Intern with Minga
If you’re a high school, college, or graduate student in the Boston area who wants hands-on experience with a rapidly expanding nonprofit, intern with Minga! We are looking for creative, and passionate youth to join our team.
Part time with flexible hours (5 to 20 hours per week)
Plan out an individualized internship experience with our team.
Internships are unpaid, but we’ll cover transportation costs.
You’ll work with some of the core young people that make up Minga—and these people are COOL.
It’s a self-designed internship, so you’ll have the opportunity to integrate your own knowledge and experiences into our programs. We like new ideas, so we’re game for listening to yours.
Position Available: Assistant Campaign Director
Minga is a completely youth-run nonprofit working to end the child sex trade. We do grassroots awareness-raising to encourage youth to make their voices heard in the fight against the child sex trade. We are a group of energetic young people, and we are looking for energetic and passionate people to join our team, and our movement.
Responsibilities:
You will be assisting Rebecca, helping to run Minga’s primary campaign. The first campaign will use Public Service Announcements, produced with partnerships with celebrities, in innovative ways to engage youth in the fight against the child sex trade. The Assistant Campaign Director will be involved in all parts of the campaign, as detailed below.
This is a full-time (30-40 hours/wk).
You will...
- Research ideas for campaigns. Campaigns will usually take 6 months to complete.
- Write campaign proposals and strategic plans.
- Write up grant applications and creating reports to monitor the progress of the campaign.
- Develop campaigns.
- Work with press and celebrities to increase the impact of the campaigns.
- Oversee a team of interns and volunteers.
- Take an active role in production, selection, and promotion of the PSA's.
Qualifications:
- Under 25
- High School graduate (or equivalent)
- Social and outgoing
- Be able to use Microsoft Word, Power point, and Excel.
- Be willing to learn Photoshop/Illustrator, FinalCut Pro, and HTML (prior knowledge of any/all of these 3 is a plus).
How to apply:
Email cover letter and resume to rebecca@mingagroup.org. Please include the following two things with your application
- Your answers to the following questions :
- How have you been empowered to take action in your lifetime?
- Why do you think Minga’s youth-based mission is important?
- Create a brief proposal for a campaign you would design for Minga that would involve youth, raise awareness, and cost less than $1000.
You’ll have the opportunity to develop a marketing plan for Minga’s newest campaign, design marketing materials, research marketing strategies, and implement guerrilla marketing techniques. Don’t know how to do all of that? We’ll teach you.
We’d love to hear from you if you…
· Have creative ideas about marketing.
· Have lots of enthusiasm.
· Live in the greater Boston area and can commute to Newton Center weekly.
· We especially welcome applications from individuals with experience in graphic design and/or website design.
To apply, email Elie, at elie@mingagroup.org. Please include:
· Three ideas to improve Minga’s webpage (www.MingaGroup.org) and why these improvements are important
· An updated resume
· A brief paragraph stating why you are interested in Minga’s Branding and Marketing Internship
You’ll have the opportunity to contact media partners, write press releases, research media opportunities, respond to questions from the media, and coordinate interviews. By the end of this internship, you will have a firm understanding of press relations and will have developed excellent writing and researching skills.
We’d love to hear from you if you…
· Have strong writing skills, the ability to confidently and professionally make phone calls, and the flexibility to travel to publication offices.
· Have lots of enthusiasm.
· Live in the greater Boston area and can commute to Newton Center weekly.
To apply, email Katie, our Internship Coordinator, at Internship@mingagroup.org. Please include:
· An updated resume
· A brief letter explaining your past experiences and your current interest in working in media and publicity at our uniquely youth-run organization.
You’ll have the opportunity to develop scripts for short awareness or promotional PSA’s, produce PSA’s, research and contact outlets to show PSA’s, and edit video material.
We’d love to hear from you if you…
· Have a background understanding of PSA filmmaking techniques.
· Know how to use Apple video editing programs such as Final Cut Express or iMovie.
· Can work for large chunks of time spread out across the internship.
· Have lots of enthusiasm.
· Live in the greater Boston area and can commute to our office in Boston.
To apply, email Rebecca, our PSA Campaign director, at Rebecca@mingagroup.org. Please include:
· An updated resume
· A brief letter explaining your past experiences and current interest in working on PSA’s at our uniquely youth-run organization