Digital Media Sector Internship (San Francisco : Financial District)

The Arts Fund is offering a digital media sector Internship in its San Francisco Financial District office:

COMPANY OVERVIEW

The Arts Fund is a private equity firm that partners with entrepreneurs to fuse science, technology, and design to build innovative products brought to market with innovative brands. The Arts Fund has maintained the unique operating philosophy of taking an active role with its portfolio companies, delivering top quality products, creating engaging work environments, and generating superior investor returns.

Housed within San Francisco Sentry, The Arts Fund was born into a tradition of civic minded, culturally significant high finance.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Arts Fund digital media sector intern is an integral part of the investment and operations team, expected to play an active role throughout the entire investment from deal sourcing to pre-investment due diligence to post-investment operational improvement projects.

Responsibilities include:

Deal Development: Develop opportunities by building and maintaining a strategic intelligence network in the digital media and related industries.

Primary Research: Research proposed industry segments and develop a position on segment attractiveness for partnering, investment & acquisition activity. Perform in-depth research on specific companies to find attractive niches and targets.

Due Diligence Support: Perform a variety of due diligence activities related to target segments and companies.

Financial Modeling: Build financial models for partner/investment/acquisition targets or portfolio companies to justify pricing and valuation or quantify opportunities.

Transaction Work: Assist on structuring transactions, identifying potential partners, executives, etc.

Portfolio Company Projects: perform specific assignment for portfolio companies under the supervision of one of the Arts Fund's General Partner's or an Arts Fund portfolio company CEO.

Partner Presentations: Communicate results of analytic efforts to Arts Fund partners, in a PowerPoint presentation style with supporting analytics and modeling in Excel format.

The Intern role provides a unique opportunity to gain broad exposure to the private equity industry as well as build solid analyst and management skills.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

This is a student internship.

Knowledge of basic accounting concepts, financial modeling techniques and proficiency with standard business software (PowerPoint, Excel).

Comfortable consuming deep research materials and being able to summarize the key findings.

This position may require a modest amount of travel within North America; typically to visit companies or attend industry trade shows.

Familiarity with the digital media and related industry segments including online video, Internet gaming, Web 2.0, social media, consumer-facing content and commerce portals, Web exchanges and marketplaces, etc.

We are looking for an intern who has the basic skills and the right attitude to join our experienced team. We view this as a symbiotic relationship, and will invest in the individuals that we bring on board to ensure they receive the right guidance and mentoring as we work together and grow. The team is talented, experienced and highly motivated, so the environment will promote interesting challenges and engaging work as well as being fun and exiting.

[Cover letters and resumes should be submitted electronically to info@sfARTSfund.com. Use "Digital Media sector Intern" as the subject line]

Hours: Up to 20 hours per week.

We are looking for someone who will be able to start immediately.

Posted by Jessica Kwok