Career Services

Harnessing web 2.0 tools and social media is an important aspect of marketing, public relations, and networking with students and alumni.  Career Services has a web site, the capability to conduct instant messaging, and has started Facebook and LinkedIn profiles.  This process needs to be taken to a higher level by a knowledgeable, motivated, and enthusiastic user of this technology.

Timeframe:

• Spring 2010; potential academic year 2010-11 if available

• 10 hours/week;  3 credit hour internship

Responsibilities:

• Conduct analysis of current social media capabilities

• Recommend strategies to move Career Services into social media “market”

• Inform and train professional staff on social media trends and tools and make realistic recommendations

• Build and actively maintain social media networks on facebook, LinkedIn, twitter, etc. and understand/capitalize on the intersecting capabilities of each

• Develop marketing strategies to build high level of awareness and participation with our social media efforts

• Track social media success and develop regular reports to staff

• Help coordinate multi-media components, including photo/video upload/tagging

• Be willing to experiment with latest cutting edge technology

Qualifications:

• The intern must be actively involved in at least three types of social media and always on the lookout for what is coming up.

• Be very interested in what makes this technology work well

• Excellent writing skills

• Self-starting attitude

• Very organized with good attention to detail

• Strong demonstrated interest in social media and online marketing

• Ability to strategically analyze various technologies, develop conclusions and present recommendations to staff

To Apply by Dec. 23, 2009:

Send or email a letter of interest and a resume to:

Gary Morris

Career Services

142 Campus Center

SUNY Oswego, NY  13126

Please feel free to email Gary with any questions.