Creative, Marketing and Business Development Internships

About the program

Flexible Duration: Typically 3 months, with flexibility for 2–4 months depending on availability. We welcome both students and non-students, as long as the commitment is a minimum of 2–3 months.

Students: We are happy to work with academic advisors to support internships for credit.

Stipend: Interns receive a stipend, adjusted based on full-time (5 days a week) vs. part-time (3 days a week) participation. The stipend is usually $1000 a month (full time) or $500 a month (part time).

Travel Support: A monthly travel stipend is provided to help offset commuting costs. For certain roles, remote participation is accepted.

On-Site Compensation: Any on-site work outside of the standard intern schedule is paid at $25/hour.

No Out-of-Pocket Costs: Interns will not incur personal expenses in order to participate in the program.

Office Perks: Snacks in the office and food provided during on-site events.

Mentorship & Experience: Opportunities for mentorship, hands-on experience, and close collaboration with the Sequence team.

About candidates

We are looking for in-person interns for the upcoming season! Exciting opportunities await as we tackle in-person, virtual, and hybrid events, and are eager for you to join our team and help us get there. We currently have multiple internships available in full-time and part-time formats:

Responsibilities for Creative Strategy Intern

• Support development of event concepts, themes, and narratives across projects and RFPs
• Research market trends, brands, and audiences to guide creative proposals and project ideation
• Analyze research and survey data to identify insights and opportunities
• Format and support design of presentations in Sequence or client formats to clearly communicate creative ideas
• Support creative operations through tracker updates, file organization, and cross-team coordination
• Join us onsite at events for live assistance on projects!
• Contribute to the team dynamic by exploring what’s cool and keeping us up to date on the hottest trends in the industry!
• Working knowledge of G-Suite especially Slides and Sheets

Responsibilities for Creative Design Intern

• Develop moodboards, visual references and presentation layouts that express creative event concepts in Sequence and/or client formats
• Translate brand guidelines, event strategy, and cultural insights/trends into design ideas and elements that bring concepts to life
• Auxiliary designers and producers by tracking feedback and organizing assets across deliverables
• Auxiliary with editing photos, creating custom mockups, and preparing presentation visuals
• Auxiliary with prepping, organizing, and handing off design files and deliverables for production and fabrication
• Collaborate on internal Sequence design needs including social media graphics, presentation templates, and other promotional materials
• Join us onsite at events for live assistance on projects!
• Working knowledge of Adobe Suite especially Illustrator & Photoshop
• Bonus: working knowledge of 3D design and rendering software, SketchUp & Enscape preferred

Responsibilities for Marketing Intern

• Conduct research for blog outlines, proposals, award history & misc. marketing dept. needs
• Source images for blogs, socials, proposals, e-blasts, etc.
• Auxiliary with social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram)
• Create templates for social
• Track engagement across all platforms and add to social content calendar
• Engage on social channels (liking, commenting, etc.)
• General coordination of the marketing department for elements such as:
• Create meeting schedule & send calendar invites
• Create and distribute meeting agendas
• Organize the server assets

Responsibilities for Business Development Intern

• Identify prospective new clients
• Research events and participating companies, speakers + sponsors
• Create spreadsheets to compile information about new prospective clients for solicitation
• Investigate on LinkedIn and other social media platforms to identify information mentioned above
• Sit in on some meetings with new clients to see how the pitch + biz dev life cycle works
• Auxiliary with tasks, as needed, in support of business proposal creation

Responsibilities for Operations Intern

• Auxiliary with miscellaneous office/facilities tasks (organizing supplies, sorting packages and mail, recycling initiatives, managing snacks and inventory, etc.)
• Auxiliary with planning, prep, setting up, and cleaning up staff events like in-office birthday parties and celebrations, staff meetings, and off-site happy hours
• Auxiliary with the creation and editing of freelancer/contractor agreements
• Auxiliary with calendar invites for staff meetings and Ops Team meetings, taking notes and helping with action items as-needed
• Auxiliary the Operations Teams with ad hoc projects (researching DEI, sustainability, and volunteerism efforts, honing our current systems and project management tools, etc.)
• Intro to the HR world including people management and recruiting, creating and distributing staff surveys to gather feedback and improve company culture and daily office operations

Contact instructions

Please submit the following below to careers@sequence-events.com with the appropriate subject line: "Application CREATIVE intern (indicate Strategy or Design)" or "Application MARKETING intern" or "Application BIZ DEV intern" or "Application OPS intern"

Cover letter that includes more about you and why you’re interested in interning at Sequence

An up-to-date resume

Your availability for the next semester/quarter (days/hours you can/cannot work M-F)

We highly-recommend providing additional materials that demonstrate what makes you unique (ex: blog post, article, video, details about your dream vacation, who would play you in a movie, etc.)

NO PHONE CALLS, PLEASE!

*Internship is available for credit but not mandatory and in-person at our office in NYC is preferred (but please indicate if you can only do remote in email).