MARKETING INTERN National Defense Industrial Association Arlington, Va.

MARKETING INTERN
National Defense Industrial Association

Arlington, Va.


The National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) offers an internship opportunity each semester at America’s leading Defense Industry association with over 1,600 member companies and over 90,000 individual members promoting national security.


NDIA is proud to provide a legal and ethical forum for the exchange of information between Industry and Government on National Security issues. Our members foster the development of the most innovative and superior equipment, training and support for our warfighters and first responders through our divisions, local chapters, affiliated associations and events.


NDIA is located in Arlington VA, with direct access to DC’s metro public transportation system. This is a prime location for access to everything Washington DC has to offer, in fact the NDIA building is right in the heart of Yahoo’s 8 best places to live in DC for young professionals. 
http://voices.yahoo.com/8-best-areas-live-washington-dc-young-professionals-11972630.html

The Marketing Intern Position will include:

Research Duties:

–          Track, summarize, and report on marketing opportunities, including:

o   Who are the most influential bloggers in our space (outside of the mainstream news), where are there opportunities to engage?

o   Audit the content on the current NDIA website, develop a report of content (evergreen, sunset, underutilized, most viewed, etc) as part of a website redesign strategy

–          Compile non-profit and defense related news websites with common threads for content and navigation


Social Media:

–          Contribute to NDIA’s social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Pinterest)

–          Assist in managing and identifying content and distribution channels

–          Evaluate social media opportunities (what NEW platforms will provide the best return? What opportunities are sustainable?)

Association duties:

–          Support the AVP, Business Operations, marketing with day to day projects and activities.

–          Prepare first drafts of Association communications, particularly HTML emails for new HTML campaigns.


Intern candidate will gain firsthand experience of day to day marketing operations from strategic to tactical on active, high priority programs, with frequent interface and collaboration with senior executives.


Fall and spring semester interns will coordinate work and be enrolled in the UGA Washington Semester program. Summer interns do not have to be in that program.


Contact:

Scott Rekdal

Assistant Vice President, Business Operations, Marketing

National Defense Industrial Association

2111 Wilson Blvd., Suite 400

Arlington, VA 22201

srekdal@ndia.org
www.ndia.org