Summer Paid Intern - New Business Virtue

This is a Part Time Paid Internship

Los Angeles, CA


About VIRTUE

Founded in 2006, VIRTUE Worldwide is a full-service creative agency born out of VICE Media. We are looking for two creative interns, an art director and a copywriter, to support the creative team with day-to-day creative support, new business pitches, and internal projects. The Creative Interns will report directly to the Executive Creative Director and also have an opportunity to work closely with the entire team including our Global and U.S. Heads of Department, PR, and Agency Marketing Director.

ABOUT THE VICE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
VICE interns will get a firsthand look into how an international media company functions on a day-to-day basis. At VICE, interns have the opportunity to learn about journalism, editing, design, public relations, production, and more. VICE's Human Resources Department oversees the training and learning experience of each intern by providing interns with seminars on career development, and helping them achieve goals throughout the session. VICE is dedicated to its internship program and attracts the best and the brightest students to join the VICE family.



ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The intern will help the Director of Growth & Partnerships, the Associate Director of Client & Business Operations, and the Director of Client Partnerships with the following:

Support Account Supervisor on managing day-to-day client projects
Participate in new business pitches and/or client projects
Research prospective clients
Prepare presentations for internal meetings and team kick offs
Support project management including timeline development, internal meetings, project management using software tools, meeting agenda development, and client status document updates
Transcribing notes from meetings and highlighting action items for the team
Research prospective clients and gathering content needed for meetings, presentations, RFI/RFPs, etc.
Support on administrative and logistical needs including:
Create and manage pitch calendars and team member contact sheets
Maintain and update new business server, RFP database, status reports, and monthly reports to Finance
Assist with any Agency Marketing initiatives
REQUIREMENTS
Applicants must meet all of the criteria below to be eligible:

Interns must currently be enrolled in a two or four year college/university.
Interns must attend the required Intern Orientation.
Interns must be available to work the full intern session: June 5, 2018 - August 10, 2018.
Creative Interns must provide work samples representative of their skills via a portfolio website. The work can be from personal projects, schoolwork, or previous internships.
Creative Interns must indicate if they are applying as a team with another person. Having a dedicated partner is not required, and we cannot guarantee that you will be hired as a team.
All interns must have proper authorization to work in the United States.
Interns are non-exempt and will be paid an hourly rate of $13.25/hour in Los Angeles.
Interns can work a maximum of 25 hours per week.
Note: Interns may earn school credit, depending on the school's requirements. However, earning school credit is not a requirement of participation in the internship program and there is no option for an unpaid internship for credit.

DISCLAIMERS:

Equal Employment Opportunities: VICE is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that strives to create and maintain a workplace that celebrates inclusion and diversity. At VICE, we understand that inclusion and diversity is a major benefit to our employees, our readers and viewers, and our company culture. We treat all applicants and employees fairly without regard to age, alienage or citizenship status, color, disability, gender, gender identity and expression, marital status and partnership status, national origin, pregnancy, race, religion/creed, sexual orientation, arrest or conviction record, caregiver status, credit history, unemployment status, salary history, status as a victim of domestic violence, stalking and sex offenses, status as a veteran or active military service member, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

VICE requires that all employees have proper authorization to work in the U.S. Should an applicant require employment sponsorship, VICE will determine, in its sole discretion, whether such sponsorship will be provided.

Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, or other applicable law.

*Qualified candidates must be able to perform the essential functions of this position satisfactorily, with or without a reasonable accommodation. The requirements and essential functions described above are not an exhaustive list and instead are meant to describe the general nature and level of work required of the job. VICE reserves the right to modify the essential functions of this position where a legitimate business exists.

To all recruitment agencies: Unless otherwise indicated, VICE does not accept agency resumes and is not responsible for any fees or expenses related to such unsolicited resumes.