On Wednesday, January 19th at 6:15pm EST, the Minted team will be joining us to chat about their disruptive e-commerce marketplace and exciting opportunities for recent grads in their Merchandising function.

Minted is a marketplace for independent design, where you come to find things for your home and special occasions that are trend-setting, well-curated, high quality, and made unique to you. Minted is a late stage startup based in San Francisco, and was founded in 2007 by CEO Mariam Naficy (Williams Alumna). Join Becca O’Leary (Director, Merchandising) and Caitlin Bernstein (Recruiter) to learn about their disruptive e-commerce marketplace and exciting opportunities for recent grads in their Merchandising function.

Becca will be telling her story, chatting about merchandising and the Rotational Merchandising Associate role for which we’re hiring, and answering any questions you may have. Minted is looking for creative thinkers who are passionate about art and design, curious about the world of e-commerce, wholesale and retail merchandising, and have strong analytical and quantitative skills to join their Merchandising team.

What is Merchandising at Minted? Minted’s merchants are responsible driving sales of their respective businesses by curating beautiful assortments that inspire while also meeting customer needs, and by managing shoppability of their businesses onsite to create a flawless customer experience.

Minted is looking for creative thinkers who are passionate about art and design, curious about the world of e-commerce, wholesale and retail merchandising, and have strong analytical and quantitative skills to join their Merchandising team.

“The Evolution of Inclusion and Representation in Animation”

Wednesday, January 19, 2022 @ 3pm EST

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Students are encouraged to attend this virtual event to learn more about the different opportunities for study away at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (MIIS), including the Middlebury California Climate Semester, the Middlebury Global Security Semester, and the Middlebury Language Education Semester.

Date: Thursday, January 20

Time: 3:45-4:45pm EST

Please join us for a Career Conversation and an Industry Discussion with alumna Elianna Kan ‘10. She’ll discuss her career journey and current trends in the industry.

Elianna is a literary agent, translator, and writer. She joined Regal Hoffmann & Associates in 2017 as a literary agent focusing on building a list of Spanish-language and Latinx writers writing in English, as well as work in translation in general. She began her publishing career at Picador and as Senior Editor of The American Reader, where she edited literature in translation. After several years working independently as a Spanish language reader for Maria B. Campbell Associates and various US publishers, she decided to immerse herself more fully in the Latin American publishing world by moving to Mexico City where she worked as a consultant for Penguin Random House Mexico’s Foreign Rights Director. She continues splitting her time between New York and Mexico. Elianna is a native of New Hampshire with a BA in Literary Studies and a background in theater from Middlebury College. She has studied Critical Theory at the University of Buenos Aires and is currently completing an MA at the Bread Loaf School of English. She has written about the Latin American publishing market for Publishing Perspectives and interviewed writers and theater-makers on behalf of The Paris Review, BOMB Magazine, and The Believer. Her translations from Spanish into English have appeared in Aperture magazine and various art gallery publications. She has a passion for interdisciplinary cultural programming and teaches creative writing and literary translation at Columbia University.

WarnerMedia is a powerful portfolio of iconic entertainment, news, and sports brands. We bring people, technology, and the world’s best storytellers together to drive culture and meaningful connection. We believe the enduring power of stories can open our eyes to the world, to each other, and to new and different perspectives.

HBO® is one of the most respected and innovative entertainment brands in the world, serving iconic, award-winning programming through the HBO linear channels and the direct-to-consumer streaming platform, HBO Max®. Internationally, HBO-branded services are available in more than 85 countries across Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean. A part of WarnerMedia, HBO is the world’s most successful pay TV service with an extensive array of programming that includes some of the most notable television titles, including dramas like “Succession,” “Watchmen,” “Westworld,” “Big Little Lies,” “Game of Thrones,” “The Sopranos,” “Band of Brothers” and “The Wire,” as well as comedy series “Barry,” “Insecure” and “Sex and the City.”

Application Deadline: Friday, January 28 at 11:59 PM PST

The Job

HBO Programming is responsible for all scripted comedy & drama series (i.e. WESTWORLD, SUCCESSION, BARRY, INSECURE, etc.). Programming develops new potential series, from pitch to pilot, and simultaneously oversees the day to days of shows currently airing on HBO. Original Programming Interns will support both the HBO Comedy and Drama departments.

The Daily

• Script coverage
• Draft comparisons and summaries
• Research assignments
• Support Series department executives and assistants

The Essentials

• Preferably enrolled in a course of Film/Television study
• Basic PC skills (Outlook, MS Word, Excel, etc.)
• Independent, self-starter and motivated to learn
• Strong writing and communication skills
• Knowledge of industry
• Organized and proactive
• Script coverage experience preferred
• Cover letter required. Please combine resume and cover letter into one PDF when submitting

Internship Program

• Students must be currently enrolled in a college degree program for the full duration of the internship
• Summer 2022 program runs from June through August; must be available for full program duration
• Full-time schedule (40 hours/week)
• Company-issued computer provided for the duration of the internship program
• Competitive salary; relocation is not provided
• Hands-on work with passionate, talented team members in your field
• Networking opportunities with industry-leading professionals
• Engaging events including executive speakers sessions, professional development  workshops, and more

The Perks

• Exclusive WarnerMedia events and advance screenings
• Paid time off every year to volunteer for eligible employees
• Access to well-being tools, resources, and freebies
• Access to in-house learning and development resources
• Part of the WarnerMedia family of powerhouse brands

*Please e-mail agomez@middlebury.edu if you apply to this opportunity.

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This entry-level role will be an addition to the CBS Social Analytics team, whose growing responsibilities include social analytics & reporting for Primetime, Daytime, Syndication and Late Night. This is an entry level role with an opportunity to join a major and growing team to learn and data trends and analytics tools in the social media space, and will have a key role in using social data to empower excellence for the CBS social strategy and content production teams. 

Responsibilities:

• Pull data for weekly optimization reports and monthly deep dive analyses
• Create social tags to categorize social content for team analysis and optimization 
• Build and maintain analytics dashboards within our social toolkit, gaining experience in key social analytics tools such as Sprinklr, Talkwalker SCR, ListenFirst, Netbase, and Canvs
• Assist with one-off requests from social strategy and content teams, under the supervision of the Senior Analyst and Director
• Partner with other CBS Research team groups to provide social analytics insights as necessary

*Please e-mail agomez@middlebury.edu if you apply to this amazing opportunity!

Are you interested in working behind the scenes to produce one of the world’s most prestigious dance festivals? Jacob’s Pillow Interns receive on-the-job training to develop professional skills and gain practical experience while working in a team-oriented environment. Internships specialize in performing arts administration, technical production, education, community programming, and more. Midd students have participated in past festivals. Click here to learn more about the opportunities and to apply today!

• Social Media Fellow (Deadline date: January 15)
• It’s Been a Minute with Sam Sanders Podcast Intern – Summer 2022 (Deadline date: January 14)
• ‘The Limits’ Podcast Intern – Summer 2022 (Deadline date: January 14)
• Several NPR internships (Deadline date: January 14)
• Social Media Intern
• Summer 2022 Black Fashion Collection Research Internship at the National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Content Development and Writing Internship
• Multimedia Internship
• 2022 Summer Internship (Strategic Communications Firm)
• Leadership Development Internship

Started by two Middlebury alums and former lacrosse players, HelloCoach Network, “HelloCoach,” is an online networking platform connecting talented coaches with sports organizations looking to hire. They aim to be Care.com meets LinkedIn for the sports community.

HelloCoach enables sports organizations to easily hire top coaching talent for their teams, clubs, clinics and camps, as well as to provide a targeted destination for quality coaches to find job opportunities. By creating the first ever professional network dedicated to the sports community, HelloCoach members can make valuable connections creating, sharing and accessing coaching related content.

Their mission is to elevate the sport experience for all young athletes, in all locations and that starts with connecting great coaches with sports organizations, in need.

HelloCoach would like to work with a student who is interested in taking a deep dive into the youth sports and online recruiting market areas for the purposes of informing key marketing and sales decisions in the release of their MVP and for the use in their pitch deck to seed round investors. The target market analysis project is one portion of a larger Market Analysis Study Spring Internship. The Market Analysis Study will be the backbone for determining their target market, their marketing strategy, sizing up competition, web technology decisions and defining competitive advantages for potential investors.

Target Market Analysis will include:

• Research target market segments and determine how large the market size is per segment in Massachusetts

• Research demographic, firmographic, psychographic and behavioristic information for market segments (age, gender, spend, online behaviors of the buyer as well as where their business is located, how many locations they have, their annual revenue, number of employees, industry, and how long the business has been running)

• Create buyer personas

• Perform primary research and interview and/or survey potential customers in each of their segments to understand their hiring process and buying behaviors.

 Key Deliverables:

• List of potential Sports Organizations by sport in Massachusetts

• Market size per sport/per organization type in Massachusetts (graphs/charts depicting results as well as written summary)

• Recommendation on which markets are most and least valuable to HelloCoach, e.g., boys basketball club teams v boys soccer club teams, i.e., through interviews and/or survey, what did you conclude regarding which segments they should target with the most resources and which may not yield positive results

• Create detailed HelloCoach buyer personas

• A verbal presentation of the Target Market Analysis project with a Q & A and discussion on next steps.

Potential for student to remain on as an intern for our 8-week Spring Internship that will focus on a larger Market Analysis Study.

What they are looking for

You love research – digging around, creating value from it and gleaning new insights. You have a strong interest in sports, technology and marketing. You’re comfortable exploring unknowns and enjoy collaborating with others, maintaining an eye for detail and data. They’re looking for someone who is reliable, mature and communicative. 

Candidate Qualifications:

• Must be a Junior or Senior (sophomores considered depending on work experience)

• Played one of their listed sports, and/or played in Massachusetts – huge bonus but not required

• Research and data analysis experience is a must whether through course work or professional experience

• Knowledge and understanding of market research, i.e., total addressable market, industry growth, market trends etc. is preferred whether through course work or professional experience

• Proficient with Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint to capture data and create final deliverables

• Self-starter, critical thinker and ability to work independently

• Passion for working with a start-up and interest in entrepreneurship

• Highly organized with excellent administrative and time management skills

• Strong written and verbal communication skills