Internships

Through an internship, our community’s high school students are placed at a worksite for a defined period of time to participate in and observe work first hand. Internships provide a direct benefit to the employer and give students the opportunity to learn by doing real work and being productively engaged in the workplace. Interns may work individually, in teams, complete a specific project, or rotate through a number of departments and job functions. The EPIC team will serve as the liaison between employer and school staff in terms of recruitment, interviews and onboarding, scheduling, performance and learning outcome attainment, and benchmarks for successful completion.

Pre-Internship Experience

  1. Identifying Students w/ some expertise/experience in Digital Media - early June
  2. 2-day BOOTCAMP (June 9)
    1. Internship Orientation (soft skills, self-reliance)
    2. Marketing Fundamentals
    3. Social Media Strategy & Management
    4. Content Creation
  3. Client Intake (discovery, assessment, recommendation) (June 12)
  4. Marketing Proposal (Pitch around specific initiative w/ clear deliverables) (June 12-15)
  5. Pitch to Client + follow up questions/concerns = Final Proposal (June 16)
  6. Communication Process from A to Z (for clarity, protection, clarity)
  7. Scope & Estimate (June by June 23)
    1. Client facing document (walks out deliverables, timelines, outcomes, metrics, budget)
    2. Internal estimate (budget based on deliverables)
  8. Client Greenlight
  9. WORK (5 weeks: June 26 – July 28)
    1. Content creation 
    2. Managing workflow and logistics (MUST LEARN Slack & Asana)
    3. Client relations (timeline, workflow process, client accountability)
    4. Execution (clarify expectations so you can exceed them)
  10. Assessment & Follow-up (Next Steps) (first week Aug)
  11. BUILDING YOUR OWN BRAND
    1. Informational Interviews
    2. Gathering evidence of success
    3. Network for future work
    4. Client retention
  12. Maintaining Relationships/Building Personal Network/Cultivating future job offers

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