Intern, Development-Las Vegas, NV

American Heart Association • Las Vegas, NV

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The American Heart Association's Internship Program provides college students with hands-on experience in various facets of a non-profit, voluntary health organization. This internship is with the Development Team, supporting Heart Challenge, Go Red for Women, and Heart Ball campaigns. The intern will play a key role in driving the success of these impactful campaigns through a variety of tasks related to planning, execution, and follow-up. The Association offers resources for work-life harmonization, including Heart U (corporate university), and local/national training and support. The culture, #TheAHALife, embodies a commitment to work-life harmonization and core values, allowing employees to thrive personally and professionally.

Requirements

• Candidates who are seniors or graduate students pursuing a degree in business, marketing, nonprofit management, event planning, public relations.
• Must be comfortable with vendor outreach (phone calls & emails to vendors & donors).
• Experience/interest in promotion, sales, or fundraising.
• Experience with event planning for a non-profit or for profit organization.
• Experience with data entry and data management.
• Demonstrated skills in effective one-on-one and group communications and comfort with working professionally with all levels of community leaders, volunteers, and staff.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment managing multiple priorities involving multiple entities.
• Intermediate to excellent proficiency in Microsoft Office programs and Canva.
• Required: Reliable WiFi Connection and reliable transportation.
• Minimum availability of 20 hrs/wk, M-F between the hours of 8:30am-5pm.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship, now or in the future. For any roles working remotely, the work must also be performed inside the United States, not in a foreign country.

Responsibilities

• Assisting with the development and implementation of fundraising activities, logistics, and administrative support for the Las Vegas market.
• Working with the Development Coordinator, Development Directors, and Executive Director to support fundraising campaigns including Go Red for Women, Heart Challenge, and Heart of Las Vegas.
• Assistance with pre-campaign planning, day of event execution, and post-campaign wrap-up projects.
• Executing external calls and emails to donors, volunteers, and 3rd party vendors.
• Working within event support systems to help manage data entry and run reports.
• Developing and updating marketing materials for campaigns including save the dates, invitations, social media posts, volunteer rosters, and other needed collateral to assist in campaign promotion.
• Assisting with volunteer management including prepping for and attending externally facing meetings (both in-person and virtual).
• Conducting prospect research to generate new leads and compile information for fundraising campaigns.

Benefits

• Access to Heart U, our award-winning corporate university
• Training and support locally and through our National Center
• Opportunity to participate in our Teladoc General Medical and Behavioral Health programs
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) at no cost

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Intern