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Job type full-time
Full job description
The elevator pitch: why will you enjoy this new opportunity?
Customer marketing is a division of the vmware global marketing organization, dedicated to initiatives encompassing customer advocacy, customer loyalty, customer experience and strategy, operations and planning, including marketing insights and intelligenceWorking with the customer marketing team, you will collaborate with dynamic colleagues to source, create, edit, publish and promote compelling stories for internal and external consumption targeting specific vmware customer audiences and personas.
If you enjoy writing stories about how innovative organizations use leading-edge technologies to unlock their greatest potential, you will feel right at homeIf you’re a curious, creative and capable writer seeking a real-world opportunity to develop and hone your craft authoring and editing customer stories, newsletters, web and multimedia content, customer marketing is where you belong.
Success in the role: what are the performance outcomes over 6 months of your internship you will work toward completing?
Throughout your internship, in addition to collaborating with other members of the customer marketing team, you will work closely and meet frequently with a senior copywriter who will mentor and support your workYou will interact with your mentor on a daily basis, and meet weekly to review your project workload and progressIn addition to providing valuable experience working in a global marketing organization, your internship yield a project and a body of work to add to your portfolio.
Within 30 days of joining the team, you will:
Develop a project plan with your mentor outlining at least three primary goals you expect to realize over the course of your internship
Acquire a working familiarity with the vmware solutions catalog and the content presented on vmware.com and on the company’s social media channels
Understand and demonstrate competence with vmware editorial style and trademark guidelines
Complete several shorter internal editing projects to hone your editing skills and prepare you to create audience-focused content
Learn to repurpose existing content to build new assets
Within 45-60 days, you will:
Complete several longer editing assignments (i.e., case studies, social media copy, video text)
Develop at least 1-2 original story narratives based on existing content
Within 60-90 days, you will:
Create at least one original story based on your own research and phone or video interviews with one or more subject-matter experts
Begin building a body of work for a professional writing portfolio
At 90 days and following, you will:
Learn to scope your own projects and schedule your workload
Refine and deepen your research, interview, writing and editing skills
Develop a writing portfolio for external presentation
The work: what type of work will you be doing? what assignments, requirements, or skills will you be performing on a regular basis?
Work closely with and interview colleagues in sales, customer success, customer advocacy and customer loyalty to source and develop content for stories
Understand how to use market and product research to build substantive content for your customer stories
Develop an understanding of persona to create finely-honed messages that resonate with target audiences
Learn to solicit feedback and perform reflective self-assessment to improve your editing and writing skills
Edit a steady stream of customer stories written by others, from material created in-house to material completed or written by agency writers
Create customer stories of varying length and complexity, from repurposed content to material you research and write independently
Prepare a writing portfolio for your ongoing learning, professional development and presentation
What is the leadership like for this role? what is the structure and culture of the team like?
The hiring manager for this role is marcy fancey, director of strategy, operations and planning for the customer marketing team in the global marketing organizationKitty mcchesney, customer storyteller/creative writer/editor, who reports to marcy will directly guide your internship experience, including negotiating project scope with team members from customer marketing whose projects you will develop.
Where is this role located?
Remote: this role is fully remote and can be done anywhere in the united statesThis means it could be done anywhere with a strong internet connection and limited distractionsVmware policy empowers employees to work from wherever they feel most productive and healthy whether from home, a vmware office, or the coffee shop.
What are the benefits and perks of working at vmware?
You and your loved ones will be supported with a competitive and comprehensive benefits packageBelow are some highlights, or you can view the complete benefits package by visiting www.benefits.vmware.com.
Employee stock purchase plan
Medical coverage, retirement, and parental leave plans for all family types
Generous time off programs
40 hours of paid time to volunteer in your community
Rethink`s neurodiversity program to support parents raising children with learning or behavior challenges, or developmental disabilities
Financial contributions to your ongoing development (conference participation, trainings, course work, etc.)
Wellness reimbursement and online fitness and wellbeing classes
Category : university and recent grads
Subcategory: internships
Experience: co-op
Full time/ part time: full time
Posted date: 2021-09-16
Vmware company overview: at vmware, we believe that software has the power to unlock new opportunities for people and our planetWe look beyond the barriers of compromise to engineer new ways to make technologies work together seamlesslyOur cloud, mobility, and security software form a flexible, consistent digital foundation for securely delivering the apps, services and experiences that are transforming business innovation around the globeAt the core of what we do are our people who deeply value execution, passion, integrity, customers, and communityShape what’s possible today at http://careers.vmware.com.
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