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Cognizant Ventures Entrepreneurial Internship (Virtual)
Position's Title
Cognizant Ventures Entrepreneurial Internship (Virtual)
Number of Openings
3
Description
This is the ideal internship for any business minded student that has an interest in entrepreneurship, marketing, sales, social media, search and mobile marketing, application development, virtual team management, strategy and human resources. Students participating in the internship will be working virtual.


Interns Will Learn How To:
• Grow a self-sustaining business development unit of Cognizant Ventures.
• Analyze business development, sales, and process deficiencies for both local and national businesses (prospective clients and / or existing clients).
• Promote our clients’ brands via popular social media channels (Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Linkedin) as well as through mobile channels and applications.
• Master Craigslist to identify and attract potential employees for our clients’ as well as for Cognizant Ventures.
• Manage and incorporate a team of both in-house and virtual co-workers.
• Educate both sales executives and recruiters on various strategies and channels for client acquisition.
• Integrate our virtual dialing system and customer relationship management tools.
• Manage a group of individuals and data using Google’s proprietary tools.
• Instruct executives and recruiters on how to use their professional, personal, and social networks to acquire clientele.


Internship Details:
• This is a paid internship. Interns will receive 10% of the revenue that results from their marketing efforts.
• Any intern that works with us over a four month trial period will be eligible (based on performance) for a salaried position within our organization.
• Interns that fulfill minimum requirements over the sixteen week period will also have the opportunity to own their own franchised division of Cognizant Ventures.
• Minimum commitment is 5 hours per week for eight weeks.
• All students that complete the sixteen week internship will receive a written recommendation from our CEO.
• ** All interns that have early stage business concepts or ideas are eligible for a free www.fissionventures.com sixteen week entrepreneurial business acceleration program.
Required Skills
Requisite Skills:
• First and foremost, we are looking for individuals with a personable, upbeat, professional, and likeable personality.
• A critical degree of responsiveness and diligence is expected.
• Basic levels of proficiency in using the Internet and popular social media websites like Google, Facebook, and Craigslist.
• A pro-active and self-directed work ethic.
• Comfortable with heavy doses of human interaction.
• Basic understanding of marketing concepts and marketing channels.
• Self-motivated.
Organization
Cognizant Ventures
Address
325 West 38th Street
Suite 1105
New York, NY 10018
Contact Person
Lauren Tanner
Phone
212 784 8750
For additional information, contact:

Career Services Center
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
375 Church Street
North Adams, MA 01247-4100

 

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