GiveForward Is Hiring Interns (Apply if you are AWESOME)

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GiveForward is looking for bright, enthusiastic, highly-motivated rising juniors, seniors, new graduates and grad students who want to really sink their teeth into a project and run with it.  You must have excellent writing and communication skills, and a sense of humor is a REQUIREMENT. Additionally, the ability to finish a two pound burrito from Chipotle in one sitting is viewed favorably (see below).

If you are interested in applying, please send a resume and a short cover letter explaining why you want to work with us to jobs@giveforward.org.

Please include which position you are applying for in the subject line. We are currently hiring for the following positions:

Fundraising Coach Extraordinaire: Are you a fundraising king or queen? Do you enjoy helping people and coming up with creative ways to raise money for good causes? If so, you could be perfect for this position.

We need someone who is an excellent communicator both with emails and on the phone.

Responsibilities will include:

* Working closely with individuals and organizations to help them better understand the ins and outs of online fundraising  (don’t worry, if you don’t know the ins and outs, we’ll teach you)
* Reaching out to new users to help them do a better job of fundraising
* Helping to write fundraising tips on the GiveForward blog
* Serving as the “face” of GiveForward to the Giveforward community and the outside world
* Issuing checks and personalizing the letters we send to beneficiaries
* Ensuring that our users have the absolute best user experience possible

Social Media Maven: Do you have more friends on Facebook than anyone you know? Are you a YouTube junkie? Does TwitterAddict have nothing on you? Well, then you might be just the person we’re looking for.

We need someone who is confident using a variety of social media tools and who feels comfortable with the process of making friends and building connections virtually.

Responsibilities include:

* Growing our Fan base on Facebook and interacting with our Fans
* Tweeting and interacting with our following on Twitter
* Cleverly positioning us in industry relevant blogs
* Helping us to develop and implement our social media marketing strategy

Snarky Blogger: If you already write a hilarious blog or your friends keep telling you that you need to start one, you might be perfect for this position.

We are looking for a witty writer to be the head blogger for the GiveForward Blog.  Graphic design, ability to use Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator and basic HTML skills are looked upon very favorably.

Responsibilities include:

* Writing about news and events going on at GiveForward

* Selecting and writing about a new blog each week to win the GiveForward Awesome Blogger Award

* Handling basic graphic design work for our website and promotional materials

* Writing press releases

Please note that all positions are unpaid. We offer course credit for those whose schools accept internship credits and bonus opportunities exist throughout the internship.

If you have any questions about these positions before you apply, please feel free to email ethan@GiveForward.org

A little bit more about our internship program

This isn’t your normal internship.  It is way awesomer! We assign real responsibilities to all of our team members and expect everyone to produce results.  We will empower you to make important  decisions and take intellectual risks.  We also believe work should be fun as well. We are a young company (no one here is older than 28) and we try not to take ourselves too seriously (our co-founder jogs around Chicago in a banana costume and we throw a drunken ugly sweater pub crawl each year). Bottom line, your internship will be a healthy mix of work and play and should provide you with a meaningful internship experience that we hope you will enjoy.

WORK: Some of the things GiveForward interns accomplished over the past year:

* Developed an integrated sports marketing plan to attract Chicago marathon runners to the GiveForward site
* Coached our users to help them raise over $750,000 for medical fundraisers and other good causes
* Helped plan and promote a 175+ person charity benefit event as well as the “world famous” Ugly Sweater Pub Crawl
* Developed and maintained GiveForward’s Twitter and Facebook accounts
* Helped us maintain the highest standards for customer relations
* Wrote, news stories, fundraising tips and feature articles for our blog
* Designed GiveForward T-shirts and marketing materials such as online ads and pamphlets
* Developed and implemented buzz marketing campaigns including creating a CityChase GiveForward Chase Point, the GiveForward Lemonade Stand, and a Christmas in July GiveForward Newsletter campaign
* Wrote press releases that got picked up by national websites

PLAY: Here are a few of the intern activities that take place at GiveForward

* Participation in Chicago’s CityChase
* YELP + GiveForward Charity Scavenger Hunt
* Birthday Lunches
* The “Interns Only” Summer BBQ

* Our world-famous Ugly Sweater Charity Pub Crawl

* Our “Beer Pong for Snuggies” Contest
* Participation in GiveForward Lemonade Stand
* Participation in team t-shirt design contests.
* And of course, the Interns vs. Bosses 2 lb Chipotle Burrito eating contest (this year, Imerman Angels and CrowdSPRING will be entering the competition as well)