8/2/2019 GRA Position Description_Innovation Partners
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Research Analysts for the Enterprise Innovation Institute
Organizational Background
The Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI2) is the
largest and most comprehensiveuniversity-based program of business
and economic development assistance in the UnitedStates. Our
overall goal is to help enterprises of all types and sizes use
science, technology,and innovation to improve their competitiveness
and bottom lines.
Innovation Partners, a unit within EI2, is engaged in a wide
variety of programs and activitieswithin this sphere. Key programs
include a longstanding relationship with NASA, assisting withthe
commercialization of NASA-developed technologies; an initiative for
the U.S. Department ofCommerce to assist smaller universities with
the commercialization of their faculty-developedintellectual
property; and a new effort to assist other universities, states and
foreign countrieswith the establishment of high-tech business
incubators modeled on EI2s successful AdvancedTechnology
Development Center (ATDC).
Duties of the Position
We are seeking three highly motivated students to become
research assistants working inInnovation Partners. The positions
entail performing various research and consulting tasks aspart of a
team under the direction of a project manager. The length of each
assignment and thenumber of assignments will vary, although the
workload is expected to average 15 hours perweek. Examples include
identifying applications for new technologies, conducting
competitiveanalyses for new or existing companies, identifying and
documenting best practices in universityfaculty commercialization,
developing and maintaining a website to communicate with
potentialclients, developing and adjusting analytical tools, and
assisting with background research indeveloping new client
proposals.
Qualifications
Candidates should be pursuing a graduate degree in Management,
with an interest inmarketing, entrepreneurship, or a related field,
and should have one to three years experiencewith industry or a
consulting firm. Strong writing, analytical, and computer skills
are mandatory,along with excellent library and internet search
skills. Applicants must be proficient in Word,Excel, and
Powerpoint. Experience with Access, GIS, SPSS or other data
analysis tools ishighly desirable. Fluency in both written and
spoken English is expected, as assignmentsfrequently involve
gathering information via telephone.
Interested Applicants
This is an on-campus position, located in Technology Square
(Centergy Building), at 5 th andSpring Streets. Please forward your
resume to:[email protected]. No phonecalls,
please.
Resident requirements: one positionrequires U.S. citizenship or
permanent residency.
An Equal Education/Employment Opportunity Institution
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