Startup Marketing Intern
Company Background:
Chilon Industries is the CONAIR for textured hair, designing state-of-the-art hair tools for efficiently styling kinks and curls. Its first product is the Curl-eeze brush; a product-dispensing detangling brush that helps you style your curls with ease. After decades of hair companies designing and releasing the same brushes over and over, Chilon Industries is here with true innovation to make an impact in the natural-hair community, and improve styling proficiency for curly girls around the world.
Job Brief:
We’re looking for a marketing and administration intern to help build an online presence and brand identity for an early-stage beauty tech startup. Every day will look different on the job because there are several hats that need to be juggled in a startup, but it’s all interesting work if you’re into beauty and innovation.
You will also be helping with administrative tasks on an ad hoc basis. You’ll be working directly with the founder of the company and will be seeing all the behind-the-scenes work of building a company from the ground up.
If you’re looking for experience driving social media campaigns, growing a startup, or working in the hair and beauty space, this is the internship for you!
Responsibilities:
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Creating and documenting organizational processes
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Creating a social media presence and growing the @chilonindustries platform across various channels
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Growing email list
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Helping build brand partnerships
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Applying for grants and pitch competitions
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Research (compiling names and contacts of investors, accelerators, brand leads, media/PR lists, influencers, etc.)
Requirements and Skills
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Must be enrolled in a 2 or 4 year degree program
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Must be majoring in communications, project management, business, marketing, journalism, or comparable subject in humanities
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Must have a demonstrated interest in social media and marketing
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Must have superior researching abilities and curiosity
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Must have superior organization skills
Preferred Qualifications:
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You have worked for a startup previously
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You have created and launched a successful social media campaign