Internships

Palopia lets young people easily connect to their friends, groups, content, and ideas--anytime and anywhere. Our services simplify people's lives online and off while enabling them to do and enjoy more. We are on the cutting edge in an exciting and rapidly growing market. Our team of entrepreneurs, marketers, developers, and users are the visionaries that empower Palopia's innovation, simplicity, and value.

Become a part of the team just in time for Palopia's upcoming launch. On-campus position is highly convenient for hard-working students attending USC.

Our team grew and time flew (To Apply):

More than twenty-five amazingly talented, brilliantly creative and dedicated people have recently joined the Palopia team. Unfortunately the deadline for receiving academic credit at USC has passed. Don't worry, you can still join our team--email Trent for more details."

Job Description - Marketing Innovator (10)

An unpaid, but for course credit, internship experience on campus at the Marshall School of Business at USC may include the following:

Work with our Marketing team and learn by doing branding, promotions, events, ad sales, trade marketing and overall strategic marketing vision for the network
Help us perfect our value proposition for high school and college-aged users and beyond
Realize user and client needs; help us balance these often conflicting interests
Redefine the social networking market by helping us make Palopia the leading service
Evaluate Palopia's feature range, content offering, and total user experience compared to its competitors
Brainstorm and execute new ways to improve the Palopia brand, experience, and vision

A qualified candidate for the Marketing Innovator internship position must possess the following:

Must be 18 years of age or older
Well developed communications and interpersonal skills - you inspire teamwork
Strong analytical, problem solving, and creative skills
Proficiency in utilizing software applications and internet research
Demonstrated leadership experience and outlook
Prior marketing experience a plus, a great can-do attitude a must

Team Palopia views our Marketing Innovator internship program as essential to both the startup's and intern's future success. Business administration and communications majors recommended, but all hard working and dedicated students of any major interested in social networking please apply. At the end of the internship, successfully matched interns may be invited for future internship, employment, and/or leadership opportunities. Help us change the world of social networking!

Job Description - Promotions Coordinator (1)

An unpaid, but for course credit, internship experience on campus at the Marshall School of Business at USC may include the following:

Work with our Marketing team and learn by doing branding, promotions, events, ad sales, trade marketing and overall strategic marketing vision for the network
Research, plan, and lead engaging promotional events and campaigns (including but not limited to: parties, word-of-mouth, wild posting, giveaways, contests, and film/video segments for web as well as TV release)
Master team and venture press releases, act as media/press liaison
Work with PR firm to increase product placement, endorsement, and coverage
Redefine the social networking market by helping us make Palopia the leading service
Brainstorm and execute new ways to improve the Palopia brand, experience, and vision

A qualified candidate for the Promotions Coordinator internship position must possess the following:

Must be 18 years of age or older
Well developed communications and interpersonal skills - you inspire teamwork
Strong analytical, problem solving, and creative skills
Proficiency in utilizing software applications and internet research
Demonstrated leadership experience and outlook
Prior communications experience a plus, a great can-do attitude a must

Team Palopia views our Promotions Coordinator internship as essential to both the startup's and intern's future success. Business Administration, Communications, and Cinema-Television majors recommended, but all hard working and dedicated students of any major interested in social networking and public relations please apply. At the end of the semester-long internship, successfully matched interns may be invited for future internship, employment, and/or leadership opportunities. Help us change the world of social networking!

Job Description - User Interface/Graphic Designer (3)

An unpaid, but for course credit, internship experience on campus at the Marshall School of Business at USC may include the following:

Assist in designing the interface for Palopia's online social networking
Provide creative input and support through various stages of the design process as a key player in the design team.
Work with development team to mockup and create new features and content
Design brilliant webpage CSS themes for users to call Palopia all their own
Design ability to create web layouts and interfaces, custom graphics and icons, etc.
Maintain graphic standards and corporate branding throughout the service
Design breakthrough and trend-setting online ads (everything but pop-ups)
Help us tell Palopia's story and make its brand come alive by engaging users and the public through a unique and inspiring messaging strategy

A qualified candidate for the User Interface Designer internship positions must possess the following:

Must be 18 years of age or older
Well developed communications and interpersonal skills - you inspire teamwork
The ability to demonstrate your creative brilliance through expertise of Adobe Photoshop, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), HTML, and other graphic apps of your choosing
Comfortable optimizing graphics for the web in size and quantity, as well as a strong understanding of HTML based-design limitations required
Proficiency in utilizing software applications and internet research
Portfolio of prior works a plus, a great can-do attitude a must

Team Palopia views our UI Designer internship as essential to both the startup's and intern's future success. ITP, Computer Sciences, Graphic Design, Fine Arts, and Communications majors recommended, but all hard working and dedicated students of any major interested in social networking and UI/Graphic design, please apply. At the end of the internship, successfully matched interns may be invited for future internships, employment, and/or leadership opportunities. Help us change the world of social networking!

Job Description - Marketing/Graphic Designer (5)

An unpaid, but for course credit, internship experience on campus at the Marshall School of Business at USC may include the following:

Work on both independent and group projects--aiming to expose the Palopia brand to potential users through the of creative genius of our PR and ad campaigns
Provide creative input and support through various stages of the design process as a key player in the design team
Work with marketing team to create legendary and buzzworthy ads
Maintain graphic standards and corporate branding throughout the service
Design breakthrough and trend-setting marketing collateral (including, but not limited to: magazine spreads, web banner ads, posters, wall art, flyers, and apparel)
Prepare creative concepts, designs and layouts for advertising, identity, communications and web site campaigns
Tell Palopia's story and make its brand come alive by engaging users and the public through a unique and inspiring messaging strategy

A qualified candidate for the Graphic Designer internship positions must possess the following:

Must be 18 years of age or older
Well developed communications and interpersonal skills - you inspire teamwork
The ability to demonstrate your creative brilliance through expertise of Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator (or Macromedia Freehand) and other graphic apps of your choosing
Creative, out-of-the-box, conventional thinking that makes you and Palopia stand out
Understanding of design standards and recent graphic trends
Portfolio of prior works a plus, a great can-do attitude a must

Team Palopia views our Graphic Designer internship as essential to both the startup's and intern's future success. Graphic Design, Fine Arts, and Communications majors recommended, but all hard working and dedicated students of any major interested in social networking and graphic design, branding, and advertising, please apply. At the end of the internship, successfully matched interns may be invited for future internships, employment, and/or leadership opportunities. Help us change the world of social networking!

Job Description - Sales + Partner Management (10)

An unpaid, but for course credit, internship experience on campus at the Marshall School of Business at USC may include the following:

Work with our Marketing team and learn by doing branding, promotions, events, ad sales, trade marketing and overall strategic marketing vision for the network
Help us perfect our value proposition for advertising clients and content partners by effectively catering to high school and college-aged users and beyond
Recruit and manage new Fortune 500 advertising clients and content partners
Realize user and client needs; help us balance these often conflicting interests
Redefine the social networking market by helping us make Palopia the leading service; help Palopia develop the most relevant and least annoying ad system
Evaluate Palopia's advertising and content capabilities compared to its competitors; innovate new ways to make it successful and responsive
Brainstorm and execute new ways to improve the Palopia brand, experience, and vision among corporate clients as well as young consumers

A qualified candidate for the Sales + Partner Management internship position must possess the following:

Must be 18 years of age or older
Well developed communications and interpersonal skills - you inspire teamwork
Strong analytical, problem solving, and creative skills
Comfortable and confident when interacting with corporate account contacts
Proficiency in utilizing software applications and internet research
Demonstrated leadership experience and outlook
Prior marketing experience a plus, a great can-do attitude a must

Team Palopia views our Sales + Partner Management internship program as essential to both the startup's and intern's future success. Business administration and communications majors recommended, but all hard working and dedicated students of any major interested in social networking please apply. At the end of the internship, successfully matched interns may be invited for future internship, employment, and/or leadership opportunities. Help us change the world of social networking!

Job Description - Intellectual Property + Law (2)

An unpaid, but for course credit, internship experience on campus at the Marshall School of Business at USC may include the following:

Spearhead Palopia's intellectual property efforts including software patents, business method patents, trademarks, and corporate law
Provide quality research and planning for IP efforts and actions
Work with external legal teams to execute IP and corporate law actions
Assist Palopia's CFO in the potential corporate restructuring
Realize user and client needs; help us balance these often conflicting interests
Provide general legal advice to Palopia team members in marketing, ad sales/content partners, development, and promotions
Evaluate Palopia's strategies and provide recommendations for improvement
Brainstorm and execute new ways to improve the Palopia brand, experience, and vision among corporate clients as well as young consumers

A qualified candidate for the Intellectual Property + Law internship position must possess the following:

Must be 18 years of age or older
Well developed communications and interpersonal skills - you inspire teamwork
Strong analytical, problem solving, and creative skills
Comfortable and confident when interacting with corporate and legal contacts
Proficiency in utilizing software applications and internet research
Demonstrated leadership experience and outlook
Familiarity with (or ability to learn) legal issues and environment relevant to internet ventures
Prior legal internship experience a plus, a great can-do attitude a must

Team Palopia views our Intellectual Property + Law internship program as essential to both the startup's and intern's future success. Business administration and Law majors recommended, but all hard working and dedicated students of any major interested in social networking and IP/corporate law please apply. At the end of the internship, successfully matched interns may be invited for future internship, employment, and/or leadership opportunities. Help us change the world of social networking!

Job Description - Psychology/Anthropology: Social Circles (2)

An unpaid, but for course credit, internship experience on campus at the Marshall School of Business at USC may include the following:

Spearhead Palopia's promise to effectively accommodate human factors
Conduct research in the study of social circles among high school and college students in efforts for Palopia to more effectively serve their needs
Examine the role of relationships and degrees of friendship in social networking
Evaluate Palopia's (and its competitors') ability to serve young user needs
Monitor social and popular cultural trends, recommend how Palopia can best understand and utilize these trends
Examine the way music, technology, knowledge, and emotion effects young people, social networking, and human interaction
Evaluate Palopia's strategies and provide recommendations for improvement
Work with the marketing and development teams to better serve user needs
Brainstorm and execute new ways to improve the Palopia brand, experience, and vision among young consumers

A qualified candidate for the Psychology/Anthropology internship position must possess the following:

Must be 18 years of age or older
Well developed communications and interpersonal skills - you inspire teamwork
Strong analytical, problem solving, and creative skills
Comfortable and confident when interacting and observing with students
Proficiency in utilizing software applications and internet research
Demonstrated leadership experience and outlook
Prior research experience a plus, a great can-do attitude a must

Team Palopia views our Social Circles Research internship program as essential to both the startup's and intern's future success. Psychology, Sociology, and Anthropology majors recommended, but all hard working and dedicated students of any major interested in social networking, human interaction, and the study of friendship/relationships please apply. At the end of the internship, successfully matched interns may be invited for future internship, employment, and/or leadership opportunities. Help us change the world of social networking!

Job Description - Engineering: Mobile Devices (2)

An unpaid, but for course credit, internship experience on campus at the Marshall School of Business at USC may include the following:

Spearhead Palopia's research and development efforts for mobile device integration
Conduct research in the study of how social circles among high school and college students utilize mobile devices and technology
Examine competitors and 3rd party mobile device integration efforts
Evaluate Palopia's (and its competitors') ability to serve users' mobile needs
Monitor mobile technology trends and breakthroughs, recommend how Palopia can best understand and utilize these trends
Examine the way mobile integration can help facilitate the interaction/utilization of music, technology, knowledge, friendship, and emotion among social circles
Evaluate Palopia's strategies and provide recommendations for improvement
Work with the marketing and development teams to better serve user needs
Brainstorm and execute new ways to improve the Palopia brand, experience, and vision among young consumers

A qualified candidate for the Intellectual Property + Law internship position must possess the following:

Must be 18 years of age or older
Well developed communications and interpersonal skills - you inspire teamwork
Strong analytical, problem solving, and creative skills
Familiarity with mobile technology and trends
Proficiency in utilizing software applications and internet research
Demonstrated leadership experience and outlook
Prior research experience a plus, a great can-do attitude a must

Team Palopia views our Mobile Devices internship program as essential to both the startup's and intern's future success. Engineering and Computer Science majors recommended, but all hard working and dedicated students of any major interested in social networking, human interaction, and the study of friendship/relationships please apply. At the end of the internship, successfully matched interns may be invited for future internship, employment, and/or leadership opportunities. Help us change the world of social networking!