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Breakthrough Silicon Valley (BTSV) is a nonprofit that supports talented students who have lacked access to higher education and helps them pursue college, while preparing high school and college students to become leaders, advocates, and educators. Its tuition-free, year-round program provides academic support, counseling, and advocacy to students from underserved communities who would be the first in their families to attend college. BTSV is based in San Jose, California, and is affiliated with The Breakthrough Collaborative, a national service organization representing 25 Breakthrough sites. The Marketing and Communications Intern helps tell the stories of BTSV students, Teaching Fellows, and community members. With coaching and guidance from BTSV staff, the intern creates content and supports digital marketing and nonprofit communications. Responsibilities include writing social media and newsletter content, designing marketing materials, updating the website, and taking photos and videos at programs and events. The intern also helps plan and organize content, supports fundraising and outreach campaigns, evaluates how messages and formats engage audiences, and assists with communications and logistics for volunteer and donor events, including a Resume Review and Mock Interview workshop. The internship offers practical experience and the opportunity to build a portfolio while developing storytelling, design, and project management skills. The position reports to BTSV’s Development Events Manager. It is hybrid, with in-person work at BTSV’s main office at Herbert Hoover Middle School in San Jose at least two days per week and flexibility to work from a home office when in-person work is not required. Candidates must be local to the Bay Area during the internship and available to work the morning of Saturday, March 20, 2027. This part-time, hourly, non-exempt position runs from January to May 2027, for 10–15 hours scheduled over two or three days per week, with the potential to extend into summer. Compensation is $19 per hour.