Intern - Innovation Impact - Military veterans preferred

Intern - Innovation Impact

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Job ID: 2025-2186
Type: Regular Full-Time
# of Openings: 1
Category: Technology Innovation
Remote or Hybrid

Overview

Job Summary

The Innovation Impact Intern will work directly with NJEDA Innovation Impact staff to provide support to help advancing marketing and communication initiatives. Position is hybrid.

This is a paid internship.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Project management of tactical communication programs, such as newsletters, case studies, PowerPoints, and more, across Innovation Impact subdivisions: Clean Energy, Venture and Technology Innovation teams.
• Assist Innovation Impact team including Clean Energy, Venture and Technology Innovation teams with outreach initiatives.
• Draft outreach materials including newsletter and PowerPoint presentations.
• Expand and maintain media contact list which includes researching and identifying contacts at targeted industry outlets.
• Managing event attendance for Impact team members. This includes organizing and planning calendars for various team members.
• Assist with NJEDA’s customer relationship management platform, “CRM,” and Sharepoint files to input and organize accounts, contacts and maintain files.
• Perform other duties and special projects, as assigned.

Required Skills and Abilities

• Excellent verbal and written communications skills (proficient in grammar, spelling and editing)
• Experience using Internet / AI tools to research and locate information. Also has ability to summarize findings.
• Experience with PowerPoint, Microsoft Outlook, TEAMs, Dynamics 365, and Excel.
• Ability to prioritize workload, must be highly organized, detail-oriented, handle various tasks simultaneously and work independently within limited time constraints.
• Demonstrates respectful behavior and promotes teamwork and communication to encourage an interactive, cooperative, collaborative and customer focused work environment among division, EDA staff and external customers.
• Graphic design skills helpful, but not required. Canva knowledge preferred.

Required Qualifications

Education and Experience Requirements

• Enrollment in an accredited degree program related to finance, marketing, communications, public relations or a similar combination of experience from which comparable knowledge and skills were acquired.

Physical Demands

• Minimal
• Ability to work outside normal business hours, as needed (occasionally)

Travel

• Combination of virtual and in office

Certificates and Licenses Required

• Valid driver’s license

Note

The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job description. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed. This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope, general nature and level of work performed by job holders within this job. This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the position.

Your employment at NJEDA is voluntary and subject to termination by you or NJEDA at will, with or without cause, or with or without notice, at any time. Nothing in this job description shall be interpreted to conflict, eliminate or modify the employment-at-will status of NJEDA employees.

This position is considered exempt and is excluded from minimum wage, overtime regulations, and other rights and protections afforded nonexempt workers under the FLSA.

NJEDA reserves the right to amend/revise this job description as necessary to meet current and changing business needs.

NJ SAME Program

In accordance with P.L. 2021, c. 465 and P.L. 2021, 466, the SAME program was established to enable New Jersey State agencies to hire, promote, retain, and advance qualified individuals whose physical or mental impairments impact their abilities to participate in the hiring and promotion process for non-competitive and unclassified titles within the State workforce.

The SAME program allows candidates, who identify as having a significant disability, to apply for non-competitive and unclassified positions through a fast track hiring process. This program uses a fast-track process that permits people who are eligible for the program to request that the State appointing authority schedule with them a good faith interview. For more information about the SAME program and the Fast Track Hiring program, please Click Here. If you have any questions, please email, or call the contact as indicated on the job vacancy announcement.

This posting open to eligible applicants regardless of SAME eligibility.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Position Requirements

• Foreign degrees/transcripts must be evaluated by a reputable evaluation service at your own expense and must be submitted prior to a start date. If this cannot be provided within 21 days of an offer the offer will be rescinded.
• Must comply with the “New Jersey First Act” which requires employees hired after September 1, 2011, to reside in New Jersey. Non-New Jersey resident employees must relocate to New Jersey within one year of their date of hire and provide proof of residency to Human Resources.
• Must complete an Outside Activity Questionnaire (disclosure of outside office or employment) on an annual basis.
• Must review the required NJ State Ethics Guidelines found on the state website.
• Selected candidates must be authorized to work in the United States per the Department of Homeland Security, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services regulations. Note: The State of New Jersey does not provide sponsorship for citizenship to the United States

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