Social Media Marketing and Music Business Internship

This is a Part Time Paid Internship

Seeking interns to work on an exciting and fun New Media Project. This can be either a paid or for college credit or both kind of internship with the chance to gain experience in the music and music booking businesses. Hours are flexible with excellent opportunities for a talented individual to eventually move into a paid position.

LiveMusicMachine has launched a new online fan generated music booking widget and platform which enables artists to be booked from virtually anywhere on the Internet. We are looking for social media/marketing interns to join our team and help promote our site as well as a new MySpace artist environment we are developing.

The internship involves a significant amount of internet research and interaction on social networking sites such as MySpace, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. You will also be expected to contact artists by email and talk to them about the benefits of using and adopting LiveMusicMachine as part of their ongoing artist marketing and promotion.

The ideal candidate should have a good working knowledge of social media, love live music and feel comfortable talking with bands and have a strong interest in Indie Rock and/or Hip-Hop and R&B. Also, candidate needs a working knowledge of the Internet music space, including a detailed knowledge of the MySpace music and artist environment and the operation and use of Facebook fan pages

Interns will also assist staff in various marketing campaigns. We support a collaborative environment and encourage interns to offer suggestions/ideas for new and innovative marketing campaigns.

This internship will give students the opportunity to gain valuable, hands-on, experience in the growing social media field and work side by side with an individual with over 30 years of experience in the music business.

Responsibilities include:
• Social media outreach and PR
• Research, develop and implement creative ideas for viral marketing campaigns.
• Write music and band targeted e-mails test for successful bulk mailings

Qualifications:
• Excellent organization skills
• Excellent written communication skills
• Ability to work independently and as a team player
• Internet savvy
• Great computer skills, PC and/or MAC savvy, access to a computer and the internet
• Self-motivator
• Detail oriented

Please Note:
This is a satellite position and we are not offering Visas or in office internships at this time.