The strategy intern plays a part in driving our core development and fundraising efforts. Strategists help clarify the opportunities for growth and help build creative solutions to move our organization forward. You will report directly to the head of strategy and founder.
Responsibilities
- Develop an understanding of our business environment and strategy
- Collaborate with our team to define project objectives and establish project approach
- Conduct desk research and help identify opportunities for new funds
- Help produce a yearly analysis to identify gaps and opportunities in the marketplace
- Place findings into presentation materials for internal communication efforts
- Keep up with Austin’s non-profits to establish relationships and identify opportunities
HealthStart is seeking a research intern to help drive our core development and fundraising efforts. Researchers help locate opportunities for growth and contribute to campaign ideation based on their findings. We use your insight to build creative solutions that move our organization forward. You will report directly to the head of strategy and founder, Robin.
The research intern plays a part in driving our core development and fundraising efforts. Researchers help clarify the opportunities for growth and help build creative solutions to move our organization forward. You will report directly to the head of strategy and founder.
Responsibilities
- Develop an understanding of our business environment and landscape
- Collaborate with our team to define project objectives and establish project approach
- Conduct desk research and help identify opportunities for new funding
- Help produce a yearly analysis to identify gaps and opportunities in the marketplace
- Place findings into presentation deck for internal communication efforts
- Keep up with Austin’s non-profits to establish relationships and identify opportunities
Graphic Design Intern
HealthStart is seeking a Graphic Design Intern to create engaging collateral, print, and digital materials to help drive our core program and development efforts. Graphic Design interns help set the tone for our printed, online and social media communications. Graphic Design also help create program related materials and illustrations for our digital game,Monstralia: A Healthy Life For Your Little Monster.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Interns will work under the direction of Health Start’s Curriculum Designer. Interns should be able to devote 12-15 hours per week to the internship. Hours are flexible.
Job responsibilities may include:
- Create graphics for an upcoming health education mobile game using Photoshop and Illustrator.
- Create backgrounds using a drawing tablet for an upcoming mobile game.
- Help create promotional materials for upcoming events such as flyers, web banners, and other materials.
- Create visual solutions in effective ways in print and electronic media.
- Develop materials to attract potential community partners.
- Other tasks as assigned.
Qualifications
Applicants must have educational or work experience with graphic design, design, website development, or related activity. Employment experience or a strong interest in health and wellness or early childhood education is preferred. Must have experience with Adobe Creative Suite including PhotoShop, InDesign, and Illustrator.
- Attention to detail
- Quick study
- A willingness to learn new things or new ways of doing things
- Excellent verbal and communication skills
- Enthusiasm about making a difference
- Creative and innovative thinking
- Ability to meet deadlines with little or no daily onsite supervision
- Some drawing/illustration experience
- Experience with drawing tablets and creating simple digital paintings
- Experience with Illustrator, and creating vector graphics with the pen tool
- UI experience a plus.
- Work on game illustration a plus.
Health Start is currently seeking a part-time Spring 2017 intern with highly developed communications/health promotion/nutrition skills who can work about 12-15 hours per week. You will be part of a team implementing and evaluating HealthStart’s health promotion programs and related tasks. All of these experiences should be highly transferrable to a professional public health, nutrition, or health promotion work environment.
Job responsibilities will include:
- Assisting in organizing and executing our What are YOU Feeding? Nutrition awareness programs
- Attending and assisting with Health Promotion activities, community wellness fairs, and other events that educate and raise our profile within our community
- Working directly with HealthStart’s Scientific Committee
- Contributing Health and Nutrition related articles for HealthStart’s Monthly Newsletter, press releases, articles for parenting and health magazines, and a blog
- Other health promotion related tasks as assigned
Qualifications
Candidates for the position must have experience with or a strong interest in public health, health promotion, health communications, event planning, nonprofit development or related activity. Employment experience or a strong interest in social entrepreneurship, social marketing, health and wellness or early childhood education is preferred. Must be familiar with basic computer operations including MS WORD, EXCEL, and the Internet specifically social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, email clients, etc. In addition, candidates should have some or all of the following skills:
- A willingness to learn new things or new ways of doing things
- Ability to meet deadlines with little or no daily onsite supervision
- Attention to detail
- Excellent verbal and communication skills
- Enthusiasm about making a difference
Unpaid
Additional Information:
The intern will have weekly interaction with HealthStart’s Founder and other interns and staff and regular interaction with HealthStart board and committee members. Candidates must be able to begin work no later than January 9th. Please noteALL interns are required to attend weekly staff meetings on Fridays from 9 to 10:30 am.
Austin, TX 78705
United States