Paid Internship Opportunities:
Business Information Web Design
Application Deadline
May 13, or when filled
Are you a highly organized person? Do you want to expand your knowledge and
develop new technical skills using bleeding edge web technologies? Do you thrive
working within a small dynamic group where your efforts can have an immediate
impact? Does improving organizational efficiency and communication between
business units excite you? Do you want to contribute your talents in a meaningful way
and enjoy the satisfaction of accomplishing your professional goals?
Description
The California Strawberry Commission (CSC) is an agricultural commodity board based
in Watsonville, CA. The California Strawberry Commission is seeking qualified interns to
join our Information Systems team and help define and implement an information
architecture using Microsoft SharePoint Online. Our Information Systems team supports
our organization by providing business services and technology solutions to each
business unit to help meet their objectives.
We are looking for intern(s) to participate in a team project that will:
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Engage with each department to capture business requirements.
You will learn the process to elicit a needs assessment from business stakeholders.
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Define business requirements necessary for the development of a product or
service. You will learn how to effectively describe a business process.
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Develop a workflow to create, store, retrieve and publish a product or service.
You will learn how to order the necessary steps, people and resources that are
required to implement the business process.
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Create microsites to facilitate team collaboration. You will learn how to create
Microsoft SharePoint sites that aid in effectivity implementing the business process
to publish or launch the desired product or service.
Interns should be prepared to work in a fast-paced team environment 20 to 40 hours a
week and will finish the internship having gained broad experience in various aspects of
business process, information architecture and enterprise content management
systems.
Responsibilities
You will participate in a special team on a highly valued project core to our business
operations.
• Discovery of existing business processes and sources of data found in each
business unit.
• Help business units define what products they produce and distribute.
• Design an information workflow to store, retrieve and publish business data.
• Build sites and workspaces in SharePoint Online.
Requirements
You must be a fun and outgoing person who takes pride in their work and is eager to
learn and apply your skills to new technologies. You must be comfortable expressing
your opinion and contribute positive feedback to group discussion. You must enjoy
analyzing and recommending improvements to the business process.
Our organization uses Microsoft cloud technologies to achieve organizational
success. Competency in Microsoft applications is not required, however a willingness
to learn new platforms and apply your skills to our technology choices is a must.
The California Strawberry Commission is looking for undergraduate or graduate
students in the Monterey Bay area who are majoring in Business
Management/Administration, Computer Science, Marketing or equivalent.
A successful applicant will have excellent verbal and written communication skills and
have experience with working with web content such as documents, pictures and video
in a variety of formats. You must be proficient with Microsoft applications such as Word,
Excel and PowerPoint and Adobe applications such as Acrobat and Photoshop.
Additionally, experience with project management using Microsoft Project and Visio or
related software is desirable. Experience designing websites in HTML 5/CSS using
JavaScript and C# is a bonus and will be considered when choosing the best applicants
for this internship position.
Important Dates
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Application deadline is Friday, May 13, 2016.
Interviews will be conducted the week of May 16, 2016.
Notification of internship offers by May 27, 2016.
Internships begin on or around June 15, 2016.
Internships end on or around August 15, 2016.
Internships may extend part-time for the remainder of the calendar year.
Salary
Salary is $15 per hour. A weekly commitment of 20 to 40 hours per week is desired.
How to Apply
Submit resume and cover letter to Stan Massat at: internships@calstrawberry.org