Fast Facts

Achieving The Dream is looking for a self-motivated Marketing and Communications Intern to contribute to brand elevation and marketing strategies during a flexible internship in a remote setting.

Responsibilities: Assist in promoting brand expertise, creating content using AI, conducting research, enhancing the company's website, and collaborating on daily operations.

Skills: Strong communication and organizational skills, proficiency in MS Office Suite, and familiarity with social media platforms.

Qualifications: Pursuing a degree in marketing, digital media, or a related field.

Location: Remote; must be available during core hours (9am – 5pm ET)

Compensation: $18 - $23 / Hourly

Position Details: 

Position Type: 

Internship

Department:

Marketing & Communications

Reports To: 

Chris McLeod, Executive Director, Marketing & Communications

Internship Duration:

June – August (flexible work schedule, duration and hours - intern must work between ATD’s core hours (9am – 5pm ET).

Work Location: 

Remote 

 Hourly Rate:

$18.00 (undergraduate rate)

$23.00 (graduate rate) 

Internship Overview: Achieving The Dream is seeking a Marketing and Communications Intern. This intern will be an integral part of the Marketing & Communications team (“MarComm”), contributing to various projects aimed at enhancing ATD’s marketing strategies and elevating its brand across digital channels. The intern will have the opportunity to work on a diverse range of tasks. The ideal candidate is self-motivated, enjoys interacting with a diverse range of colleagues and audiences, is a strong writer and communicator, and is working toward a degree in communications, digital media, or a related field. 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Promote Brand Expertise: Assist with creating a spreadsheet and process for elevating ATD’s subject matter experts in the field using ATD’s digital channels
• AI Content Creation: Support the development of new content using AI to craft compelling narratives and generate ideas for assets to be used across various channels, including email, social media, and the website.
• Research and Analysis: Conduct research on best AI tools to support the MarComm department and present findings
• Website Enhancements: Assist the team in identifying and making enhancements to the ATD website to better drive traffic and engagement
• Team Collaboration: Collaborate with team members on daily operations to ensure efficiency and efficacy in delivering our work to internal clients.

Skills/Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing a degree in marketing, digital media, or related field
• Strong communication and organizational skills
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. 
• Strong familiarity with social media and emerging platforms
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

What You’ll Gain:

• Marketing and Communications Strategy: Practical experience in developing and implementing marketing and communication strategies to achieve organizational goals.
• AI Knowledge Acquisition: Gain a comprehensive understanding of various AI platforms, including their functionalities, strengths, and limitations
• Comparative Analysis: Develop skills to compare different AI platforms based on their features and potential applications in marketing and communications.
• Process Design: Develop a systematic process for using spreadsheets to track and elevate the contributions of subject matter experts within the organization.
• Innovation: Foster creativity in developing new strategies and solutions for marketing and communications challenges.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Enhance skills in communicating insights and strategies to stakeholders in a clear and compelling manner.

Core Competencies: 

Collaboration: Demonstrates respect, humility, and willingness to collaborate when seeking to understand others and making decisions. 

Equity Mindset: Demonstrates capacity to recognize and address racialized structures, policies, and practices that produce and sustain racial inequities. 

Learning Orientation: Embraces challenges, new ideas and different perspectives as an opportunity to learn; continually seeks out and applies new learning to activate change or improvements. 

Systems Thinking: Defines the system and one’s role in the system. Sees relationships and the dynamic elements of the holistic system and executes work accordingly. Influences the system and maps connections to ATD’s external landscape. 

Physical Demands:  

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus. 

Equal Opportunity Employer: 

Achieving the Dream is committed to creating and maintaining a diverse work environment.Employment policies and decisions are based upon merit, qualifications, performance, and business needs. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or medical conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth), gender identity or expression, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, legally- protected genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or sexual orientation.