Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation

Position Description

Position Title: Downtown Development Intern

Department: Business and Community Development

Reports to: Senior Director of Downtown Development

Position(s) Supervised: N/A

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Position Summary

The WEDC Internship program offers the chance to learn about best practices in downtown development, urban design, historic preservation, and marketing for communities. While learning about these elements, the Downtown Development Intern will design educational materials, produce marketing tools and templates, and compile information for external customers in the Main Street and Connect Communities programs. They will also help coordinate and host in-person and online events for the Downtown Development team. This job involves long-term projects, and the intern will be expected to accomplish tasks with little direction required.

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Responsibilities

The Downtown Development Intern will spend the majority of their time in these activities:

• Attend quarterly organization and weekly team/division meetings.
• Maintain and update communication feeds with relevant content.
• Assist in coordinating program educational opportunities including coordination, marketing and outreach/technical assistance.
• Independently respond to questions and inquiries from internal and external sources concerning departmental activities.
• In collaboration with Downtown Development team, creation of a suite of toolkits on relevant topics for use by program participants.
• Assist with data collection, compilation, and tracking regarding program performance.
• Compose, review, approve, edit, and update department materials and communications.
• Assist the department or staff by performing a variety of support duties.
• Assist with team projects including infographics, annual awards, monthly newsletters, etc.
• Other duties as assigned.

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