JOIN OUR GROWING NETWORK
Apply for the Impact Marketing and Fundraising Fellowship This Summer
- Develop skills in digital marketing (social media and email), brand strategy, graphic design, client communications, fundraising and personal branding
- Learn what it takes to be successful in a client-facing role by leading a project, running a campaign and offboarding a client
- Learn how to use new digital marketing and fundraising tools that will equip you for success in future positions
- Work collaboratively with another UIUC student to fundraise for impact organizations in areas like education, homelessness, environmental sustainability, hunger and more
- Receive a stipend or scholarship for your work (total amount to be determined)
- Network with digital marketing and social impact professionals and receive invaluable career and personal advice to grow your career
- Give back in local communities when social impact has never been more important
- Interest in marketing, fundraising and social impact
- Capacity to work 30 hours for the first two weeks of training and then commit to 10-15 hours per week following (schedule can be flexible)
- Not working another full-time job or internship (part-time positions are okay)
- Being a self-starter who can handle occasionally vague directions
- Exceptional communication skills and a willingness to learn many new skills
- Work with two University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students and one nonprofit consultant serving as their mentor who will develop a pro bono fundraising campaign for Black Philanthropy Month
- Receive a content calendar of social media posts and emails to deploy throughout the campaign
- Have a chance to receive thousands in additional donations thanks to our financial sponsor, Givebutter
- Collaborate with the students to apply for the Awesome Foundation grant, an unrestricted, easy-to-apply-for $1,000 grant
- Be invited to learn fundraising and digital marketing best practices at our training sessions with nonprofit experts
- Nonprofit supporting Black communities in the Chicagoland area
- Agree to use Givebutter platform for the entirety of the campaign (Organization is not required to permanently migrate to Givebutter after the campaign concludes. Demo and training provided)
- Ability to provide feedback on student’s work and attend weekly meetings (expected commitment 3-5 hours per week)
- Availability needed from mid-June-end of August
- Clear, consistent and constructive communication with the students and mentors
- A genuine need for fundraising support to expand your impact in the communities you serve
- Serve as the mentor for two University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students as they develop a digital fundraising campaign for a nonprofit leading up to Black Philanthropy Month in August
- Serve as strategic counsel for the students who will need support with fundraising strategy, storytelling, digital marketing best practices and client communication
- Attend meetings with the students and nonprofit
- Provide career guidance to your mentees
- Experience working in the nonprofit and social impact sectors is preferred (fundraising and/or marketing experience is also preferred)
- Ability to provide feedback on student’s work and attend weekly meetings (expected commitment 1-3 hours per week)
- Clear, consistent and constructive communication with the students (you will not be point of contact for the nonprofit)
- A passion to support the next generation of mission-driven leaders who will soon join the workforce
- Previous Covalent mentors will also be considered
