Catapult Rotational Program

Catapult is a dynamic rotational program designed to provide recent college graduates the opportunity to rotate through three positions within ExactTarget, the industry-leading Email Service Provider (ESP) servicing the country's biggest brands. Develop your professional skill-set while obtaining cross-functional experiences. Following your rotations, you will be placed in a permanent position that allows you to deeply impact the success of your department, and ExactTarget as a whole.

If you've come here looking for an entry-level job that won't just fluff your resume, but one that will give you skills and experiences to use throughout your career...you've found it.

Why ExactTarget?

ExactTarget's mission is to inspire and enable every organization to harness the power of 1-to-1 marketing technologies to achieve phenomenal business results.

What does that mean?

ExactTarget helps clients increase sales, optimize marketing investments, and strengthen relationships through integrated, on-demand software that powers permission-based email marketing, mobile messaging, and one-to-one communications.

Headquartered in downtown Indianapolis, the #1 city for new grads, ExactTarget was ranked #5 in the 2010 Best Places to Work in Indiana List. ExactTarget truly is an entrepreneurial success story; and Catapult is your chance to experience it firsthand!

As a Catapult Associate, you can expect to:

• Choose a Business, Sales or Technical Track
• Rotate through three roles (two within your selected track and one cross-functional) in your first nine months on the job.
• Discover your passions and transition into a full-time position.
• Be the face of ExactTarget for countless prospects and over 8,000 clients, including brands like Microsoft, Nike, Scotts Miracle Gro, Best Buy and The Home Depot.

Sales Track

When you join ExactTarget's Sales Track you're set up for success. Recognized as an industry leader by Forrester Research, we've separated ourselves from the competition in more ways than one. Our Interactive Marketing Hub has redefined software innovation, drawing an unmistakable line in the sand between ExactTarget and our competition.

Choose two Sales rotations that best suit your expertise and professional goals: Corporate Sales, Relationship Management, Sales Development, Solutions Consulting or Channel Sales. Then, compliment your experience by selecting one cross-functional rotation in a different area of ExactTarget.

When you join the Catapult Sales Track you can expect to:

• Be on the fast track to a successful career in sales.
• Sell with confidence given our competitive advantage — the Interactive Marketing Hub.
• Learn what it takes to succeed as you're mentored by seasoned sales leadership.
• Hit the ground running with our proven solution-selling process and sales methodology.
• Experience real camaraderie, a transparent culture and what it means to "Be Orange!"

	Name: Vince PeGan
	Alma Mater: Purdue University
	Catapult Rotations: Customer Relationship Management, Relationship Marketing, Sales Development
	Current Role: Corporate Sales Consultant
	"Catapult was an important experience in helping me define my career aspirations at ExactTarget. Getting a taste of three roles, meeting new people, and discovering what I excelled in (and what I really stunk at) all lead me to taking a shot at sales. Catapult will help you build the relationships and skills you need to succeed, the rest is up to you!"

Business Track

Ready to put those business and marketing classes to good use? Then the Business Track is right for you! Named an "Industry Leader" by Forrester Research, ExactTarget has the best technology, brand and people in the world. No wonder our Business and Marketing teams are so excited to spread the word to partners, prospects, clients and industry analysts. Whether through social media, our website, tradeshows, thought leadership pieces, internal events, PR or our own email programs, our marketing team bleeds "orange" every day.

Don't forget about the Business teams that are at the heart of ExactTarget's growth — Corporate Development and Human Resources. Global expansion, corporate strategy, recruiting and talent management is the name of the game for these growth engines.

Is consulting more your game? We've built a group of smart, agile consultants whose passion for client success shines through every customer interaction. No wonder so many clients tell us they view our Client Services professionals like an extension of their own teams.

Choose two Business rotations that best suit your expertise and professional goals: Marketing Communications, Corporate Communications, Partner Marketing, New Business Marketing, Customer Marketing, Events, Interactive Marketing, Marketing Operations and Strategy, Product Marketing, Corporate Development, Recruiting, Marketing Consultants, Design, Employee Relations or Talent Management.

Then, compliment your experience by selecting a cross-functional team in a different area of ExactTarget for one rotation.

When you join our Catapult Business Track you can expect to:

• Inject "orange" into every aspect of our business as you collaborate with Sales, Services, Technology, prospects and existing clients.
• Lead the company by driving virtually every "cool" initiative from team events to holiday parties, creative materials to hosting the largest interactive marketing conference in the world – Connections.
• Become an ambassador for the industry's undisputed leader of the pack.
• Learn from a proven leadership team with experience in companies ranging from Fortune 500 firms to entrepreneurial start-ups.
• Build the foundation for ExactTarget's continued success and incredible growth.
• Expand your project management and consulting skills as you become an interactive marketing expert.

	Name: Teresa Becker
	Alma Mater: Indiana Wesleyan University
	Catapult Rotations: Marketing Communications, Event Marketing, and Services
	Current Role: Field Marketing Manager, Western Super Region
	"Catapult was the best possible choice I could have made coming into ExactTarget. By understanding what I truly wanted to do by rotating through three unique divisions of the company, I was able to identify that I wanted a Marketing + Sales role, rather than what I had originally thought. I also developed strong cross-functional relationships across the entire organization that have benefited me significantly."

Technical Track

ExactTarget's Technology Team offers more than just a fast-paced environment and the chance to work on industry-leading software like Netezza and Hadoop. You'll also enjoy a high-growth, high-energy, collaborative culture that combines the feel of an entrepreneurial start-up and the stability of a global SaaS leader.

Choose two Technology rotations that best suit your expertise and professional goals: Production Infrastructure, Development, Documentation, Office IT Administration, Corporate Information Systems, Technical Architecture, Implementation and Integration, Technical Support, Product Management, Quality Assurance or UXDS.

Then, compliment your experience by selecting a cross-functional team in a different area of ExactTarget for one rotation.

When you join our Catapult Technology Track you can expect to:

• Shape the technology that powers the most sophisticated interactive marketing in the world for brands like Microsoft, Nike, The Home Depot, Scotts Miracle Gro, Argos and Best Buy.
• Help power billions of emails per month, thousands of pages of customer-facing documentation and more data management than the Library of Congress.
• Achieve your career goals through frequent professional development, management and training opportunities.
• Enjoy the autonomy and development resources to run with your ideas — and the teamwork needed to turn them into realities.
• Learn from industry experts in on-demand software, automation tools, and user interface design.

	Name: Anthony Wong
	Alma Mater: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
	Catapult Rotations: Development, Product Marketing, Product Management
	Current Role: User Researcher
	"Coming out of school with a programming background, I was already intimately familiar with that part of the product development process. But, in reality, programming is just a small part of the overall process, which begins with the inception of an idea and finishes with the launch of a new product to the marketplace. My rotations let me experience that product development process from end-to-end and gave me a new perspective regarding how products get built and delivered. Having that perspective and opportunity to build relationships across all those different areas during my rotations was invaluable, now that I work within cross-functional teams within our Product organization on a daily basis."

Meet the Catapult Class of 2011

This year's Catapults are a dynamic group of individuals who come from a variety of backgrounds. Scroll down to learn more about their educational history and where they will be rotating within ExactTarget!