help identify emerging internet trends, cultivate current affiliate publisher relationships, and gain valuable experience in the fast growing new media/online advertising industry.

If you have a passion for the online segment, are a strategic thinker, and have an analytic approach to doing business, this could be the perfect internship for you! Must be a fan of the internet and regularly visit a variety of websites. Great for someone who wants to learn the ins and outs of the growing online advertising business. Put your multi-tasking, detailed oriented, creative mind to the best use possible and join the Evolve Media Business Development Team.

Responsibilities:

• Identify and evaluate new affiliate partnership endeavors.
• Research new opportunities using in house systems and other industry tools.
• Report and analyze competitor trends, industry data, current partners, sales trends, and other business development trends.
• Survey new publishers on the phone, or via e-mail.
• Create Microsoft PPT presentations to share with prospective publishers and sales.

Required Skills:

• Must be a junior or senior undergraduate, pursuing a degree in Business, Marketing, Advertising, related field or equivalent.
• Exceptional working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Basic knowledge of the internet, internet ad sales and key players in the space.
• The ability to manage multiple tasks and projects.
• Superb communication abilities (written and verbal.)
• Detail-oriented and good organizational skills.
Other relative information:
• Great opportunity to learn and gain experience.
• This is an unpaid summer internship.
• Intern will be working out of our Los Angeles office.