Professional Development Program Associate
Denver, Co
This program offers four rotations over the course of a year to expose participants to a variety of areas and functions within First Western Trust, while also gaining an understanding of the company's framework and business culture. Rotations Include:Marketing: June 17, 2019 - October 15, 2019- Work in HubSpot to create internal and external emails for events, webinars, and announcements. Also, help maintain and update reoccurring weekly and bi-weekly emails.- Work with Adobe InDesign and Photoshop to create and update company collateral, events flyers, header images, and other creative needs- Set up and attend reoccurring meetings with all locations' market presidents and marketing representative to discuss current and future marketing needs and strategies- Work with other locations to make sure they have all necessary materials for events or normal use, such as banners, leave behinds, and invites.- Tasked with building out data-backed client personas in order to understand the various demographics that we are looking to market to. Using limited data pulled from our client management software, I was able to begin building an understanding of our clients.Investment Research: October 15, 2019 - February 14, 2020During my four months, I rotated through various parts of the investment umbrella at First Western, including Investment Research, Municipal Bonds, Large Cap Core mutual fund strategy, Retirement Services, and Trust. Duties throughout include:- Follow markets, headlines, and other news related to tickers/industries of interest, and read through earnings announcements- Learn about Trusts through experience with discretionary distributions, estate management, and client communication.Credit: February 18, 2020 - July 2, 2020- Underwrite consumer loans such as RLOC and HELOCs with values up to about $3 million- Modify loans terms on over 80 loans to provide financial relief during COVID- Review over 500 SBA PPP loans for reporting accuracy