SicolaMartin: Account Service

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Website: www.sicolamartin.com
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About: Tom Sicola and Steve Martin, two individuals with zero capital or net worth, very little in common, no particular desire to work together and no educational training for marketing or advertising, founded SicolaMartin in Austin, Texas, in 1985. Tom, with a background in education and a passion for technology, along with Steve, who began his career as a copywriter at GSD&M, found that their approach to marketing and unique blend of talents and skill sets added up to a great fit for a broad range of clients. The company quickly became one of the region’s leading advertising and marketing agencies, with consumer and high technology experience for industry leaders such as Stop’N Go, I Can’t Believe it’s Yogurt, Motorola, 3M and IBM. After the death of one of Tom and Steve’s partners in the early ’90s (and a few close calls for the company), SicolaMartin focused on the fast-growing needs of a business-to-business technology market which was hungry for strategic marketing and integrated communications support. The plan worked, and SicolaMartin soon built an impressive track record representing global leaders including AMD, BMC Software, Compaq, Dell, Motorola and Novell. The agency became recognized for its solid understanding of technology, from silicon to the network. SicolaMartin and its founders received numerous accolades during the fast-growth period of the mid ’90s and early ’00s. Marketing Computers named SicolaMartin among the nation’s top 50 high-tech advertising agencies in 1996 and 1997; Adweek included the agency in its annual listing of top regional agencies throughout the mid ’90s. Tom and Steve were named regional Ernst & Young Entrepreneurs of the Year in 2001. Their B2B technology leadership and client success stories caught the eye of Young & Rubicam Brands (a division of the WPP international network), who bought SicolaMartin in 2001. Although the dot-com/technology bust of the early ’00s provided another business rollercoaster, SicolaMartin emerged stronger. The agency leveraged its foundation in marketing and branding methodologies, exceptional technology literacy and entrepreneurial culture to create resultsdriven campaigns for a combination of high-tech and consumer accounts. Clients such as Balfour, Blu-ray Disc and Mutual of Omaha are recent examples of consumer-focused companies that benefit from SicolaMartin’s distinctive blend of high-tech and consumer marketing savvy. The agency has found that experience gained from a fiercely competitive and constantly changing B2B marketplace ten years ago provides a powerful advantage for clients targeting today’s demanding consumer audiences. Regardless of the type of client or areas of marketing expertise in play, Tom and Steve attribute all success, past, present and future, to the culture they have painstakingly built. Along the entry hall, these words are cast in metal: “Great People. Great Work. Great Clients.” “Great People” comes first for a reason. SicolaMartin knows that without great people, there will be no great work or great clients. Through a broad range of activities, from mentoring to rewards programs to community outreach, SicolaMartin ensures that its core values of honesty, respect, passion, fun and accountability are practiced on a daily basis. SicolaMartin, www.sicolamartin.com, is located in downtown Austin, Texas, with a satellite office in San Francisco.

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Title: Account Service
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Location: Austin, TX
Description:

The only thing missing is great interns. And the problem with most internships is that they treat you like an intern. At SicolaMartin, we treat you like a person. We?re always looking for great people. Heck, for all we know, maybe it?s someone who looks, thinks and acts just like you.

As an intern at SicolaMartin, you?ll work side-by-side with a mentor in the account service, media, new business, or creative fields. You will learn by doing as you help them on real projects for real clients with real deadlines. And if that?s not enough, you?ll be invited to attend internal and external meetings and are required to attend weekly seminars that will teach you how an agency functions.

So if you?re looking to improve your faxing, filing, and photocopying skills, this may not be the place for you. But if you want to truly learn about advertising from the inside out, we?re currently accepting resumes.

The fine print:The fall and spring internship programs run for 15 weeks each and interns must work 12 hours per week for a total of 180 hours in order to receive a completion and/or class credit for the internship. The summer internship program runs 12 weeks and interns must work 15 hours per week for a total of 180 hours in order to receive a completion and/or class credit for the summer internship. Interns will receive a monetary stipend upon successful completion of the program.

To apply for a position within our intern program, please send your cover letter of interest in the body of an email with your resume attached to: internship@sicolamartin.com.

Interviews for the fall intern session begin in July.
Interviews for the spring intern session begin in November.
Interviews for summer internships begin in April.
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The fine print:The fall and spring internship programs run for 15 weeks each and interns must work 12 hours per week for a total of 180 hours in order to receive a completion and/or class credit for the internship. The summer internship program runs 12 weeks and interns must work 15 hours per week for a total of 180 hours in order to receive a completion and/or class credit for the summer internship. Interns will receive a monetary stipend upon successful completion of the program.
Commitment (hrs/week): 12 - 15 hours per week
Deadline: 0/0

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