Salesforce Data Operations Intern
What You’ll Do:
We are seeking an intern to join the CEP Business Development team.
The CEP Business Development team is uniquely focused on identifying and cultivating new relationships with corporations and nonprofits alike. Finding common ground over shared missions and objectives, our goal is to source meaningful commitments that not only underwrite our services, but also provide real-world context that bolsters relevant K-12 curricula and resource equity. Working primarily with the Sales Strategy Team, the intern will primarily assist with the following tasks over the course of this process:
- Daily news collection pertaining to prospect and partner activities in CSR, ESG, DEI, and overall sustainability initiatives.
- Aggregation and assembly of cross-team objectives and updates for new operations newsletter.
- Salesforce and Asana CRM management (report pulls, owner assignments, POC support)
- Canva media support (assist with creation of new and engaging infographic content)
- Manage and execute special projects that advance CEP’s overall capabilities
- Identify market trends and opportunities to inform target prospecting
- Serve as a thought partner and valued member of our team
What you can expect from us:
You will gain first-hand experience in operational management and business development. Supporting various aspects of revenue generating team success, you will observe a wide variety of care abouts and trends across the development life cycle, from new prospect to engage partner activities. You will further gain direct experience with commonly used professional resources including Salesforce, Asana, SharePoint, and Slack, providing valuable familiarity for future application.
If the candidate selected is a current student, the offer will be to participate in the Company's Summer Internship Program. The paid internship program is 8 weeks from June 21, 2022 – August 19, 2022. Students must be able to commit to 20 hours/week employment during the internship.
This is a PAID internship.
Who You Are:
- Professional Experience:
- 1+ year of professional or coursework equivalent engagement with nonprofit philanthropy, development, and or corporate responsibility activities.
- Experience working with multiple CRM databases
- Experience working in a cross-team dynamic, operating on multiple timelines and agendas.
- Knowledge & Skills:
- Strong familiarity with the concepts of Corporate Citizenship, including CSR, ESG, DEI, etc.
- Fully conversant with all Microsoft office products, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
- Excellent online research skills.
- Strong project management skills.
- Ability to multi-task, must be highly detail-oriented, organized and motivated
- Familiarity with Salesforce and Asana a plus.
- Familiarity with Canva and related creative platforms a plus
- Familiarity with virtual communication platforms a plus (i.e. Zoom, Teams, Slack)
- Education: (Associates, Bachelors, Master) or equivalent combination of education and work experience
- Technical Skills: Must be digitally proficient and comfortable with full-time computer-related responsibilities. This includes daily work activities and team communications via remote, virtual platforms.
- Communication Skills: Excellent written and oral communication as well as strong interpersonal skills
- Self-Motivation and Self-Starter: Driven self-starter with the ability to do what needs to be done without being micromanaged; ability to manage/prioritize multiple tasks, proactively manage numerous projects, and prioritize competing timelines; demonstrate a problem solving/ solution-oriented approach
- Learning Orientation: Always willing to learn something new, not rigid in beliefs or expectations
- Focus on Diversity: Have a demonstrated ability to understand, accept and engage with people of diverse backgrounds.
- Sense of Humor: Because we all need to laugh sometimes
- Legal right to work in the United States
Directions to Apply:
Please apply through our Career Page to be considered. Ensure that you are uploading one document that includes both your essay along with your resume. The internship committee will review all submissions and contact those whose experience is the best fit for the project. Deadline for submission is 5/7/2022. Any submissions, after the deadline, may not be considered.
Essay:
The essay should be up to 500 words and answer to the following:
1 – What your career aspirations are.
2 – Why you feel that you are the right fit for this internship project?
3 – What experience you hope to gain from the project or internship.
For more information and to apply, visit our career site at www.discoveryed.com or contact us directly at careers@discoveryed.com!
Who We Are:
What makes Discovery Education a GREAT fit for you? We are the global leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources, engaging content, and professional learning for K-12 classrooms, and we partner with districts, states, and like-minded organizations to provide teachers with customized solutions that support the success of all learners. When you join the Discovery Education team, you become part of a fast-growing global organization that is empowering educators with the digital tools and professional learning they need to connect students to the real-world.
For candidates interested in taking their next career step in the educational technology space, Discovery Education offers the fast pace and excitement of working for a startup, the support of an established organization, and the opportunity to be on the front lines of innovation in an industry that is always growing and transforming. Team members enjoy a high-energy, purpose-driven work environment — as well as tremendous opportunities to grow, learn and make a difference. We are an organization focused on diversity and inclusivity that provides opportunities to engage with people from variety of backgrounds. If you like working with a curious, collaborative, high-performing team, Discovery Education is the place for you.
Living Our Values:
Discovery Education is a company that lives and breathes its Values. By doing so, we position our organization to continue leading the education technology world.
Our Values:
INNOVATION: We drive a culture of innovation within our organization and with our partners to prepare leaders of tomorrow.
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT: We commit to continuous improvement by anticipating and adapting to the changing needs of our partners and the educational landscape.
EMPOWERMENT: We empower all learners by providing highly engaging, relevant experiences our partner’s trust.
INTEGRITY: We hold ourselves to the highest-standards and conduct ourselves with integrity in all that we do.
COMMUNITY: We connect and support our global community of learners.
INCLUSIVITY: We strive to build a company with people from diverse backgrounds, so we can better enable all learners to reach their highest potential regardless of race, gender, socio-economic standing, sexual orientation, language, ability, location, or technology.
Discovery Education is an equal opportunity employer. Discovery Education is committed to being an employer of choice, not just a good place to work, but a great and inclusive place to work. To that end, we strive to recruit and maintain a workforce that meaningfully represents the diverse and culturally rich communities that we serve. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disabled status or, genetic information.