You might be thinking what kind of interns this international food chain would look for their interns. One only should be social network savvy to be handed the summer internship job in Texas and Dallas headquarters.
The sudden shift of marketing also made vacancy position for those who knew their way around the famous social networks. The intern will be interacting with lots of social network users from facebook, twitter, my space and a lot more.
Among the social networks, twitter really made a very strong impact on the people. In fact high profile person like President Obama to Oprah are using it already. So, “Twintern” will be responsible for giving tweets to all those twitter user. The “Twintern” will be working side by side with heads of this food chain and the PR staff of Pizza Hut for the whole summer internship.
The twintern then is responsible for giving tweets and the latest hot deals on twitter, facebook, myspace and other social media networks. Internship “Twintern” job includes sharing stories, off-the -wall stories, starting discussion or answering them and also to make a documentation of the whole internship itself with videos and post it on youtube.
The intern should have knowledge of the application or should be adept in manipulating information and words to catch the attention of the social networks. And that is easier said than done. So, experience in navigating around the so many social network is a must. A background on SEO, and information technology is also needed.
Candidates are required to be a junior or senior B.A or B.S. with specialization or majors in communications, journalism, public relations or a related job. Knowledge of social media should be demonstrated. A portfolio of ’social media know-how’ should be submitted. Candidates should work full time for summer internship.
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