Marketing Student Interns

Job Description

Overview:
The Supplier Diversity Office (SDO) is an agency within the Executive Office for Administration and Finance of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts with a mission of serving diverse and small businesses and agencies of the Commonwealth.

About the Supplier Diversity Office:
The mission of the SDO is to serve minorities, women, veterans, service-disabled veterans, disabled, LGBT-owned, and small businesses in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, including the responsibility to certify eligible businesses. Learn more about the SDO at: http://www.mass.gov/sdo

The SDO's mission is to support small and diverse business participation in state contracting by:

• Certifying minority, women, veteran, service-disabled veteran, disability and LGBT-owned businesses, as well as small Massachusetts-based businesses.
• Connecting these companies with business opportunities and resources that enhance their marketability when bidding on public contracts; and
• Collaborating with executive agencies and public organizations to:
  a. Identify and remove barriers for diverse and small businesses; and
  b. Increase diverse and small business spending.

The SDO is seeking someone to help with the day-to-day duties of the SDO's Marketing Department. This person will help keep the SDO's social media up-to-date and will have the opportunity to draft and review different types of communications, from internal memos to items for the SDO newsletter.

Duties and Responsibilities (these duties are a general summary and not all inclusive):

• Attend internal meetings with the SDO's Communications Director and with other SDO units to learn about SDO communication needs and write brief emails, newsletter items, and social media posts that are geared towards the intended audiences.
• Plan and create social media posts for the SDO's LinkedIn social media feed.
• Help maintain the department's HubSpot database, adding or deleting entries when necessary.
• Other duties, as assigned by the SDO's Communications Director.

Preferred Qualifications:
The ideal candidate will:

• Be able to write clearly.
• Be familiar with social media, particularly LinkedIn.
• Have excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication, presentation, and analytical skills and experience, especially related to demonstrating confidence and executive presence in public settings.
• Be extremely organized and highly motivated.
• Be passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion and public service.
• Be customer-focused and able to work with people from diverse backgrounds.
• Be competent with common software applications, such as Microsoft Office.
• Have a demonstrated ability to quickly pick up new technology/digital tools.
• Have the ability to work from home for the majority of time.

Official Title: Contracted Interns
Primary Location: United States-Massachusetts-Boston-1 Ashburton Place
Schedule: 15 to 20 hours per week
Shift: Day
Hourly rate: up to $23 per hour
Start Date: anticipated for mid-September 2025
End Date: December 31, 2025

Qualifications

First consideration will be given to those applicants that apply within the first 14 days.

Please see Preferred Qualifications.

Comprehensive Benefits

When you embark on a career with the Commonwealth, you are offered an outstanding suite of employee benefits that add to the overall value of your compensation package. We take pride in providing a work experience that supports you, your loved ones, and your future.

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An Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. Females, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

The Commonwealth is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. Research suggests that qualified women, Black, Indigenous, and Persons of Color (BIPOC) may self-select out of opportunities if they don't meet 100% of the job requirements. We encourage individuals who believe they have the skills necessary to thrive to apply for this role.

Client-provided location(s): Boston, MA

Job ID: Commonwealth_of_Massachusetts-250006CP

Employment Type: INTERN

Posted: 2025-08-29T18:33:53