Seminole Boosters, Inc. – multiple positions

• Currently accepting applications until April 25 at noon
• Available: Summer 2008

About the Organization:

As the athletics fundraising arm of the University, the Seminole Boosters, Inc. is charged with generating current and deferred contributions for the purpose of enriching the overall educational environment of the Seminole Athletic Program and providing financial security which contribute to the program’s long term growth and prosperity. It is the goal of Seminole Boosters, Inc. to help the athletics coaches and administration leave a lasting legacy as one of the great success stories in collegiate sports history while promoting education, health and physical welfare of the student athlete at Florida State University.

Seminole Boosters Inc. is dedicated to maintaining the gains that have been made in the past 50 years at Florida State University. The contributions made to Seminole Boosters provide the framework of Florida State University Athletics that makes winning possible: scholarships, facilities, and championship caliber coaches.

Seminole Boosters Internships:

Internships are in the following areas of work: marketing and public relations, journalism, website and communications, Accounting, Student Boosters, event planning, graphic design

• Seminole Boosters provides the opportunity to work with some of FSU’s greatest supporters: Planning events, meetings, servicing donors, accommodations, tickets and receptions etc.
• Creative design and communication will be utilized for public relations and marketing of the organization to gain new Boosters: Email, direct mail, personal contact, and participate in special events.
• All interns will gain practical experience by working in a business environment and learn about one of the elite collegiate fundraising organizations in the country.
• Additionally, a student will be exposed to a variety of areas in business. The Seminole Boosters can provide flexibility within the company to fit a student into a position best suited for their skills as well as provide experience to learn new skills.
• Seminole Boosters can offer flexibility around school and activity schedules but a set work schedule, based on service hours or credit requirements, will be determined at the start of the internship. Internships are not paid.

How To Apply:

To apply, submit the following to seminoleboosters@admin.fsu.edu by April 25th at 12 pm.

1. Resume
2. Completed internship questionnaire-Click Here to open the Word file
3. If you are interested in a writing position with Seminole Boosters, please submit a writing sample with your application. Limit your sample to be about a half of a page. You may extract a portion of an article, a class assignment or any writing sample that best displays your skills. Your sample can be a combination of different excerpts or all from one source.

Applicants that qualify will be asked to attend an interview between May 1st thru May 6th.

Contact:

Farrah Miller or Matt Zagaeski
Seminole Boosters, Inc.
850-644-3484
seminoleboosters@admin.fsu.edu

Moore Consulting Group

• Currently accepting applications
• Available: fall 2008, spring 2009
• Part-time: paid $750 honorarium upon satisfactory completion
• Supervision: Krisita Burket, Intern Director – Account Executive, Tallahassee, FL

About the Organization:

Moore Consulting Group is an integrated communications firm with a history of building and implementing results-oriented campaigns on behalf of our clients.  Based in Tallahassee, Florida with an office in central Florida and a Hispanic affiliate in south Florida, our experience, creativity and account management delivers information to affect attitudes and alter behavior in a complex world.

Since our inception in 1992, the firm has steadily built a reputation for success and a portfolio of award-winning work.  We have been ranked among the top 100 firms in the nation by O’Dwyers Report, and by PRWeek as a top 110 firm.  The firm consists of a creative team experienced in all facets of marketing, public relations and advertising.

Communications Internship:

Moore Consulting Group’s intern position is designed to provide experience in public relations writing, media development, promotions, special events and other marketing and public relations activities. Interns will assist with daily operations of our team, identify and contact media outlets to obtain leads, draft media materials, pitch stories to media outlets, assist at press conferences and other special events, conduct research for business development and clients, develop media lists, assemble media kits, participate in brainstorming and meetings, answer phones and assist in other office duties. And, as an intern, you will have fun. You will work on meaningful projects and learn from senior level professionals.

We offer fall, spring and summer internships that coordinate with the school-year semesters (fall: August/September-December; spring: January-April; summer: May-July/August). To apply, you should be a junior or senior communication major, preferably specializing in public relations, or a graduate student with a communication background/emphasis. You should already have taken key public relations courses, including PR writing. We are looking for candidates who have a good attitude, enjoy working in teams, are motivated and ready to learn and have fun.

How To Apply:

To apply, please send your cover letter and resume, along with 2-3 writing samples to :

Krisita Burket
Intern Director
Moore Consulting Group
2011 Delta Blvd.
Tallahassee, FL 32303
850.224.0174 (phone)  850.224.9286 (fax)
krisitab@moore-pr.com

Don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions you might have.

1812 South Inc.

• Currently accepting applications
• Available: Summer 2008
• Part-time: 10 hours/week; unpaid
• Supervision: Moriah Murphy, Chief Operating Officer, 850-879-2655, moriah@1812ale.com

About the Organization:

1812 Ale is the marketing and promotions division of The Sackets Harbor Brewing Company. Sackets opened in May of 1996. The beer became more and more popular and in 1997 they began to brew enough of the award winning 1812 Ale to be sold to restaurants, bars and retail stores throughout the North Country and Central New York. SHBC sells about 46,500 gallons of beer per year.

Sackets Harbor Brewing Company created 1812 South Inc as the marketing and promotions team for their very popular beer, 1812 Ale Amber. They are in the process of penetrating the southern market, mainly Florida. The company is in its building stages and has had success in Tallahassee and is now moving its way down to Orlando and surrounding cities.

• The beer is being marketed as a high end beer to young professionals and micro beer drinkers
• 1812 Ale South has started to develop its consumer market and is being served in both bars and restaurants around Tallahassee. These include Chez Pierre, and AJ’s Sports Bar.
  

Marketing & Promotions Intern:

This internship will give the intern an opportunity to be a part of a rapidly growing micro brew and an implemental part of the company’s marketing strategy. The intern is going to help develop the marketing strategy that may help take 1812 Amber Ale to the national level. Responsibilities will include:

• Act as a promotion assistant to Marketing Manager to help develop and attend events and activities to promote 1812 Amber Ale.
• Increase consumer awareness of product by acting as a liaison between both the bars/restaurants and 1812 South Inc.
• Assist Chief Operating Officer with daily activities including administrative work, promotional packages, and marketing plan.
• Gather market research/information to help formulate marketing strategy for current fiscal year.
• Account management of current and potential customers.

How To Apply:

Please email a cover letter and resume as soon as possible to Moriah Murphy for consideration.

University Business Administrators – Financial Operations

• Currently accepting applications
• Available: Summer 2008
• Part-time: 15 hours/week
• Supervision: Angela Gaskins, Director and Sean Bankston, Assistant Director – Office of Telecommunications

About the Organization:

The mission of the University Business Administrators program (UBA) is to provide professional fiscal and administrative staff to participating university units. Services are customized to meet the needs of the participating unit and include:

• On-going training, workload coordination and general supervision of the fiscal/administrative staff
• Providing resources from the Office of the Assistant Vice President for Administrative Services to quickly and effectively achieve the financial and administrative program objectives
• Standardizing and streamlining operational tasks and processes while meeting the specific fiscal/administrative needs of the participating unit
• Providing for periodic external review of control processes to ensure the integrity of the fiscal/administrative systems and to minimize the risk of irregularities and audit criticisms
• Creating career opportunities and staff development for fiscal and administrative staff

Financial Operations Internship:

This position will work in the Office of Telecommunications Fiscal Operations unit that participates in the University Business Administrators Program. This position will be responsible for assisting with all financial and accounting team projects. Under the supervision of the University Business Administrator’s Assistant Director, this position will review all financial and accounting policies and procedures and update and/or change as necessary. If time permits, this position will also be responsible for working on the implementation and training phase of the project. They will submit recommendations for improving our current training content documents.

This position will also work with the technical aspects of coordinating the design and content of the financial and accounting training materials. Under the supervision of the Assistant Director, this position will be the project coordinator to ensure the assignment is completed on time (early December).

This position will also test the training procedures within the appropriate staff and provide feedback to the Assistant Director on their observations and findings. The goal of this project is to ensure that the Office of Telecommunications Fiscal Operations unit is in compliance with university rules and regulations as well as following acceptable business and accounting practices to minimize risk on university assets.

How To Apply:

Please email a cover letter and resume as soon as possible to Angela Gaskins for consideration.

University Business Administrators – Management/Operations

• Currently accepting applications
• Available: Summer 2008
• Part-time: 15 hours/week
• Supervision: Angela Gaskins, Director and Phyllis Henderson, Associate Director

About the Organization:

The mission of the University Business Administrators program (UBA) is to provide professional fiscal and administrative staff to participating university units. Services are customized to meet the needs of the participating unit and include:

• On-going training, workload coordination and general supervision of the fiscal/administrative staff
• Providing resources from the Office of the Assistant Vice President for Administrative Services to quickly and effectively achieve the financial and administrative program objectives
• Standardizing and streamlining operational tasks and processes while meeting the specific fiscal/administrative needs of the participating unit
• Providing for periodic external review of control processes to ensure the integrity of the fiscal/administrative systems and to minimize the risk of irregularities and audit criticisms
• Creating career opportunities and staff development for fiscal and administrative staff

Management Operations Internship:

This position will work directly with the University Business Administrators (UBA) Program Executive Management team learning all aspects of the administrative program. During this semester the Management Operations Intern will attend and observe meetings with University Vice Presidents, Deans, Associate Deans, Directors and other university officials to gain a broader perspective of university administration.

This position will work on special projects for the UBA management team and serve as a management resource member of the UBA Central Office. This position will also be responsible for documenting various management policies and procedures after thoroughly researching the specific topic. Upon approval, all policies will be then uploaded to the UBA Blackboard site and available for reference to all managers and employees.

How To Apply:

Please email a cover letter and resume as soon as possible to Phyllis Henderson for consideration.

University Business Administrators – Financial Auditing

• Currently accepting applications
• Available: Summer 2008
• Part-time: 15 hours/week
• Supervision: Phyllis Henderson, M.S., Associate Director and Ron McCoy, Assistant Director

About the Organization:

The mission of the University Business Administrators program (UBA) is to provide professional fiscal and administrative staff to participating university units. Services are customized to meet the needs of the participating unit and include:

• On-going training, workload coordination and general supervision of the fiscal/administrative staff
• Providing resources from the Office of the Assistant Vice President for Administrative Services to quickly and effectively achieve the financial and administrative program objectives
• Standardizing and streamlining operational tasks and processes while meeting the specific fiscal/administrative needs of the participating unit
• Providing for periodic external review of control processes to ensure the integrity of the fiscal/administrative systems and to minimize the risk of irregularities and audit criticisms
• Creating career opportunities and staff development for fiscal and administrative staff

Financial Auditing Internship:

This position will work in the Central University Business Administrators (UBA) Program Office and be responsible for assisting with all financial auditing team projects. Under the supervision of the Multi-site Assistant Director, this position will review all financial auditing policies and procedures and update and/or change as necessary. This position will also be responsible for working on the implementation and training phase of the project. They will submit recommendations for improving our current training content documents.

This position will also work with the technical aspects of coordinating the design and content of the auditing training materials. Under the supervision of the Multi-site Assistant Director, this position will be the project coordinator to ensure the assignment is completed on time (end of semester).

This position will also test the auditing procedures within the various UBA client sites across campus and provide feedback to the Multi-site Assistant Director on their observations and findings. The goal of the auditing project is to ensure that all UBA client site fiscal offices are in compliance with university rules and regulations and that they are following acceptable business and accounting practices to minimize risk on university assets.

How To Apply:

Please email a cover letter and resume as soon as possible to Phyllis Henderson for consideration.

Department of Children and Families – Regional Communications

• Currently accepting applications
  
• Available: summer 2008
• Details: 15 hours per week; unpaid
• Supervisor: Ms. Pat Smith, Regional Communications Manager, DCF – 850-922-0408 ext. 1043 or 850-322-5577, pat_smith@dcf.state.fl.us

About the organization:

The Florida Department of Children and Families seeks to protect the vulnerable, promote strong and economically self-sufficient families and advance personal and family recovery and resiliency. They accomplish this mission through programs such as the Abuse Hotline, Adoption, Adult Services, Child Abuse Prevention, Child Care, Community-Based Care, Economic Services, Family Safety, Foster Care, Mental Health Services programs to strengthen families. The vision of the organization is to be recognized as a world class social services system, delivering valued services to our customers. They are committed to providing the highest level and quality of service possible. For more information, read the Strategic Plan 2006-2009.

Communications Internship:

The intern will assist the regional communications manager with drafting departmental communication materials including but not limited to press releases, media advisories and regional newsletters. The intern will also be involved in event planning and developing the annual regional calendar of events for Circuits 1, 2 and 14.

The successful applicant will meet the following qualifications:

• Enrollment in a Mass Communications degree program or MBA program
• Coursework in marketing and/or communication
• Experience in public relations helpful, but not required
• Ability to work with a variety of stakeholders including employees, customers and administration
• Excellent written and oral communication skills. Specific experience writing newsletters helpful
• Must be bright, creative, energetic and self-motivated

How to apply:

Please submit a cover letter and resume as soon as possible by email to Ms. Pat Smith at pat_smith@dcf.state.fl.us or call (850) 922-0408 ext.1043 for consideration.

Hospitality Beverage Institute

• Currently accepting applications
• Available: Summer 2008
• Part-time
• Supervision: David Mikowski, President, Co-founder

About Hospitality Beverage Institute (HBI)

HBI is a web-based information company who: trains, tests, and certifies individuals in responsible vendor practices, and food safety. HBI also offers the hospitality industry valuable legal and legislative information regarding the rights of licensees and establishments who serve and sell alcohol.

The web-based company plans to launch by mid-summer nationally.

Entrepreneurship (Marketing/Finance) Internship

• Gain hands-on experience in the fields of marketing and finance
• Gain knowledge needed to understand and perform skills needed to start a business in the future
• Conduct competitive research and analysis
• Creative development and evaluation
• Budget reporting and forecasting
• Promotions
• Attend weekly company meetings and monthly board meetings

How To Apply

Please send a cover letter and resume as soon as possible to David Mikowski at david@gohbi.com for consideration.

Vision2020 LLC Fellow – Venture Capital

• Currently accepting applications
• Available: summer 2008, fall 2008, spring 2009
• Part-time
• Supervisor: Christopher Campbell, CEO, Vision2020 LLC, Tallahassee, FL

About Vision2020

Vision2020 is an innovative venture capital fund committed to accelerating economic growth through private equity investments. The Fund is structured to generate significant long-term rates of return to their Limited Partners.

Vision2020 is committed to capitalizing on rapidly growing university based research and technology innovations to achieve their investment objectives, including a focus on IT, life science and high-tech manufacturing sectors.

Vision2020 offers a comprehensive range of business and mentoring services to targeted early stage companies and seeks to become the capital region’s premier economic development engine capitalizing on the regions’ emerging research and technology sectors.

Vision2020 Fellow

1. Deal Evaluation

a. Evaluate business plans to determine if The Fund should consider investment in the firm. Areas for consideration:

i. The scope of management team/expertise

ii. Company’s product or service market potential

iii. Scope of market

iv. Review of company’s financials

v. Review investment potential

vi. Generate valuation reports

b. Prepare write evaluation for the Investment Committee

2. Conferences/Seminars: Participate and assist with client and operational needs

3. Client Meetings: Participate as required in client relationship activities

Preferred Qualifications

To be considered for the position, you should be completing a bachelor in Business Administration-Entrepreneurship Majors and/or MBA’s degree, have strong interpersonal skills, be self-motivated and have a history of personal success. Enjoy working in a fast-paced, highly productive, value-driven environment.

How To Apply

Contact Christopher Campbell as soon as possible at:

Vision 2020 LLC
Summit East Technology & Research Park
1650 Summit Lake Drive
Tallahassee, Florida 32317
Office: 850-219-5128
Fax: 888-855-0252
Cell: 800-435-1604
Email: ccampbell@vision2020funds.com

Office of Efficient Government – FL Dept. of Mgmt. Services

• Available: summer 2008, fall 2008, spring 2009
• Details: Part-time, unpaid
• Supervisor: Henry Garrigo, Executive Director, Office of Efficient Government

About The Organization:

The Council on Efficient Government (CEG) was created by the Florida Efficient Government Act of 2006 in response to a growing trend to outsource government services and jobs. Legislators recognized that agencies should focus on their core missions and deliver services by outsourcing or contracting with private sector vendors, whenever vendors can more effectively and efficiently provide services and reduce the overall cost of government. Legislators also recognized that business cases to outsource should be evaluated for feasibility, cost-effectiveness, and efficiency before an agency proceeds with any significant outsourcing of services and reduction of government staff. The mission of the CEG is to promote fair and transparent best business practices in government in order to foster accountability, competition, efficiency and innovation in the way state agencies deliver services to Florida’s citizens. The Council on Efficient Government (CEG) will assist an agency during any stage of an outsourcing project as requested by the agency or at the direction of the Council or the Governor.

The Council is made up of seven members appointed by the Governor and is governed by subsections 287.0573(2) through (7) of the Florida Statutes. Florida Statute states that the Council shall be comprised of the Secretary of the Department of Management Services, who serves as chair, a cabinet member other than the Governor, two heads of executive branch agencies and three members from the private sector.

Operations/Finance Intern Position:

The FSU MBA intern will contribute to the Council’s in it’s role to review, evaluate, and issue advisory reports on outsourcing business cases as specified by legislation as well as investigate and recommend innovative ideas to increase efficiency and save taxpayer dollars. Finding better and less costly ways to provide government services to citizens are principal goals of Florida’s state government. The intern should have a operations and finance background since one of the assigned projects will be to develop a business case review and evaluation processes including cost-benefit analysis, return on investment calculations, and cost price analysis tools.

How To Apply:

Please email a cover letter and resume as soon as possible to Henry.Garrigo@dms.myflorida.com for consideration.

ACS Government Solutions Group – Two positions

• Currently accepting applications for two different positions
  
• Available: summer 2008, fall 2008 & spring 2009
• Details: Part-time, unpaid
• Supervision: Mr. Chuck Cliburn, Senior Vice President – Florida Public Sector and Ms. Suzanne Martin, Client Executive, Tallahassee, FL

About The Organization:

We’re Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (ACS), a premier provider of diversified business process and information technology outsourcing solutions to commercial and government clients worldwide. We are a FORTUNE 500 company comprised of more than 50,000 people in multiple locations around the world.

It began in 1988 when Darwin Deason gathered together a group of extraordinary information technology professionals and formed a company dedicated to fulfilling client needs. From a single financial industry client, ACS expanded into the communications, education, energy, financial services, government, healthcare, insurance, manufacturing, retail, and transportation and travel industries. Today, ACS delivers superior business process outsourcing, information technology outsourcing, and systems and integration services to hundreds of clients worldwide.

Building on a core competency of efficient technology infrastructure outsourcing, the company, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, now supports operations in nearly 100 countries, achieving nearly $5 billion in annual revenues. ACS is a BPO and IT services company.

About The Internship:

Marketing & Corporate Business Development Intern (Two positions)

Intern may assist in business capture plans and activities relating to the pursuit of large and complex business process outsourcing and systems integration projects. This could include gathering public information on existing contracts, gathering and organizing competitive materials and assisting in related tactical activities; and/or, intern will be assigned to assist with operational issues such as financial analyses or research business processes and works with the team to develop efficiencies. Attending public governmental meetings may also be required.

Assignment may also include working with marketing and public relations departments in the planning and execution of marketing/PR programs for various Florida governmental entities.

Qualifications:

• Strong, clear and concise writing skills. Demonstrates resourcefulness and self-directed behavior.
• Proficiency in use of PC and related software applications.
• Personal integrity and demonstrated commitment to sound, ethical, moral and legal business standards and practices.
• Polished and articulate verbal communication and platform skills demonstrating self-confidence, tact and diplomacy and the ability to make high-level presentations.
• Adaptability to changing requirements dictated by technical/professional services industry and ACS team environment.
• Analytical and thinks out side the box.

How To Apply:

Please submit a cover letter and resume addressed to the supervisors as soon as possible to shawn.winship@fsu.edu.

Fringe Benefits Management Company

• Currently accepting applications
• Available: summer 2008, fall 2008, spring 2009
• Part-time, unpaid
• Supervisor: Rick Farris, rfarris@fbmc.com

About Fringe Benefits Management Company (FBMC)

Fringe Benefits Management company is a premier benefits management company serving private sectors across the United States. Our only business is, and has always been, employee and retiree benefits administration. Because benefits administration is not a peripheral activity at FBMC, we are able to offer efficiencies and competencies that are difficult to obtain from companies that are established for other purposes or engaged in other activities. FBMC has technological and staffing resources that are specifically designed to satisfy benefits administration tasks, including the often complex requirements of our clients. We offer a high-speed and open-access platform and we are proactive rather than reactive in serving our clients.

MBA Marketing and Communications Intern

• The Marketing Intern will learn about the overall mission of FBMC, and the role of FBMC across all levels of the organization, the specific activities of the sales and marketing division
• Access and review the FBMC website with a focus on the communications and marketing functions. Focus on the FBMCwiki an interactive knowledge sharing application similar to wikipedia.
• Data pulling on public and private entities to find, analyze and log national employer and employee statistics for fringe benefit target markets.
• Conduct market research through telephone and internet to identify potential new target markets and customers.
• Assist the marketing employees in day to day activities such as: new marketing plans, telephone research, and data assistance.
• Insert market specific data into the FBMCwiki to share market information across all levels of the company.
• Review and learn about the communications and marketing functions necessary to demonstrate the ways FBMC improves a company and their employees benefits plan.

How To Apply:

Please submit a cover letter and resume to Rick Farris at rfarris@fbmc.com for consideration.

Office of IP Development and Commercialization – 4 positions

• Currently accepting applications
  
• Available: summer 2008, fall 2008 & spring 2009
• Details: 10 hours per week; Paid at $10 per hour; office in Innovation Park
• Supervisor: Gus Ray, FSU Director of Commercialization

About the organization:

The Office of Intellectual Property Development and Commercialization (OIPDC) assists faculty, staff and students move their innovative research results and creative work into public use by licensing to outside organizations to develop and market products based on FSU research. The OIPDC manages projects that span a wide array of activities that range from music and dance, to the hard sciences. This is achieved by working with faculty, staff and students to create invention and work disclosures. When disclosures show a potential for commercial success, the OIPDC staff seek intellectual property protection (copyrights and patents) for the research and/or creative work, then attempt to identify commercial partners to negotiate a license and option agreements for continued development. Alternatively, we may recommend that a faculty member create a new company to commercialize their own innovation. See a list of start-ups based on FSU technology. If a technology is commercialized successfully, the revenues are distributed among the researcher(s), the research school(s) or department(s), and the FSU Research Foundation. This Office is also the point of contact for outside organizations and individuals wanting to locate, for commercial or other public purposes, the skills, inventions, creative works and other resources of the FSU research community. See the current summary of FSU Technology Opportunities. The FSU Research Foundation’s license / options terms are available to encourage early and widespread use of its intellectual output.

About the internship:

The selected candidates will work with the Director of Commercialization and the Director of Licensing to identify opportunities with commercial value based on FSU research and creative campus work, prepare and carry out marketing strategies to target companies that would be interested in FSU technologies, learn about intellectual property protection and the logistics of acquiring; assist with creating startup companies and management of the intellectual property portfolio at FSU.

Preferred background:

• A bachelors degree in the sciences is preferred. However an aptitude for marketing, science or a background working with high tech or science based industries will also be considered.

Specific Activities and Tasks you will learn:

• Interaction with leading FSU researchers to learn more about their work, advantages and stage of development.
• Learn to assess and select technologies with commercial prospects.
• Perform market research using online tools to assess market size, potential, customers etc. Learn how to use market research triangulation skills, understanding of consumer research, how to find and target potential customers and general sales strategies for licensing intellectual property.
• Create one page reports on technologies for marketing to potential licensees.
• Assist in creating and evaluating business plans including SBIR marketing and business summaries.
• Learn and develop systems for mapping funding sources with FSU technologies.

How To Apply:

Please provide a resume and a cover letter to apply for this unique position that gives you hands on experience with marketing, business plan writing and technology assessment. Send coverletter and resume to Gus Ray, FSU Director of Commercialization, at garay@fsu.edu, 850/644-8637 by the stated deadline.

Golden Lighting

• Currently accepting applications
• Available: summer 2008, fall 2008 & spring 2009
• Details: Stipend of $2,000 a semester and must be able to commit to a set schedule of 20 hours a week (either five 4-hour days or four 5-hour days) for a two-semester term
• Supervisor: Ms. Yuh-Mei Laio, President, Golden Lighting

About The Company:

Golden Lighting is a wholesale distributor of residential lighting fixtures. Golden Lighting’s products are designed in-house, manufactured in China, and then distributed to lighting retailers all over the United States. Over the years, Golden Lighting has developed a reputation as a leader providing premier service and quality products to the lighting industry. This is an exciting opportunity for interns to gain valuable work experience at one of Big Bend’s top businesses. Last year gross annual sales reached $11 million based on a strategic redesign according to recent Tallahassee Democrat article.

Open Projects For Interns:

Interns will have an opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a variety of projects. Most of the work will be assigned on a project basis, and interns will be asked to assist in administrative duties as needed. Depending on the applicant’s qualifications and experience, they may work on a single or any combination of the following:

• E- Marketing: Plan, develop, coordinate, and execute pilot program to increase sales
• Transportation Management (Rate shopping): Develop business rules to assign the best freight carrier for outbound shipments, contribute in developing and analyzing best software program for this function
• Customer Service Process Mapping: Record procedures for customer service transactions, make recommendations for improvement, and test new standards
• Inventory Process Mapping: Record procedures for inventory and warehouse transactions, make recommendations for improvement, and test new standards
• Warehouse Management System: Develop business rules for receiving products and managing inventory flow. Help automate and modernize processes
• Parts Diagramming: Revise CAD drawing of products and ID parts for customer and company reference

Position Details and Requirements

• Currently an MBA student at FSU
• Must be able to commit to a set schedule of 20 hours a week (either five 4-hour days or four 5-hour days) for a two-semester term
• Must possess a strong proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Have a professional demeanor and the ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with our management team and our employees

How To Apply:

Please e-mail cover letter, resume, and references to: melanie@goldenlighting.com

 

State Board of Administration – Florida

• Currently accepting applications
  
• Available: summer 2008, fall 2008 & spring 2009
• Available: 3 months to 1 year; each semester
• Details: Part-time (20 hours/week) or Full-time, Paid

About The Organization:

Founded in 1943, the State Board of Administration is the leader in investment management of public pension funds, including the Florida Retirement System Trust Fund, which ranks as the fourth largest pension fund in the United States and eighth largest in the world. The SBA has a long history of delivering positive long-term return on investment, with a focus on prudent and ethical investment and risk management. The following are the position areas:

Investments & Economic Research
Accounting & Auditing
Management Information Systems

How To Apply:

This is an established competitive internship program. Please contact the SBA’s Intern Coordinator, Ms. Peggy Prophet, at 850-413-1264 to begin your application or simply inquire into the program details.