Marketing Internship
Kickstart your marketing career with hands-on experience in content creation, social media management, and campaign execution at VASCOR! This primarily remote internship offers opportunities to work on real projects, film on-site in Georgetown, KY, and contribute to marketing efforts in the fast-paced transportation and logistics industry. Perfect for students eager to learn, collaborate, and build their professional portfolio.
Position Responsibilities:
- Assist in the development and execution of marketing campaigns for projects and services.
- Create engaging written, visual, and video content for social media, email newsletters, blogs, and websites.
- Conduct market research and analyze data to identify trends and opportunities in the transportation and logistics sector.
- Support the creation of marketing materials.
- Help manage social media platforms, community engagement initiatives, and industry events (e.g., tradeshows, conferences, VASCOR-hosted customer events, etc.)
- Monitor and report on campaign performance metrics and suggest improvements.
- Stay current with transportation and logistics trends, technologies, and industry news.
Essential Skills and Experience:
Education:
- Pursuing a degree in Marketing, Communications, Transportation Planning, Urban Studies, or a related field of study.
Training:
- VASCOR-specific training will be on-the-job training.
Skills:
- Must be able to commute to the Georgetown office as needed for filming content
- Strong writing, editing, and storytelling skills
- Familiarity with social media platforms (e.g., LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter/X, Facebook, YouTube)
- Familiarity with Microsoft Teams
- Interest in transportation and logistics topics
- Basic knowledge of graphic design tools is a plus
- Comfortable working independently and managing multiple tasks and deadlines
- Enthusiastic, collaborative, and eager to learn
Experience:
Nonessential Skills and Experience:
- Teamwork
- Initiative
- Customer Focus
- Drive for results
- Self-motivated and able to contribute within a team environment
Physical Demands and Work Environment:
On the job the employee must:
- Have natural or corrected eyesight capable of working daily at a computer workstation in office lighting.
- Have normal range of hearing, or corrected hearing, to be able to respond to normal workplace sounds including alarm systems in the workplace.
Mental:
On the job the employee must be able to perform these functions daily:
- Read and comprehend written words.
- Communicate orally and in writing.
Environmental:
On the job the employee:
- Works in an office environment 90% of time. Typically, there are no environmental concerns.
- Travel in-state and out of state 10% of time. May be exposed to environmental factors such as dust, rain, sun, etc.
General Sign-off: The employee is expected to adhere to all company policies and to act as a role model in the adherence to policies.