Marketing/Communications and Business Development Summer Intern

Marketing/Communications and Business Development Summer Intern

Location:

Dallas, TX

Overview:

Huitt-Zollars is seeking a dynamic self-starter to assist with marketing, communications, and business development efforts at our corporate headquarters in Dallas, Texas. This internship is an excellent opportunity to experience and gain insight into a broad range of marketing and business development functions for an award-winning, national design firm.

Job Description:

Marketing & Communications

• Assist in management and development of consistent and on-going communications that support employee awareness and engagement with firm and practice initiatives.
• Assist with planning and producing content in support of firm and market-based initiatives to include advertisements, award submittals, in-house/external brochures and collateral, presentations, promotional materials, infographics, flyers, electronic newsletters, etc.
• Maintain, update, and enhance existing marketing and communication collateral ensuring compliance with brand identity.
• Draft engaging branded content specific for firm's various social media accounts.
• Create and edit video using existing project images and drone footage.

Business Development

• Learn the comprehensive proposal/statement of qualification (SOQ)-driven business development process.
• Work with the Marketing team to develop business development materials for submittal or presentation to potential clients.
• Assist with producing physical deliverables (e.g., hard copies of proposals and statements of qualifications).

Knowledge Management

• Assist with implementation of new Marketing/BD software programs (OpenAsset and Shred.ai) through uploading data into systems.
• Assist with maintaining corporate and marketing systems/databases for supporting business development efforts (including project data, resumes and photographs of key personnel, graphics, boilerplate narrative, etc.).

Administrative

• Participate in weekly business development meetings when available.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Working toward a college degree, preferably in a related field (e.g., Communications, Journalism, English, or Marketing.)
• PC literacy, including experience using Adobe CC (Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, InDesign, and Premiere Pro) and the Microsoft Office suite (primarily Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
• Attributes to include being enthusiastic, collegial, flexible, self-motivated, curious, organized, detail-oriented, and cheerful.
• Effective written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent writing and editing skills.
• Ability to prioritize, multi-task, and meet deadlines.

Added Plus:

• Interest in architecture, design, and engineering.
• Experience with digital photography and videography.
• Graphic design skills, including the initiative and ability to create and implement concepts.

About Huitt-Zollars:

Huitt-Zollars is a multi-discipline, full-service architectural and engineering firm established in 1975. We have since expanded to twenty offices nationwide with over 550 employees. We encourage you to visit www.huitt-zollars.com to explore our many practices, disciplines, project types, and clients.

What to Expect as a Huitt-Zollars Intern:

As an integral part of the Marketing department, you will be working with a variety of professionals in our corporate headquarters at Lincoln Centre in Dallas, TX. Ideally, you would work with us 24 - 32 hours per week during our regular office hours of 8:30 am - 5:30 pm Monday - Friday, although your schedule can be flexible as long as it is communicated in advance. You will need to provide your own transportation; the office is in North Dallas off of the Dallas North Tollway and I-635. Internship dates and pay will be discussed during the interview process.

The Application Process:

Interested students should email a statement of interest to Libby Rode (erode@huitt-zollars.com). In your statement, please introduce yourself and tell us why you want to work with us as an intern. Additionally, please include any relevant samples of work you've completed that demonstrates your current skill level (i.e. class paper or project, graphics, website design, video clip, blog, portfolio, etc.). You will also need to complete the online application.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work for Huitt-Zollars in the U.S. without employer sponsorship. Currently, Huitt-Zollars does not sponsor H1-B or any other work visa petitions.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. Huitt-Zollars is a federal contractor and subcontractor and abides by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-300.5(a) and 41 CFR 60-741.5(a), which prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on protected veteran status or disability and require affirmative action to employ and advance qualified protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.