Ski Industry Marketing Positions

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My name is Drew Stoll and I'm a third year business major at the University of Oregon.
For one of my upper level business courses we have to write a personal statement on our leadership skills to a potential employer.
Rather than applying for the all too mundane finance internship, I want to write this piece about something I'm passionate about. What larger, U.S. based ski companies have internships or entry level marketing positions open to a new and younger perspective on the business aspect of the sport?
Help me create a basis for this project and hey, if you like my work, see where it may go in the future.
Thank you and direct message me, then maybe we can speak on the phone so I can learn more about what exactly I would be applying for.

Mar 10 2016 3:02PM

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.Hugo.

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Ski industry is like the porn industry. You gotta do the gay stuff first

Mar 10 2016 3:10PM

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Deforestation

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Line:
http://lineskis.com/support/internships?question=1

Liberty:
http://libertyskis.com/info/opportunity

K2
http://www.k2sports.com/careers

This is NS so you never know quite for sure, but honestly, if you're a qualified candidate looking for internships, a successful company isn't going to go and hunt you out. Look yourself, make contacts, be pushy. It's not hard.

Mar 10 2016 3:12PM

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hot.pocket

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While doing school projects on something you love (i.e. skiing), it can prove difficult when compared to doing school projects based on an easier market. Many NSers come on here about doing school projects about skiing, from physics to marketing to engineering blah blah blah...

It might be tough to get a ski company to go along with this, and would probably be a lot easier to go through a different market, especially for an upper level business course.

With that being said, best of luck to you.

Mar 10 2016 3:13PM

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Mingg

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Resorts are always open to interns if you're into that.

ON3P is based out of Oregon so maybe you could go through them? Not exactly one of the larger companies but a company nonetheless.

Mar 10 2016 3:17PM

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cultrara

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If you want an internship in the industry, 95% of the time you'll have to hunt it down your self.

I'd recommend taking initiative instead of a passive approach.

Mar 10 2016 3:19PM

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KravtZ

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Start emailing, cold calling, linkedin messaging , and researching people in positions that you could see yourself in.

You're competing with thousands of others who are doing the same thing as you. You probably on paper aren't anything special. You need to hustle son.

Mar 10 2016 3:27PM

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Session

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Such a saturated market.

Mar 10 2016 3:31PM

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Julius_Steezer

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I think Faction do one in breck if you can go that far

Mar 10 2016 4:27PM

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KravtZ

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Also consider a lateral move in the future in the ski industry. Get experience in marketing or sales or whatever doing something else and than jump in...often times this can even be better.

I plan on making a jump out of finance. With my experience now its quite easy to lateral or go up the ladder into a non financial role. Could probably make the jump to a sales/marketing position at a ski company relateively easy if I wanted too

Mar 10 2016 4:33PM

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scoobs

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Thanks guys!
This is pretty much exactly what I was looking for, not necessarily a company seeking me out through the thread. Just thought that maybe someone who already had a foot in might have some good advice, and this is perfect!

Mar 10 2016 5:32PM

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Victor8ST

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I know several sports companies that have succeeded in marketing development. Now it is very important for a business to have its own website. This attracts customers and inspires them with more confidence. I have my own business, but it is not related to sports. And I spent a lot of effort on my site. In this case, I also need guys with SEO specialization who are able to raise the site rating in the shortest time possible. They provide an extensive service package that includes unique contextual comments and a lifetime link guarantee. Few people can now boast of organic linkbuilding and such quality work. I also think about working with them soon to increase traffic to my site. I am very attracted to the prospect that they do not use spam or dead forums, only live discussion forums with good moderation. I think we will cooperate for a long time

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