Posted October 13, 2009 - 10:17am by Rosa Valencia
Blackbird Guitars Design Entrepreneurship Internship
Blackbird is looking for an intern to help us get the word out on our carbon fiber guitars- internship description follows below. Our three-person team are all DAI grads. and our workshop is in a great coop. space that has other DAI folks- so this one is all in the family.
The internship is a crash course in design entrepreneurship. The right person will gain from the knowledge of how to get products to market and how to get them sold and be part of a whole product development cycle. These are essential skills for any one interested in working for a start-up, a 'normal' Co. or having their own start-up someday. They have to be sharp, ambitious and excited by the power of social media as well as traditional media outlets as a way to circumvent traditional forms of marketing. This position is unpaid but I imagine something could be worked out for credit (our last DAI intern is full-time now).
About the position:
Blackbird Guitars makes high performance, high design, carbon fiber instruments. These guitars are designed to go wherever and last forever- we have two on the way to Antarctica at this very moment. Carbon fiber means they are rain-forest wood-free and nearly indestructible. As a company, Blackbird Guitars is growing and looking for an intern to help expand awareness of our brand through online marketing/pr. Our last intern is now a full-time employee. We are an exciting, fast-paced and truly innovative product-based brand where you can learn how to make entrepreneurship successful. This may include going to live music events, and music industry-only trade-shows.
Specifically, you will work in the areas of web marketing (SEO, blogs etc.),
• social media and general content creation.
• Skills and requirements:
• MS Office
• Interest in Entrepreneurship
• Expertise in social Media Interest in web marketing
• Organized
• Good writing skills
• Willing to wear many hats
‘I've never heard an instrument this size sound quite as robust...good-sounding, eminently playable, easily portable’ - Daron Murphy, [guitarist for Moby] for BusinessWeek
Joe Luttwak | Chief Musical Officer
Blackbird Guitars | 2565 3rd street #315 SF, CA 94107
joe@blackbirdguitar.com | T 415.706.0632
