- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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10 people are interested
Marketing Volunteer
ORGANIZATION: Refugee Artisan Initiative
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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10 people are interested
Refugee Artisan Initiative is growing, and seeks to increase sales of our sustainably-made products, hand-sewn by our refugee and immigrant women artisans in Seattle.
Marketing Volunteers will help identify and develop new wholesale and B2B avenues. Volunteers work independently and with our small team to support our growth.
- Volunteers seek new sales prospects via calls, emails and hard mailing.
- Volunteers assist with product photography, site updates, social media, newsletters, editing and other Marketing related tasks.
- Data entry and other tasks will be assigned as needed to assist with our small, and growing non-profit.
- An ideal Volunteer will have a passion for sustainability and sales.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential.
More opportunities with Refugee Artisan Initiative
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About Refugee Artisan Initiative
Location:
12337 Lake City Way NE, SEATTLE, WA 98125, US
Mission Statement
Refugee Artisan Initiative's mission is to transform lives of refugee and immigrant women by providing sustainable employment in sewing and handcrafting products. As part of the Refugee Artisan Initiative, we: •Hire and train immigrant women with sewing skills. •Enable artisans to work from home in an enterprise that needs little space. •Help women overcome language, transportation, and cultural barriers to employment. •Pay the Seattle-mandated minimum hourly wage. •Use recycled and repurposed materials, so our goods are easy on the environment. •Treat workers as collaborative and creative partners. •Help provide inroads for immigrants to enter into mainstream American life.
Description
We believe useful skills with proper tools and equipment can transform lives. Many refugee and immigrant women come to the Seattle area with limited skills and education, but have a strong desire to work. We intake and assess women with varying sewing skills to help them earn living wages by making sewn and handcrafted goods. We also provide sewing training and have a 'rent-to-own’ sewing and equipment program. We implement a circular economy by utilizing upcycled fabric and materials by converting them to beautiful small-batch manufactured products.
RAI started in 2017 and has served 36 Artisans to date. The amazing growth opportunities for RAI to produce sewn goods for partner corporations, local designers and small business means we have the opportunity to serve more Artisans who are now on a waitlist. We need volunteers to help us nurture a volunteer to artisan engagement program so we are developing an Artisan holistically and not just by the stipend she earns through the creation of products.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
12545 Lake City Way NESeattleSeattle, WA 98125
DATE POSTED
August 6, 2021
SKILLS
- Marketing & Communications (Mar/Com)
- Sales Marketing
- Business Development & Sales Management
- Data Entry
- Copy Writing / Copy Editing
- People Skills
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- 5 - 15 hours/week