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Intern at The Right Place
As Greater Grand Rapids' leading economic development organization, we specialize in assisting thousands of West Michigan companies. We have three key strategic pillars - People, Place, and Prosperity - where we focus on talent & diversity, community development, business development, and more.
Internship positions are typically available on our Talent/Hello West Michigan, Business Development, Marketing & Communications, Manufacturing Services, and Business Intelligence teams.
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Inside Look from Summer 2022
Meet our Interns
Isabella Barton
Marketing & Web Intern, Hello West MichiganAs the Marketing & Web Intern, Isabella manages the website, creates original content through graphic design and writing for social media platforms, blogs, and email campaigns. She also manages in-bound marketing materials and new candidate leads.
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Elise Rapeyko
Marketing & Communications InternAs the marketing intern, Elise assists the marketing and communications team of the Right Place with social media, public relations, and events.
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Tristan Reuben
Business Development InternTristan is the Business Development Intern for the summer of 2023. He works closely with the Business Development and Intelligence teams to support economic research and attraction projects.
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Isabella Barton
Marketing & Web Intern, Hello West MichiganAs the Marketing & Web Intern, Isabella manages the website, creates original content through graphic design and writing for social media platforms, blogs, and email campaigns. She also manages in-bound marketing materials and new candidate leads.

Elise Rapeyko
Marketing & Communications InternAs the marketing intern, Elise assists the marketing and communications team of the Right Place with social media, public relations, and events.

Tristan Reuben
Business Development InternTristan is the Business Development Intern for the summer of 2023. He works closely with the Business Development and Intelligence teams to support economic research and attraction projects.