Online Marketing Assistant -
Tru Thoughts

With the ever increasing scope of internet marketing and the demise of many printed publications it is important that our label and artists are represented well on music blogs, community sites such as Myspace, Youtube etc and new initiatives such as HMVs ‘Get Closer’. Online promotion is also key to our development plan in the USA, and working with US sites and bloggers could form a significant part of the role.

You will be expected to work to build relationships with external companies and facilitate the delivery and profiling of our content throughout. We will ask for a detailed report at the end of the internship listing contacts made and giving instructions for further development and use of specific sites.

Office hours are from 10 to 6, Monday to Friday and we are willing to discuss either full time or part time work during the internship period. The office environment is informal but busy and you will from time to time be asked to ‘muck in’ with other tasks.

We can be flexible regarding the position being 6 weeks full-time or 12 weeks part-time

• Computer literacy – ability to use Word, Internet Explorer and email
• Communication skills – you will need to build relationships with people
• Basic awareness of the style of music we release

Desirable:

• Personal Interest in the music industry and our scene (see Gilles Peterson, Big Chill, Ninja Tune, www.tru-thoughts.co.uk for reference)
• Knowledge of specific, relevant Internet sites and blogging and how they function

We are not necessarily looking for musicians or DJs, good all round skills are more important.