Intern, Development & Community Events-Greater Nashville, TN Region

Internship Overview

The American Heart Association's Internship Program provides hands-on experience in various facets for individuals interested in gaining work experience with a non-profit, voluntary health organization. An exciting opportunity exists for an intern on our Development Team supporting Heart Challenge, Heart Ball, and Go Red for Women events.

Responsibilities

• Assisting with the development and implementation of fundraising activities, logistics, and administrative support for the Nashville market.
• Work with Event Coordinators, Development Directors, and Market Leadership to support fundraising campaigns.
• Assist with pre-campaign planning, day of event execution, and post-campaign wrap-up projects.
• Execute external calls and emails to sponsors, volunteers, third-party vendors, and auction donors.
• Work within event support systems such as Luminate and Tableau to help manage data entry and run reports.
• Develop and update marketing and sponsorship materials for campaigns including save the dates, invitations, proposals, and other needed collateral to assist in campaign promotion.
• Assist with volunteer management including prepping for and attending externally facing meetings (both in-person and virtual).
• Conduct prospect research to generate new leads and compile information for fundraising campaigns.

Qualifications

• Candidates who are seniors or graduate students pursuing a degree in business preferably marketing, event planning, public relations or public health with fundraising focus.
• Must be comfortable with vendor outreach (phone calls & emails to vendors & donors).
• Experience/interest in promotion, sales, or fundraising.
• Experience with event planning for a non-profit or for profit organization.
• Demonstrated skills in effective one-on-one and group communications and comfort with working professionally with all levels of community leaders, volunteers, and staff.
• Proficient in multiple social media platforms.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment managing multiple priorities involving multiple entities.
• Intermediate to excellent proficiency in Microsoft Office and Canva.

Required Equipment

• Reliable WiFi Connection
• Reliable transportation

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary: $23.00 per hour
• Professional Development – Join one of our many Employee Resource Groups (ERG) or be a mentor/mentee in our professional mentoring program. Heart U is the Association’s national online university, with more than 100,000 resources designed to meet your needs and busy schedule.
• Healthcare Benefits – Access to our Teladoc General Medical and Behavioral Health programs. We also provide access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) at no cost as a confidential program designed to assist employees and family members with personal issues that affect their relationships at home or at work.