International contemporary artist, based in North Vancouver, seeks current college business student or recent graduate for eMarketing and social network development internship. This artist has a business background and needs a dependable person proficient in e-marketing who also likes to have fun. Able to create a high impact web site from template and knowledge of web design.

Start Date: November 2, 2010
Closing Date for applications: October 24, 2010

Duration: 6 weeks, commitment to 10 hours per week. Virtual work after initial face to face visit and strategy session. Weekly progress monitoring and interaction to ensure weekly objectives and targets are met.

Work Description:
The objective is to increase awareness of a contemporary art portfolio and increase online sales of limited edition prints and posters as well as driving more traffic to the artist’s web site for purchase of the original artwork, by creating and delivering an e-marketing program, by increasing distribution and leveraging existing contacts - over 1,000 in Facebook and on Fan page.

Duties: Formulate an eMarketing campaign and budget. Input contacts into a database and leverage over 1,000 names in FACEBOOK account and Fan page through your knowledge of SEO and media relations. Develop articles and Twitter campaign. Repurpose and rebuild artist’s web site. To generate local and international media attention.

Creative thinking, campaign design, and project planning is required, plus a willingness to do the grunt work like physical mailings. This internship is best suited to someone with interest in e-marketing.

Benefits:
* An opportunity to lead a range of marketing initiatives and create highly visible portfolio results
* Get training and build resume experience and practical skills in:
o Search engine optimization
o Web analytics
o Facebook and Twitter marketing
o Database marketing
o Blogging and article marketing
* Career development and advancement opportunities in a growing online art industry
* Perks and commissions
* Opportunity for contract work after completion of internship

A great reference will also be provided based on satisfactory completion of internship.

Requirements:
* Business and design focus in new media, and e-marketing
* Sense of humour and innovative
* Great writing skills
* Understanding and user of social media
* Creative and able to develop high impact campaign design
o Internet marketing
* Professional attitude