The Koch Internship Program (KIP) is a paid experiential learning program run by Stand Together Fellowships that offers professional development, leadership training, and meaningful work experience at non-profits tackling some of our nation's most pressing policy challenges all over the United States. Early-career professionals including undergraduate/graduate/law students and recent graduates are encouraged to apply. Eligible candidates will be geographically located in and authorized to work in the United States through the duration of the program. Successful candidates will interview with both our non-profit partner organizations and Stand Together Fellowships staff, so we strongly encourage you to begin the
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The American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) is an independent, nonprofit organization committed to academic freedom, excellence, and accountability at America’s colleges and universities. Launched in 1995, we are the only organization that works with alumni, donors, trustees, and education leaders across the United States to promote academic excellence, academic freedom, and accountability in higher education.
Position Overview
The Digital Fundraising Intern will help the Development Team to strengthen its donor communications, providing insight into planned donor outreach activities, design assistance, and digital support. Reporting to the Vice President of Development and Philanthropy, this intern will gain hands-on experience in fundraising strategy, digital design, and donor messaging.
Key Responsibilities
- Draft persuasive email copy, support overarching campaign messaging, and write blog posts for the Fund for Academic Renewal.
- Develop and update email templates in Mailchimp and PDF templates for donor reports.
- Design physical and digital fundraising materials and flyers for our planned campaigns (and ad hoc) using Adobe InDesign
- Conduct research on successful digital fundraising campaigns to inform strategy and proactively propose best strategies and innovative ideas for digital fundraising copy.
- Collaborate with staff and manage daily workflows using cross-team project management tools.
Qualifications
Stand Together Fellowships believes that diversity in experiences, perspectives, knowledge and ideas fuels creativity, broadens knowledge, and helps drive success. Our admissions office treats all program participants and applicants with honesty, dignity, respect and sensitivity. We welcome all qualified applicants regardless of color, race, religion, religious creed, sex, gender or gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, ethnicity, ancestry, age, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy (including medical needs which may arise from pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), military and veteran status, genetic information, marital or familial status, political affiliation, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances.
