We’ve built an international brand on a shoestring budget and we’re ready to share our secret with one bright student.

Mission Bicycle Company is building some of the most innovative, unconventional, and beautifully designed bikes on the market today. And they are being supported by an innovative, unconventional and beautifully designed marketing campaign.

We want to show you how we got our email open rate to 34% (a full 6% higher than our industry standard).

We’ll tell you how we got 27,000 facebook fans and got 42,000 Instagram followers. We’ll share with you the tricks we’ve learned and some hard lessons too.

But social media is just a part of what we do. You’ll also get first hand experience with real press by helping us craft material that gets published. We’ve got a lot of hats for you to wear from attending a press check to learning forecasting and analysis.

The timing is good. We’re about to start a band new campaign and we’d like you in on the ground floor. You’re about to help make our biggest announcement yet. People will be taking notice.

REQUIREMENTS / JOB DESCRIPTION

1. WRITING

You need to be able to write like a Yak in heat. Spelling, grammar and punctuation must be perfect. You need to be able to write in a friendly professional tone.

2. ONLINE PUBLISHING

We need your help with our Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Instagram platforms. Selecting and editing photos to upload, writing captions and responding to inquiries.

3. RESEARCH & CRITICAL THINKING

We need help identifying the write writers and great blogs. We’ll be asking for your recommendations.

We’ll also be relying on you to help us out with decision making and analysing data - turning numbers in spreadsheets into information and stories.

4. DESIGN

Even if you’re not doing the heavy lifting, any experience with Illustrator, InDesign or similar programs will be helpful. You should already be comfortable sending and sharing images and documents.

5. PHOTOGRAPHY

We are committed to producing the best bike porn you can find. Plan to spend a few hours each week riding around taking pictures with us. Photoshop experience is a plus.

COMMITMENT - OURS

We are committed to ensuring that you have an unforgettable experience with us at Mission Bicycle. You will gain real world experience and learn skills and techniques that we hope will be useful for decades.

COMMITMENT - YOURS

We are looking for a minimum of a 3 month commitment, 16 hours a week. Your schedule is flexible but expect to work at least half of your hours on site. The other half may be worked remotely.

HOW TO APPLY

Please send an email to hr@missionbicycle.com.

Attach to the email:

• A cover letter letting us know why you’re the right person.

Inside the body of the email:

• Show us how you might turn down a request for a free bike in exchange for favorable coverage in a magazine (writing sample).
• Also please list 2 brands whose publishing work you admire (they do not need to be bicycle related).

Internship is unpaid and is eligible only to students that can apply it as college credit.