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Employment Opportunities, Jobs & Internships in Preservation & Cultural Resources
Summer Internship - E-Commerce Strategies, National Trust for Historic Preservation (Washington, DC)
Contributed By: National Trust for Historic Preservation
Email The Author: 29177-CS-815@nthp.hrmdirect.com
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The National Trust for Historic Preservation, the nation's leading advocacy organization dedicated to saving historic places and revitalizing communities, has a summer internship opportunity for a strategic planner to assess its online e-commerce opportunities. The National Trust has shifted its communication, advocacy, and engagement efforts to a more robust online presence over the past year through significant investment in a new web 2.0 platform called PreservationNation. We are preparing to launch an integrated e-commerce business to take advantage of our investment in PreservationNation and the online market, with a goal of increasing engagement of the public and enhancing revenue streams to support the organization's community-focused mission.
Duties:
Reporting directly to the Executive Vice President, this individual will assess our current on-line capabilities, as well as our off-line business infrastructure; perform a market analysis of similar on-line sites; and, working with senior staff, draft a strategic business development plan to create an integrated e-commerce business for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, including an analysis of the revenue potential of PreservationNation and recommended marketing and delivery solutions. This is an enterprise-wide initiative. The intern will be accountable for ensuring strategic planning processes across all functional areas of the organization, including our historic sites, with their on-line stores and ticketing operations; our professional networks, with their on-line book sales, conference registrations, webinars, etc; and our membership, fundraising, and licensing operations, as well as our external partners, and the revenue potential of the web site itself. The National Trust is a multi-faceted organization with functional areas at various levels of readiness for e-commerce. Based in Washington, DC, the National Trust for Historic Preservation's summer program offers 15-20 interns, working in various departments, the opportunity to exercise their skills and gain valuable experience by applying their academic training in a real world business setting.
Based in Washington, DC, the National Trust for Historic Preservation's summer program offers 15-20 interns, working in various departments, the opportunity to exercise their skills and gain valuable experience by applying their academic training in a real world business setting.
Qualifications:
The candidate should be a self-starting, social entrepreneur with a detailed knowledge of e-commerce and general web site functions/capabilities. Strategic planning and/or product management experience in retail e-commerce or web portal space is preferred. Ideal candidates will be those with track record of utilizing their creativity and business acumen in support of mission-driven efforts or institutions.
How to Apply:
To apply, please include your cover letter in the body of a message, and email your resume as Word, PDF or Text attachment to 29177-CS-815@nthp.hrmdirect.com.
Keywords: National Trust for Historic Preservation, internship, jobs, employment, summer internship, ecommerce, information technology, Washington DC
Posted: January 12, 2009
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