[Remote] Intern, Marketing & Communications-Remote in Cleveland or Northeast Ohio area

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The American Heart Association is a leading voluntary health organization dedicated to fighting heart disease and stroke. They are seeking an intern for their Marketing & Communications team to gain hands-on experience while assisting with campaigns, social media content, and event coordination.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the development of news releases and press materials
• Assist in social media content creation including video editing, reel creation and post copy
• Attend local market events and assist with coordinating event day communications including media interviews, preparing speakers, and ensuring a smooth run of show
• Prepare pre-event and day of communication and marketing pieces including scripts, PowerPoints, press releases, media alerts and messaging
• Responsible for collaborating and assisting the regional marketing communications team in planning and executing the marketing and communications efforts to promote via earned media or paid media strategies, programs, campaigns and initiatives
• Provide ideas to support strategic marketing, public relations, and corporate communications
• Research potential media collaborators and opportunities to advance the Association’s priorities
• Assist in preparing media coverage reports by tracking top media placements and sourcing clips and hyperlinks for media dashboards and campaign reports
• Supporting the team work on collaborating on campaign reports and recaps

Skills

• Must be located in Cleveland or Northeast Ohio area or the immediate surrounding areas
• Candidates who are seniors or graduate students pursuing a degree in journalism, communications, public relations, or marketing with an interest in non-profit and health care communications preferred
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated skills in effective one-on-one and group communications and comfortable with working with all levels of community leaders, volunteers, and staff
• Experience with Facebook, Instagram and X
• Intermediate to excellent proficiency in MS Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint, and Canva
• Ability to deal professionally in a corporate or non-profit environment and assume responsibility for guiding projects and programs from inception through completion
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment managing multiple priorities involving multiple entities
• Required Equipment: Reliable Wi-Fi connection and reliable transportation
• Minimum availability of 20 hrs/wk, M-F between the hours of 9am-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

Benefits

• The Association offers many resources to help you maintain work-life harmonization through your changing needs and life situations.
• To help you be successful, you will have access to Heart U, our award-winning corporate university, as well as training and support locally and through our National Center.
• Compensation and Performance – Attracting talented, committed interns means offering competitive compensation, ongoing professional development and training, and an environment in which to work and grow.
• Professional Development – You can join one of our many Employee Resource Groups (ERG) or be a mentor/mentee in our professional mentoring program.
• Heart U is the Association’s national online university, with more than 100,000 resources designed to meet your needs and busy schedule.
• Healthcare Benefits – You will have the opportunity to participate in our Teladoc General Medical and Behavioral Health programs.
• We also provide access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) at no cost as a confidential program designed to assist employees and family members with personal issues that affect their relationships at home or at work.

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