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Spring 2025: Kids Tooth Team Outreach

 

Internship Opportunity

Title: Marketing Intern

Reports to: Executive Director

Location:Flexible

Website: www.kidstoothteamoutreach.org       

Internship Goal:

The Marketing Internship is a critical component to achieving the Kids Tooth Team Outreach Foundation Strategic Goals. The role reports directly to the Executive Director and is responsible for developing, implementing, and evaluating KTT Outreach’s fund development plan. This is a marketing position that is entertaining, exciting, and challenging.  Several previous interns have achieved amazing results, helping to secure funding necessary to provide free dental care to hundreds of children in their community.

The Intern is responsible for articulating the case for support and funding needs while fostering robust relationships between donors and leadership. Initiative, coupled with a sense of competitive drive, and the ability to stay focused on results despite changing conditions, is the key to achieving the performance objectives of this job. Because environmental and organizational conditions change rapidly, the work involves innovation and creativity in generating ideas for quick response. KTT Outreach’s fund development elements include: new donor acquisition, lapsed donor mailings, annual giving, major gifts from individuals, planned giving, corporations, foundations, religious institutions, civic groups, and the execution of annual fundraising events.

Goals: 

  1. Raise $100,000
    1. Develop list of largest funders to cultivate
    2. Develop funding path for renewals and prospects; and build relationships with local individuals, corporations and foundations to support KTT Outreach with major gifts.
    3. With the support of KTT Outreach’s Board Fundraising Committee, plan and execute the 2022 KTT Outreach annual fundraiser
    4. Plan and lead tours, working with the Executive Director to prepare for funder and prospect visits to school clinics.
    5. Work with Texas Predental Society to create grassroots fundraising development within University of Texas Alumni
  2. Identify 5 new grant opportunities and complete applications
  3. Build a sustainable coalition of Austin donors with a strong belief in KTT Outreach’s mission and willingness to advocate on behalf of KTT Outreach.
    1. Champion board and community partnerships and provide appropriate level of detail, preparation, and context for Executive Director to support cultivation and continued engagement.
    2. Set strategic goals around the number of new, lapsed and upgraded donors to create a healthy, sustainable donor base long-term
    3. Develop and execute long-term plan to get in front of high net worth Austin leaders to begin building relationships for future asks
  4. We look for team members who embody the following values and characteristics: 
  • Believes and is committed to the KTT Outreach mission and being an agent of change: that all children deserve to see their futures clearly
  • Demonstrates effective outcomes and results, and wants to be held accountable for them
  • Has a propensity for action, willing to make mistakes by doing in order to learn and improve quickly
  • Works with urgency and purpose to drive outcomes
  • Thrives in an entrepreneurial, high-growth environment; is comfortable with ambiguity and change
  • Seeks and responds well to feedback, which is shared often and freely across all levels of the organization
  • Works through silos and forges strong relationships in order to achieve outcomes
  • Believes that all humans have a right to quality health care and to be treated with integrity.

Knowledge and Skills: 

  • Ability to synthesize multiple facts, data points, and stories into compelling narrative explaining KTT Outreach’s aspiration to transform vision care services for children in poverty to others.
  • Superior writing ability and attention to detail.
  • Comfort and confidence engaging with individuals from all backgrounds within the Austin community in order to explain the KTT Outreach story and vision.
  • Knowledge of the Central Texas philanthropic landscape including various philanthropic organizations and business development organizations.
  • Communication- ability to explain KTT Outreach’s story, program, vision and accomplishments with a diverse group of constituents, prospects, and funders.

Additional Information: Kids Tooth Team Brochure

Please direct applications to totto@kidstoothteam.com

 

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Summer Opportunities with Tomorrow’s Leaders Today, Inc.

TLT – Tomorrow’s Leaders Today, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to helping develop youth leaders through education, collaboration and mentorships with community & business leaders for the collective benefit of the students and their communities.

TLT Leading Leaders Intern Program

Texas young adults (15 and older) across North Texas High Schools, Colleges and Universities take part in a hands-on internship opportunity to gain valuable work experience, explore a career path, develop, and refine skills, gain confidence and build professional relationships.  All career paths can find a valuable opportunity in one of the positions offered, the experience is tailored to the student.  School enrollment is not a requirement. You can apply and find out more here: https://www.tltleaders.org/internship-application

The applications for the summer session are open now through April 30th and will run May 20th to July 31st.  Fall applications will open mid-May through July with the session running September 9th -November 22nd.

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Social Media Internship with Texas Appleseed Spring 2024

Social Media Intern, Criminal Justice Project

ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION 

Texas Appleseed is a nonpartisan, nonprofit policy and advocacy organization. As one of the most trusted resources for data-driven policy analysis and solutions, Texas Appleseed advocates at the state and local level for fair, just, and equitable laws. Our work has shaped hundreds of laws and positively affected millions of Texans by breaking down barriers through transformative policy solutions. For more information, visit www.texasappleseed.org.

POSITION SUMMARY

Working with a small team and under the supervision of the Criminal Justice Social Media Strategist, the Criminal Justice Social Media Intern, will work with the project team to help create toolkits, generate content for websites, and assist in the rollout of media content in the works.

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Assist with the design and execution of social media campaigns
  • Create and distribute content such as blogs, infographics, videos and press releases on social media and traditional news outlets
  • Track social media engagement to identify high-performing ideas
  • Support team at live and online events
  • Perform social media marketing research
  • Brainstorm and research ideas for original content
  • Create compelling graphics to share across social channels
  • Write social media captions that speak to the nonprofit’s target audience
  • Help create and edit short-form videos
  • Develop new strategies for increasing engagement
  • Assist with photo/video content shoots

CANDIDATE QUALIFICATIONS

  • A Bachelor’s degree in humanities, especially communications-related field such as advertising or journalism, or are currently pursuing their Bachelor’s degree and are in their third or fourth year of their program
  • Strong oral and written communication skills
  • Excellent internet research skills
  • Skilled in the social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, X (formerly known as Twitter), LinkedIn, and YouTube
  • Knowledge of social media analytics software including Facebook Insights, Google Analytics and Twitter Analytics to track audience engagement and campaign performance
  • Experience with content management systems, word processor applications and image/video editing software

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

2+ years’ experience in digital marketing/social media marketing

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

The social media intern will report directly to the Criminal Justice Social Media Strategist. This position is a hybrid position (part remote, part in person) based out of Austin, TX. Undergraduate internships at Texas Appleseed pay $15hr, and require at least 10 to 15 hours per week. This is a spring internship, with potential for renewal in the summer and fall.

Texas Appleseed is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing a workplace free from harassment and discrimination. We celebrate the unique differences of our employees because that is what drives curiosity, innovation, and the success of our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, pregnancy, parental status, genetic information, political affiliation, or any other status protected by the laws.

HOW TO APPLY

Please email your resumé, a campaign or social media account you think is successful with 2-5 sentences on why, and two original social media posts with captions that focus on the need for criminal justice reform to internships@texasappleseed.org. Please include the position title, “Criminal Justice Social Media Intern” in the subject line. Applications should be submitted no later than November 13, 2023.