Careers in Operations

By Willy Franzen

Looking for an entry level job or internship in operations? Here's an overview of how to approach the search and a list of companies that might have entry level and internship opportunities that will interest you.

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The idea behind operations can get confusing because lots of job titles contain the word “operations” even though the job itself has nothing to do with the day-to-day of a business. To keep it simple: Operations deals with the day-to-day running of a business to ensure it runs smoothly. This means doing things like planning use of materials and inventing new ideas to make the company run better.

After a certain point businesses have to regroup in order to run smoothly, and because of this, most large business have at least one operations department. Some departments to look into include human resources, scheduling, and information technology. Think “jobs that help the company run smoothly”.

You’ll need a bachelor’s degree for most jobs in operations, along with good problem-solving skills, a cool head under stress, and communications skills.

Companies with Entry Level Jobs and Internships in Operations

ZOZI - ZOZI is based in San Francisco, CA, and they want “to make everyone’s passions accessible, and most importantly, help you discover new ones.”

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Job Title	Location
Marketing Intern	San Francisco, CA
Gear and Apparel Buyer / Merchandising Manager	San Francisco, CA
Video Editor Intern	San Francisco, CA
PPC Marketing Manager at ZOZI	San Francisco, CA
Gear/Ecommerce Marketing Intern at ZOZI	San Francisco, CA

See all 22 job postings

Fancy - Fancy is an NYC based company that allows you to "discover, collect and buy from a crowd-curated catalog of amazing goods, wonderful places and great stores."

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Job Title	Location
RESERVATIONIST / RECEPTIONIST - PART TIME	Ronks, PA
Sales Executive	Seattle, WA
Intern - Next Generation Development	Los Angeles, CA
DevOps Engineer	Austin, TX
PT / PHYSICAL THERAPIST	Coatesville, PA

See all 940 job postings

Entertainment Cruises - Entertainment Cruises is a company with “26 vessels serving eight cities with six unique cruise products.”

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Job Title	Location
2013 Summer Internship Program	Miami, FL
Special Events Coordinator	South Lake Tahoe, CA
2013 Summer Internship Program	Miami, FL
Event Coordinator	Washington, DC
Special Events Coordinator	South Lake Tahoe, CA

See all 239 job postings

Trumaker - Trumaker is a San Francisco, CA based e-commerce and men's fashion upstart that makes “it easy to get shirts made just for you.”

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Job Title	Location
Flexible Fashion Consultant	Long Beach, CA
Flexible Fashion Consultant	San Francisco, CA
Fun and Flexible Positoin	San Jose, CA
Outside Sales Consultant	San Francisco, CA
Fun and Flexible Position	San Francisco, CA

See all 11 job postings

PureWow - PureWow is based in NYC and offers a "free daily email for stylish women of substance, featuring the very best in culture, fashion, travel, tech & so much more!"

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Practice Fusion - Practice Fusion is a San Francisco, CA based company that provides “a free, web-based Electronic Health Record (EHR) application to physicians.”

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Job Title	Location
Software Engineer- Cold Fusion	Washington, DC
Project Manager	Boston, MA
Counselor Addictions / Administrator (must be in recovery)	Panama City Beach, FL
Speech Therapist (Home Health)	Winter Haven, FL
Physical Therapist & Physical Therapy Assistant (PT & PTA Home Health)	Spring Hill, FL

See all 1,814 job postings

J. Crew - J. Crew is a New York, NY based apparel retailer that started with a catalog in 1983 and is known for its preppiness, but that may be changing.

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Job Title	Location
Civil Construction Senior Estimator	Midland, MI
Restaurant Team Member Crew	Columbus, OH
CNC Lathe Person	Manchester, CT
Loss Prevention Associate - Weekend Shift	Lynchburg, VA
Loss Prevention Supervisor - 2nd Shift	Lynchburg, VA

See all 1,003 job postings

The WEBstaurant Store - The WEBstaurant Store is a Lancaster, PA based company that offers an “innovative, easy-to-use website to meet the purchasing needs of food service professionals."

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Job Title	Location
Photo Processing Internship	Lititz, PA
Logistics Internship	Lititz, PA
Invoicing Specialist	Lititz, PA
Operations Internship	Lancaster, PA
Claims Coordinator	Lititz, PA

See all 30 job postings

A+E Networks - A+E Networks is a New York, NY based “global media company with joint ventures and channels all over the world.”

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Job Title	Location
Production Assistant A&E/BIO (Freelance)	New York, NY
Producer, Social Media - Freelance	New York, NY
Coordinator, Production Finance	New York, NY
Coordinator, A&E IndieFilms (Freelance)	New York, NY
Digital Media Encoder-freelance	Stamford, CT

See all 75 job postings

eSpark - eSpark is a Chicago, IL based startup that works with K-8 schools to offer “personalized learning on the iPad.”

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Job Title	Location
Inside Sales Representative	Chicago, IL
Director, Learning Design	Chicago, IL
Senior UX - Interaction Designer	Chicago, IL
School Partnership Manager	Chicago, IL
Field Representative	Chicago, IL

See all 12 job postings

Newegg - Newegg, which is based in City of Industry, CA, is "the leading electronics-focused e-retailer in the United States."

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Job Title	Location
Copywriter	Industry, CA
Event Coordinator	Industry, CA
Student / Intern	Cambridge, MA
Category Manager, Marketplace	Hacienda Heights, CA
Web Editor, B2B	Industry, CA

See all 85 job postings

Postmates - Postmates is a San Francisco, CA based company that offers “a revolutionary same day urban logistics & delivery platform."

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Job Title	Location
Operations Manager	New York, NY
Software Engineer: Android	Seattle, WA
Software Engineer	San Francisco, CA
Customer Service/Dispatch	San Francisco, CA

See all 4 job postings

Twice - Twice is a San Francisco, CA based company that buys and sells “high-quality, affordable secondhand clothes online.

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Job Title	Location
Sr. User Experience Researcher	Chicago, IL
Senior Generative Researcher	Chicago, IL
Principal Taxonomy Researcher	Chicago, IL
User Experience Researcher	Chicago, IL
Editor	Durango, CO

See all 8,455 job postings

CrowdFlower - CrowdFlower is a San Francisco, CA based company that allows you to “instantly hire millions of people to collect, filter, and enhance your data.

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Job Title	Location
Alchemist - Entry Level	San Francisco, CA
Senior Marketing Communications Manager	San Francisco, CA
Senior Product Marketing Manager	San Francisco, CA
Account Strategist	San Francisco, CA
Enterprise Account Executive	San Francisco, CA

See all 10 job postings

EnerNOC - EnerNOC is a Boston, MA based company that wants “to make energy management as integral as accounting to the operation of every organization.”

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Job Title	Location
Project Manager	Chicago, IL
Product Marketing Sr. Specialist	Boston, MA
Buisness Development Manager DemandSMART - Toledo - OH	Toledo, OH
Business Development Manager - DemandSMART - Memphis, TN	Memphis, TN
User Experience Designer (with visual design expertise)	Boston, MA

See all 38 job postings

Quarterly - Quarterly is a Los Angeles, CA based company that allows “anyone to subscribe to influential contributors and receive physical items in the mail from them.”

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Job Title	Location
.NET Programmer	Houston, TX
Senior Account Executive	New York, NY
Account Executive - National Accounts	Stamford, CT
Account Executive	San Mateo, CA
Account Executive - Entry Level	Stamford, CT

See all 54,873 job postings

Jumpstart - Jumpstart is a national non-profit that is attacking the early education crisis by recruiting college students to serve children from low-income neighborhoods.

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Job Title	Location
Cognos Data Analyst - Marketing	Lincolnshire, IL
Research Associate	Washington, DC
Sr. Systems Administrator (Security)	Menlo Park, CA
Social Media & Community Intern	San Francisco, CA
Mechanic/Tow Truck Operator	Anamosa, IA

See all 1,516 job postings

American Conservation Experience - American Conservation Experience offers “opportunities for both American and International volunteers to take part in challenging outdoor projects."

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Job Title	Location
Social Worker MSW	Phoenix, AZ
CT Technol	Phoenix, AZ
Environmental, Health & Safety Manager	Evansville, IN
Specl Proc Technol-Electrophysiology	Phoenix, AZ
Surg Technol	Phoenix, AZ

See all 415 job postings

Vivid Seats - Vivid Seats is a Chicago, IL based company that aims to “to reinvent the ticket purchasing experience.”

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Job Title	Location
Email Marketing Analyst	Chicago, IL
SEO Director	Chicago, IL
Recruiter	Chicago, IL
Director/Sr. Manager of Business Development	Chicago, IL
Email Marketing Analyst (Sports Marketing/Sales)	Chicago, IL

See all 11 job postings

Collette Vacations - Collette Vacations is a Pawtucket, RI based company that offers “more than 150 expertly designed, escorted tours spanning 50-plus countries."

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Job Title	Location
Reservation Operations Coordinator	Pawtucket, RI
Operations Coordinator	Pawtucket, RI
Account Coordinator Supervisor	Pawtucket, RI
Reservation Operations Coordinator	Pawtucket, RI
Vice President of Marketing	Pawtucket, RI

See all 19 job postings

Situation Interactive - Situation Interactive is a New York, NY based agency focused on creating amazing experiences for amazing brands.

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Job Title	Location
Interaction Designer (IXD)	Stony Brook, NY
Lead Industrial Designer – Medical Devices	Lenexa, KS
Annual Giving Director	Spartanburg, SC
999934 Technical Support Representative	Dallas, TX
9999-CS Technical Support Representative	Dallas, TX

See all 1,844 job postings

Gooru - Gooru is a Palo Alto, CA based non-profit that is “organizing free, online education resources into searchable collections" available online.

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Job Title	Location
Design Intern at Ed-Tech Non-Profit	Palo Alto, CA
Curriculum Developer	Palo Alto, CA

See all 2 job postings

AppFolio - AppFolio is a Goleta, CA based company that offers software as a service that solves every day problems for property managers.

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Job Title	Location
Operations and Maintenance Manager	Baltimore, MD
Director of Property Management	Newport Beach, CA
Administrative Assistant	Atlanta, GA
Account Manager	Goleta, CA
Leasing Agent - Baltimore	Baltimore, MD

See all 52 job postings

Lookout Mobile Security - Lookout Mobile Security is a San Francisco, CA based company that is “dedicated to making the mobile experience safe for everyone.”

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Job Title	Location
Software Engineer - Security - Platform	San Francisco, CA
Marketing Web/Email Developer	San Francisco, CA
Service Operations Manager	Santa Clara, CA
Director of Partner Marketing	San Francisco, CA
Director of Platform Engineering	San Francisco, CA

See all 29 job postings

General Growth Properties - GGP is a Chicago, IL based real estate trust that owns and operates shopping centers all across the United States.

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Job Title	Location
Marketing Analytics Supervisor	Red Bank, NJ
Principal Sales Representative	San Francisco, CA
Buyer	New Brighton, MN
Branch Sales Professional/Sales Representative - 100713	Urbancrest, OH
Full Charge Bookkeeper	Austin, TX

See all 5,506 job postings

Belly - Belly is a Chicago, IL based company that is replacing the loyalty punchcard with mobile apps and in-store iPads.

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Job Title	Location
Associate Recruiter	Stamford, CT
Agent - Real Estate- Bay Area-CA	Santa Clara, CA
Trainer / Account Manager	Atlanta, GA
Tractor Owner-Operators	Ross, ND
Digital Librarian for E-Commerce Publishing Company	San Diego, CA

See all 419 job postings

One Acre Fund - One Acre Fund is a non-profit that is working to eliminate poverty in Africa by increasing the efficiency of family farming operations, and they're hiring.

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Job Title	Location
Storm Water Research	Fort Drum, NY
Forester (Silviculturist)	Portland, OR
Assistant/Associate Professor of Silviculture & Forest Management	San Luis Obispo, CA
M&E Associate	New York, NY
Storm Water Research	Fort Drum, NY

See all 100 job postings

Society for Neuroscience - The Society for Neuroscience is a Washington, DC based non-profit member organization, and they're hiring new grads.

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Job Title	Location
Project Manager	Washington, DC
Oversea Sales Representitive	Baltimore, MD
Physician Assistant Neuro Science Institute FT Days	Livingston, NJ
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Neural Bases of Developmental Stuttering	Ann Arbor, MI
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Drosophila Neurobiology	Bozeman, MT

See all 116 job postings

Spongecell - Spongecell is a New York, NY based company that allows advertisers to “transform standard banner ads into dynamic flash ads with rich media-like functionality"

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Job Title	Location
Ruby on Rails Engineer!	San Francisco, CA
Internships	New York, NY
Senior Media Analyst	New York, NY
Interactive Production Designer - NYC	New York, NY
Senior Interactive Production Designer	New York, NY

See all 16 job postings

Work Market - Work Market is a company that “give businesses access to an on-demand scalable work force," and they're hiring themselves.

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Job Title	Location
Senior Trade Marketing Analyst	Lynnfield, MA
Marketing Intern	Edina, MN
Sales Manager Trainee- recent college graduates!	Kansas City, MO
Sales Manager Trainee	Fort Collins, CO
Senior Account Executive	New York, NY

See all 240,933 job postings

Claire’s - Claire's is a retailer with more than 3,000 stores that sells fashion, accessories, and jewelry to young women and girls, and they're hiring.

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Job Title	Location
Director. Global Digital Marketing	Hoffman Estates, IL
Operations Analyst/UAT Lead	Hoffman Estates, IL
Store Manager-Corona, NY	New York, NY
Store Manager-Pentagon City, Arlington, VA	Arlington, VA
Store Manager-Green Bay, WI	Green Bay, WI

See all 24 job postings

Royal Caribbean Cruises - Cruise lines are fascinating business, which is why you should consider a job with the world's second biggest cruise company, Royal Caribbean Cruises.

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Job Title	Location
2013 Summer Internship Program	Miami, FL
Data Control Specialist	Miami, FL
2013 Summer Internship Program	Miami, FL
Assistant Maitre’D	United States
Product Marketing Lead	Miami, FL

See all 211 job postings

Coursera - Coursera is a Mountain View, CA based startup that has partnered with the world's top universities to bring classes online for free, and they're hiring.

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Job Title	Location
Digital Strategy Intern - Summer 2013 Term	Washington, DC
Tutor or Teacher - MATLAB	San Diego, CA
Graduate Assistant, USM Ithaka Project	College Park, MD
Social Media Manager	San Francisco, CA
Instructional Design Specialist	Houston, TX

See all 12 job postings

Everyday Health - Everyday Health provides “consumers, healthcare professionals, and brands with content and advertising-based services," and they're hiring.

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Job Title	Location
BDC Specialist/ Internet Sales	Palmer, MA
Retail Sales Clerk / Cashier Hiring Event	Bloomington, IN
Client Care Analyst	Atlanta, GA
Analyst, Prov Netwrk Dev I2 8	Chandler, AZ
Social Worker with MSW	McClellan, CA

See all 3,854 job postings

MathWorks - MathWorks is a Natick, MA based "developer of mathematical computing software for engineers and scientists," and they have a ton of entry level jobs.

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Job Title	Location
Senior Web Application Team Lead	Natick, MA
Senior Web Application Software Engineer	Natick, MA
Senior Web Application Developer	Natick, MA
Web Application Engineer	Natick, MA
Web Application Developer	Natick, MA

See all 272 job postings

PulsePoint - PulsePoint is a company that uses technology to deliver better advertising for their clients, and they're hiring.

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Job Title	Location
Consumer Marketing Manager	Carrollton, TX
Research and Development	New York, NY

See all 2 job postings

HealthTap - HealthTap is a Palo Alto, CA based company that allows patients to get free answers to medial questions from doctors online, and they're hiring.

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Job Title	Location
Data & Growth Lead	Palo Alto, CA
Maverick Copywriter / Editor	Palo Alto, CA
Marketing Lead	Palo Alto, CA
Informatics Scientist	Palo Alto, CA
Frontend Software Engineer	Palo Alto, CA

See all 29 job postings

GREE - GREE is a Japanese mobile social game developer that is expanding rapidly in the U.S, and that means that they're hiring a ton of new grads.

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Job Title	Location
Site Medical Director	Bowling Green, FL
Hiring Mercedes Benz Service Technicians Mercedez Benz Gree	Houston, TX
Game Designer/Associate Game Designer	San Francisco, CA
Head of Third Party Production, Yahoo! Studios	Santa Monica, CA
Senior Vice President, Products	San Francisco, CA

See all 65 job postings

LearnVest - LearnVest is based in New York, NY and helps women "live a richer life" by providing personal finance content and tools, and they're hiring.

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Job Title	Location
Summer Intern 2013 - Editorial	New York, NY
Director of Professional Services	New York, NY
Senior Associate Editor	New York, NY
Editorial Assistant	New York, NY
Director of Strategic Partnerships	New York, NY

See all 31 job postings

Results for Development Institute - Results for Development Institute is a Washington, DC based international development non-profit with some great job opportunities for new grads.

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Job Title	Location
MARKETING COORDINATOR	Eau Claire, WI
Coordinator Clinical Research Baylor Research Institute Plano Cardiology Research Weekday Daytime	Plano, TX
Business Development / Marketing	Altoona, WI
Senior Research Consultant, Claims Research Data Team	Hartford, CT
CRM, Infusionsoft, Marketing Assistant Part-time To Full-time (Gilbert, AZ)	Gilbert, AZ

See all 3,163 job postings

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