Bilingual PR, Media, and Communications Intern
Bilingual PR, Media, and Communications Intern, in collaboration with the Executive Director (ED) and Communications Director, manage and help organize fundraising initiatives on behalf of the organization, to include grant research/writing, individual and corporation donation solicitation, event-related fundraising efforts, donor database management, and donor stewardship. He or she also, under the guidance and approval of the Communications Director, manages external communications for the organization including maintaining the website, creating and implementing social media strategy, publicizing the work of the organization, and overseeing messaging and visual documentation of Austin Smiles programming.
Specific Communications Responsibilities:
· Help manage communication channels (externally) to include organization newsletter, and letters/emails/social media messages of appeal and acknowledgement
- Help with translation and communication with Latin American medical mission sites
- Create graphics for social media, online and paper publications in English and Spanish
- some video editing
- Create policies, procedures/best practices for social media
- Publicize event announcements, programming, and other news to local media/news outlets
- Updates and maintains PR Tracking Log alongside Communications Director
- Help Manage website content and updates
- Create policies, procedures/best practices for website
- Work with Executive Director to create strategic Intern specific communications plan
- Helps create and distribute press releases and uploading event info to online community calendars
- Research new and maintain existing corporate/foundation/grant opportunities
- Manage donor database
- Help with thank you letters