Marketing / A&R Internship (Hollywood)

Jan. 13, 2012

Los Angeles, CA

Confidential

Company: Wantickets.com

We currently have several unpaid internship positions available that we will be looking to fill in the next few weeks. Please take some time to ready over everything before you apply.

Seeking:

Extremely talented and driven Marketing / A&R interns who are current college undergraduates (seniors only) or recent graduates (from a 4 year university) that are interested in pursuing a career in the music /entertainment industry.

If chosen for a position you will be working closely with our companies marketing & A&R teams. By the end of internship, you will have gained a rare set of digital skills using industry-leading platforms and techniques for marketing, community development, social media optimization and much more.

In order to be considered for this position, you should be familiar with the following:

- EDM (Electronic Dance Music) -- The top 20 Djs/Acts (Trance, Techno, drum and bass, drumstep Electro, dubstep, brostep, down tempo, abstract, dance, house, progressive, etc..)

- The major social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Youtube, Google+)

- Our website - http://www.Wantickets.com

- Our Blog - http://www.Wanticketsblog.com

- Blogging (Platforms include: Wordpress, Blogspot, Tumblr)

- Microsoft Office (Powerpoint, Word, Excel)

- Photoshop

*BONUS*

- Photo/ Video Editing Software

- If you have your own laptop or DSLR/HD video camera

Responsibilities

- The position requires that you are in our Hollywood office for at least 20 hours a week. You are responsible for being here on time with no excuses.

- As an intern you will be responsible for data mining, performing research, supporting event sales, running various reports and much more!

- Other intern responsibilities include writing for our blog, covering live events, managing social media accounts and supporting our marking and A&R teams.

- We ask that you come to work every day and treat this position like it's the most important job you have ever had.

What we offer:

- Free Parking

- School credit (If needed)

- Recommendation letter and active reference (if we like you!)

- A possible job opportunity (We have now hired 4 of our previous interns in the last 6 months!)

We will get into detail on how our internships work and the path you will need to take in order to get a paid position once you have made it to the interview process.

Still reading? Awesome!

Reply to the email above with the subject line: "Wantickets Internship" and include a cover letter, resume, and a quick paragraph about yourself and why you're interested in the position.

Please include urls to any of your own social networking profiles, your personal website or blog or anything else that will separate you from the rest at the bottom of your cover letter.

Want to really impress us?

Make a 1 minute video on why you think you would make the best candidate for this position. Upload it to YouTube and include the link at the end of your cover letter.

HOW TO FAIL AT APPLYING FOR THIS POSITION:

- If anything is misspelled on your cover letter or resume. (DOUBLE CHECK YOUR STUFF)

- If you can't handle basic grammar. We use real words and complete sentences here! (for the most part)

- If you come in here thinking that we need you and you don't need us (Why even apply if this is the case?)

- If you can't be in Hollywood 3 days a week for at least 6 hours a day. (Do not apply if you live more than 45 miles away. We don't really want people commuting from far away because we can't pay for your gas and your commute is your problem.

If you have any questions please feel free to send us an email!