{"id":1213,"date":"2017-07-20T20:29:45","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T20:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/?p=1213"},"modified":"2017-07-20T20:32:41","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T20:32:41","slug":"1213","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/2017\/07\/20\/1213\/","title":{"rendered":"KRUM ’18 GARNERS 900 DOWNLOADS FOR HIS PODCAST AND LEARNS THE VALUE OF COMMUNITY SERVICE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mitchell Krum ’18 Apex Benefits –\u00a0<\/em>As the Marketing and Communications Intern at Apex Benefits in Indianapolis, I received an all-encompassing education in the field of employee benefits through my site host, Scott Long. I\u2019m extremely thankful to the Lilly Endowment for making this venture possible.<\/p>\n

In my first week, Scott and a colleague sat down with me in front of a white board where they drew and explained the complex world of employee benefits. After getting an overview of all areas pertinent to managing and lowering the cost of employee benefits like population health, compliance, market analysis, wellness programs, finance, marketing, and sales and sitting in on client services, market analysis, and sales team meetings, the education led to more understanding. I attended lunches with my supervisor and multiple clients and sat in on a meeting with Apex client Arlington\/Roe. These meetings allowed me to observe people and relationships in a real world and professional setting as well as allowing me to connect with business professionals. I quickly learned more about how to conduct myself and talk to others in a professional manner.<\/p>\n

I have worked on multiple marketing projects throughout my internship. I created a few PowerPoint presentations for internal and external use, which sharpened my skills in that program. I also learned to use Hootsuite in order to create and schedule LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter posts for release in social media campaigns, and learned to use Canva in order to create images to attach to the posts. The largest project I took part in \u2013 the project I had the most involvement in as well \u2013 was starting The Point, Apex Benefits\u2019 new podcast. Before the launch, I had to come up with a podcast structure by listening to other professional podcasts and determine the structure best suited for us. I also had to research equipment, use of music and sound effects without copyright issues, and publishing platforms we could use. I came up with a recording schedule that worked with multiple interviewees, recorded the interviews, wrote and recorded intros and outros, and wrote episode descriptions. I was able to learn how to start a podcast from the ground up, which is a great thing to know as they are becoming\u00a0\"\"<\/a>more and more popular. I am proud to say that The Point received close to 900 downloads in less than a month.<\/p>\n

Apex has taught me a lot about marketing, but it also taught me about different facets of professional life. I’ve learned how a less hectic work environment makes for more productive and happy employees. I’ve also learned how stepping out to help the community once a while can be helpful for employee morale along with those who need it.<\/p>\n

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*At Holy Family Shelter during community day, an annual day where the office is shut down and we go do community service for various organizations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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