What We’re Looking For:

The Sidebench apprenticeship program is a 3-month full-time paid developmental program that is designed to provide the Apprentice with valuable & meaningful first-hand experience within a specific discipline.

We’re looking for a motivated recent college graduate who is looking to gain insight into marketing and communications within the tech and consulting industry.

Apprenticeship Details:

We invest a lot of time into all of our Apprentices in the hopes that after their 6-month contract ends, they’ll be able to join our team full-time. During the Apprenticeship you will:

- Gain significant exposure to marketing and communications practices within one of the fastest growing digital product consultancies in the US

- Do impactful work that contributes to the greater goals of the Sidebench team

- Be challenged to think big, creatively solve problems, and turn solutions into processes

- Have a dedicated mentor throughout the apprenticeship who is there to help guide you and provide regular, structured feedback

- Work with and learn from a team of smart, friendly, and fun techies who care about your development

Responsibilities

• Developing our social media strategy as well as writing and scheduling social media posts
• Designing our content schedule and creating original content for our blog and our Medium profile
• Maintaining analytics on our social media channels and our finished products
• Assembling project case studies by working with both the project and design teams
• Strategically leveraging our workshops, events, and other engagements to drive our business development goals
• Co-managing our marketing channels and relationships including Built in LA, Clutch.co, General Assembly and more
• Gaining familiarity with who we are and what we do in order to positively contribute to our brand strategy
• Regularly driving momentum and leading creative meetings that contribute to regular updates to our website
• Produce and distribute a quarterly newsletter that reaches an audience of more than 3,000
• Collaborate with our design team on designing key marketing and sales materials

Qualifications

• 1-2 years of experience in a marketing, branding, or communications role
• Genuine interest in technology and business and the desire to learn more about B2B marketing
• Leadership experience in the classroom, workplace, or at a similar type of organization
• The ability to work independently and go above and beyond the original scope of their tasks
• Strong research and analytical skills and problem solving ability
• Extreme attention to detail and the ability to properly edit copy
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• A positive attitude and remains responsive, pro-active, enthusiastic, and adaptable
• Ability to produce detailed and well-organized documentation (have a knack for effectively summarizing concepts, thoughts, and research)
• Must be able to commit to a full-time role for a period of 3 months

Compensation

Apprentices are paid $15-18 an hour with the expectation that after successfully completing the Apprenticeship, they will be offered a competitive full-time salary.