Marketing Events Intern

Marketing Events Intern Req ID #:  169151 Location: 

Wilmington, MA, US, 01887 US For 70 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about. Job Summary Charles River Labs is seeking a Marketing Events Intern for our Event Team to be located at our Wilmington, MA site or remote.

As a Marketing Events Intern, you will collaborate with the Global Marketing Team, including marketing operations and strategic marketing teams to produce a wide variety of marketing deliverables and reports within all stages of our marketing & sales efforts. Your insightful contribution and fresh perspective will help develop and expand our initiatives and assist you with acquiring event skills and the knowledge of various event marketing strategies.

An Internship/Co-op at Charles River Labs provides real world, hands-on experience for college students looking to gain knowledge and skills required for your career field of choice, while giving you an unparalleled internship experience.  We are dedicated to ensuring our Co-op/Intern population can experience the ability to Grow, Perform, and Succeed during their time on board. 

The Marketing Events Intern will be responsible for:

•    Assist with Event Coordination and Project Management

•    Administrative event set up

•    Researching new event technology and potential new conferences

•    Run and analyze reports

•    Create case studies for various event technology use cases

•    Troubleshooting and providing support

•    Creating materials for registration and content systems 

•    Assist with inventory management

•    Annual Event Calendar development and management

  Job Qualifications

The following are the minimum requirements related to the Marketing Events Intern position:

•    Student currently enrolled in an accredited college/university degree program

•    Completion of Sophomore year

•    Minimum GPA of 3.0

•    Ability to fulfill a minimum of a 10-week internship within the May-August time period

•    Effective communication and listening skills in a teamwork environment

•    Demonstrated ability to work on multiple projects with a strong attention to detail

•    Proficiency in Microsoft Office is required

•    Knowledge of Event Management software preferred (CVENT or similar)

•    Knowledge of virtual event software preferred (Zoom, Teams, GoTo, Hopin or similar)

•    Creativity and ability to learn new technologies quickly and ability to work independently and be proactive is required

•    A passion and interest in event and tradeshow management and planning preferred

Vaccine Mandate

Charles River is a U.S. Federal Contractor.  As a result, we must follow the Presidential Executive Order to mandate vaccinations, and ensure our employees are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by December 8, 2021.  Our main priority is the wellbeing, health, and safety of our people. We will be requiring proof of vaccination from all employees. 

Anyone with requests for disability-related and/or religious exemptions should contact Talent Acquisition (crrecruitment_US@crl.com) so that information can be provided about the accommodation process at Charles River.

About Corporate Functions

The Corporate Functions provide operational support across Charles River in areas such as Human Resources, Finance, IT, Legal, Sales, Quality Assurance, Marketing, and Corporate Development. They partner with their colleagues across the company to develop and drive strategies and to set global standards. The functions are essential to providing a bridge between strategic vision and operational readiness, to ensure ongoing functional innovation and capability improvement.  

About Charles River

Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 18,000 employees within 100 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world. 

At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly supported the development of >80% of the drugs approved by the FDA for the past 3 years.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer - all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to crrecruitment_US@crl.com. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

For more information, please visit www.criver.com.

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