Advertising Intern

University of New Mexico•Albuquerque, NM

7d•Onsite

About The Position

This position involves maintaining relationships with current clients, answering telephones, routing calls, taking messages, and providing general information. The intern will greet and direct visitors, answer routine inquiries, and maintain a log of inquiries as required. Key responsibilities include communicating professionally with clients via phone, email, and in person, creating advertising proposals, and designing ad thumbnails for production staff. The role also entails scheduling ads in accounting software, handling payments (entering transactions and submitting cash/checks), inputting client information into accounting software, and proofing ads prior to publication.

Requirements

Enrolled in a degree seeking program at UNM
Enrolled at least half-time (6 hours) at UNM for fall and spring semesters (Audit hours do not count)
If Work Study, you must meet Satisfactory Academic Progress.

Nice To Haves

Good customer service skills.
Strong organizational and communication skills, both oral and written.
Experience in sales.
Proficiency in Word, Excel, and social media.
Experience in a deadline situation.
Word-Study preferred.

Responsibilities

Maintain relationships with current clients.
Answer telephones, route calls, take messages, and provide general information.
Greet and direct visitors.
Answer routine inquiries.
Maintain log of inquiries as required.
Communicate professionally with clients over the phone, e-mail, and in person.
Create advertising proposals for clients.
Design thumbnails of ads to be created by advertising production staff.
Schedule ads in accounting software.
Handle payments, including entering transactions in accounting software and submitting cash and checks to the accounting office.
Input client information and contacts into accounting software.
Proof ads prior to publication.