Unpaid Marketing Internship

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Southern Rhode Island Volunteers (SRIV) has an immediate opening for a marketing intern to join our team. This is an unpaid, part-time internship with flexible hours to fit students' and recent graduates’ schedules.

• Use social media and traditional forms of media (i.e. print and email) to influence donor, community partner and volunteer behavior in SRIV’s primary areas of service: Block Island, Charlestown, Exeter, Hopkinton, Narragansett, North Kingstown, Richmond, South Kingstown, Westerly and in the communities of Jamestown, East and West Greenwich, Rhode Island.
• Coordinate SRIV branding with Executive Director, key staff and the Marketing Committee to assure a consistent in look and message across all media platforms.
• Work with RSVP & Programs Director to create content for social media accounts - primarily Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
• Use Content Management System to schedule and manage posts.
• Create content pieces related to volunteerism, community service and SRIV’s four main programs:
• Aging & Independent Living
• Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP)
• Disaster Preparedness, Relief and Response
• Community Volunteering

• Help monitor and track analytics of website and social media traffic using Google Analytics. Report findings on a weekly basis.
• Monitor and analyze online conversations, report findings to Executive Director/Staff/Board as requested.
• Write a monthly story to be posted on SRIV’s website and social media accounts.
• Use editorial calendar to plan out content marketing pieces.
• Assist in maintaining SRIV’s website.
• Assist in updating and maintaining SRIV’s email and postal mail distribution lists.
• Attend staff meetings, Marketing Committee meetings and others as requested by Executive Director to stay updated on SRIV events and activities
• Substantially contribute and assist with the strategic direction of SRIV’s mission
• Attend all SRIV events, recognition, media and fundraisings as requested by Executive Director (a minimum 3 events annually)
• Perform duties as requested by the Executive Director
• Reports to the Executive Director

• Review and advise if YouTube presence is viable.
• Identify opportunities with suitable media outlets to promote SRIV’s work and report why they would be a good fit for SRIV.
• Newspapers, guest blogging, online news sources, radio and television