Recreation Management/Marketing Internship

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Company: Mountain River Outfitters
Address: 411 Main Street
Location: Riggins, ID
Application Deadline: April 29, 2013
Position: 2 Full-time, Unpaid
Timeframe: 05/24/13 — 08/24/13 (Flexible)
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Description

At Mountain River Outfitters, we hire several interns each summer. If a summer on the river and in the wild, gaining valuable business, travel, recreation, and hospitality management experience sounds good to you, you should consider interning with us. Our internships offer excellent opportunities for hands-on business experience as you are included in every aspect of the company. Unlike many large corporate internships where you only see one narrow aspect of the business, our entrepreneurial internships offer the opportunity to see all aspects of what it takes to run your own business. Applicants should be highly motivated self-starters, who are able to see the big picture, yet still pay close attention to details. Owning your own business is a proactive and reactive exercise, so interns must be able to go with the flow while anticipating problems and being able to respond quickly to the unexpected. Beneftits: During your summer with Mountain River Outfitters, you will be in many situations allowing you to take charge and improve you leadership abilities. After gaining valuable management experience and organizational skills, you will walk away knowing you can tackle anything. Other benefits include: - Scholarship upon completion of internship - Housing - At least one 5-day river trip on the Snake River in Hells Canyon taken during the internship - 15% Friends and Family Discount - Optional Guide Training Event (dates not part of the internship) - Excellent outdoor industry references - Relationships and contacts for a lifetime

Responsibilities

Mountain River Outfitters offers college students a unique opportunity to experience entrepreneurship first-hand with our adventure company internship program. With both the adventure business and coffee/retail store, our interns have the opportunity to gain experience in the following areas: - Marketing and sales promotion: create and distribute marketing literature, create sales opportunities and create new promotional programs - Accounting and finance: develop working knowledge of Quickbooks accounting software, work with the CFO to understand financials and how they affect the business - Management: gain experience in managing your own staff, setting schedules, goals, and rewards - Inventory Management: from retail, to coffee, to food ordering and control - Customer service and guest satisfaction: operate a retail store and espresso shop including opening/closing a till and inventory management, rafting guests - Office management: manage phones, schedules, training documentation, office materials, IT support (computer and phone management) - Logistic support of rafting operations - Long-range decision-making and critical on-the-spot operational decisions.

Requirements

College Graduate and Undergraduates students Minimum 3.0 GPA - Friendly, out-going, highly motivated self starters - Organizational and planning skills a MUST - Great sales, phone, and people skills a MUST - Exceptional communication and customer service skills - Team Player - Flexible and able to adjust to quickly to the unexpected - Desire to work in a very dynamic, fast paced, adventure company - Must have a vehicle

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