Internship/Co-Op - Marketing Events
Wilmington, MA, US, 01887 Worcester, MA, US, 01608 Cambridge, MA, US, 02139
For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.
Job Summary
We are seeking a Marketing Events Intern/Co-Op for our Event Team to be located locally to our Wilmington, MA site, but will work remote. As a Marketing Event Intern/Co-Op, you will collaborate with the Global Marketing Team, including marketing operations and strategic marketing teams to produce a wide variety of marketing deliverables and reports within all stages of our marketing & sales efforts. Your insightful contribution and fresh perspective will help develop and expand our initiatives and assist you with acquiring event skills and the knowledge of various event marketing strategies.
An Internship/Co-op at Charles River Labs provides real world, hands-on experience for college students looking to gain knowledge and skills required for your career field of choice, while giving you an unparalleled internship experience. We are dedicated to ensuring our Co-op/Intern population can experience the ability to Grow, Perform, and Succeed during their time on board.
This position will work remotely from a home office. Ideal candidates will live in Massachusetts to have the ability to commute into office when needed and travel to local events.
The Marketing Events Intern will be responsible for:
• Assist with Event Coordination and Project Management
• Administrative event set up
• Researching new event technology and potential new conferences
• Run and analyze reports
• Create case studies for various event technology use cases
• Troubleshooting and providing support
• Creating materials for registration and content systems
• Assist with inventory management
• Annual Event Calendar development and management
Job Qualifications
The following are the minimum requirements related to the Marketing Events Intern position:
- Student currently enrolled in an accredited college/university degree program
- Completion of Sophomore year. Must be a Junior or Senior.
- Minimum GPA of 3.0
- Ability to fulfill a minimum of a 10-week internship within the August-December period.
- Ability to work 36-40 hours/week.
- Effective communication and listening skills in a teamwork environment
- Demonstrated ability to work on multiple projects with a strong attention to detail
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office is required
- Knowledge of Event Management software preferred (CVENT or similar)
- Creativity and ability to learn new technologies quickly and ability to work independently and be proactive is required
- A passion and interest in event and tradeshow management and planning preferred
Compensation Data
The pay range for this position is $20/hr - $22.00/hr USD. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location
About Corporate Functions
The Corporate Functions provide operational support across Charles River in areas such as Human Resources, Finance, IT, Legal, Sales, Quality Assurance, Marketing, and Corporate Development. They partner with their colleagues across the company to develop and drive strategies and to set global standards. The functions are essential to providing a bridge between strategic vision and operational readiness, to ensure ongoing functional innovation and capability improvement.
About Charles River
Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.
With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.
At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly supported the development of 86% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2021.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer - all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, veteran or disability status.
If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to [email protected]. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
For more information, please visit www.criver.com.
Nearest Major Market: Boston
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