Number of individual students required: 1

The individual at Accelerate Her Future will be provided with an opportunity to develop a newsletter editorial calendar, and set up newsletters using Mailchimp. This engagement will give the intern an opportunity to work with a dynamic team within a collaborative environment.

The intern will be exposed to a variety of skills and experiences to enhance their knowledge of communication, creative writing, content creation and project management. We are a young startup and as a career accelerator for Indigenous, Black and racialized women, we care deeply about mentorship. We will help our intern succeed as much as we want them to help us enhance our digital footprint. We are looking for an individual who has creative vision, tenacity, driven, and sees possibilities in all things and who thrives at working independently and within a team setting.

To accomplish this, we expect the student(s) will:

• Conducting background research on specific topics.
• Brainstorming topics for each issue.
• Setting, coordinating, and enforcing deadlines.
• Creating materials to be published and making revisions based on feedback.
• Proofreading drafts of newsletters and recommending areas for improvement.

Bonus steps in the process would also include:

• Recommending other ways to increase awareness about our organization and mission.

Who are we looking for? Ideally you have lived experience and ‘insider knowledge’ of the communities we serve at the core of our mission. You are inspired by our mission and like working within a collaborative environment. You value patience, respect, generosity, and good humour in your working relationships. Having an emerging understanding of intersectionality and gender and racial equity principles will be an asset.

By the end of the project, students should demonstrate:

• Understanding of our organization and mission
• Recommendations for relevant topics to write about
• Establishment of and commitment to deadlines
• Creation of materials to be published and revisions based on feedback
• Recommendations for areas of improvement

Bonus steps would include:

• Exploring other ways of improving awareness

Final deliverables should include

• Editorial calendar and newsletters.

Students will be working directly with AHF's marketing team and are required to sign a Non Disclosure Agreement. They will participate in an project orientation meeting and weekly 30-minute project mentorship meetings.