Events/Marketing Intern

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The intern will work to bring creative ideas and new promotions strategies to our target audience. A large portion of work will support the National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin’s (NKFW) major fundraising event: Capital City 5K for Organ, Tissue, and Eye Donation on Saturday, July 28, in Madison, WI.

Main Responsibilities:

• Work as a collaborative team member to develop marketing materials that integrate the NKFW’s organizational brand in all aspects of the Capital City 5K and social media platforms
• Create and implement promotion and marketing to increase event participation
• Promote and inspire participants to individually raise funds
• Develop content for social media, website, and collated print materials; post content targeted at specific audiences via
• Facebook, Twitter, and other social media platforms
• Evaluate effectiveness of social media posts
• Interview select participants for marketing/promotional purposes
• Revitalize and regularly maintain Capital City 5K blog
• Create event press releases and manage event related media relations
• Conduct post‐event surveys of volunteers and participants and compile results
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements/Attributes:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience with social media, infographics, photography, and audio/video preferred
• Pursuing a college degree or recent graduate
• Experience in interviewing and marketing; experience working with volunteers a plus
• Strong computer skills and basic understanding of an office environment
• Dependable, flexible, respectful, and a team player
• Ability to work independently and take initiative
• Personal interest in sports or health‐related marketing
• Access to reliable transportation
• Personal laptop recommended

Time Commitment: Approx. May 14, 2018 - August 10, 2018
Part‐time with flexible hours, 15 ‐ 20 hours per week preferred
Must be available the week of July 23 and all day on Saturday, July 28

Other: This an unpaid internship. The NKFW will work with colleges/universities to ensure credit and/or fellowship requirements are met and provide recommendations for future employers

To Apply: Send a cover letter, resume, and online portfolio to events@kidneywi.org with "Events/Marketing Intern" in the subject line.
No phone calls please.