Marketing/Communications and Business Development Summer Intern

Huitt-Zollars•Dallas, TX

4d•Onsite

About The Position

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.

Requirements

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.
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.

Nice To Haves

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.

Responsibilities

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.
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).
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.).
Participate in weekly business development meetings when available.