REMOTE INTERNSHIP

MARKETING / SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING

Real Kids Real Food (RKRF)

Immediate

Position: Part-time and Unpaid: Excellent opportunity for college credit, see testimonials.

You will have the chance to dive headfirst into the world of marketing and fundraising. Get ready to unleash your creativity, charm potential donors, and make a lasting impact. This internship is your ticket to becoming the ultimate fundraising superhero. Do not miss out on

Where: REMOTE: Virtual through Zoom

When: – Immediate Part-time, flexible hours. Preference is given to those coordinating with their college for credit and/or funding. Volunteer positions available as well. 

Why: To fulfill the mission of preventing obesity, chronic disease, and malnutrition, especially in children, through education and advocacy of healthy living.

How: In collaboration with executive director, marketing director, and web designer to raise awareness, fundraising, and enrollment.

Hours: 10 hrs/ week

Field Supervisor’s Name: Betsy Bragg, Executive Director of Real Kids Real Food (non- profit)

Send cover letter and resume to: betsy@realkidsrealfood.org

Requirements:

  • Passionate about promoting our mission: to prevent obesity, chronic disease, and malnutrition, especially in children, through education and advocacy of healthy living.
  • Excellent communication skills both written and oral
  • Must be organized and detail oriented.
  • Proficiency in graphic design.
  • Work well as a team member, flexible, punctual, and fun.
  • Proficiency in Mac/iOS, Microsoft Office, Mac photos/Experience with Zoom, Google Drive, YouTube, Constant Contact, Facebook, graphics/Canva, WordPress, Twitter, TikTok, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
  • Fundraising experience.
  • Willingness to write a testimonial at the end of the internship.
  • (MUST HAVE) Links to your samples of posts on social media, along with the tools you use to help with your social media marketing and posting. (such as apps you use that help with Scheduling posts, seeing the traffic, what are the most successful HASHTAGS to use, etc.)
  • Interest in wellness, vegan, or vegetarian lifestyle is a plus.

Responsibilities:

  • Market Social Media and Raise Awareness for Real Kids Real Food and its program Eat to Thrive.
  • Provide MacOS computer assistance to Executive Director: Betsy Bragg.
  • Maintain of Eat to Thrive and Real Kids Real Food Instagram and Facebook

              as well as TikTok (X) , Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn.

  • Create original social media content, applying objectives from educational materials to posts, and using the right hashtags.
  • Post recipes, photos, lesson plans, news etc. on our social media pages.
  • Report to Executive Director, Betsy Bragg, about weekly progress, and social media growth.
  • Schedule posts using successful HASHTAGS.
  • Write Newsletters using Constant Contact.

Description:

Today, it is estimated that every 1 in 5 American children aged 3-14 is struggling with obesity, often a form of malnutrition (CDC, 2017). The pervasive consequences of this epidemic include increased risk for the child to develop other chronic diseases, such as asthma, bone, and joint problems, sleep apnea, risk factors for heart disease, and diabetes (CDC, 2017). 

RKRF, a non-profit 501(c)3 founded in 2005, manifests its mission of preventing obesity, chronic disease, and malnutrition through education and advocacy of healthy living through two separate ten-week programs:  RKRF for children 3 – 14 and Eat to Thrive (ETT) for adults offered three times annually. They learn how to make affordable, healthy lifestyle choices through hands-on, fun activities: nutritional education, kitchen gardening, preparing plant-based meals, fitness, and mindfulness. RKRF provides free recipe ingredients for all food-insecure children. 

The program initially focused on providing health services to underserved, low-income children and their families living in public housing and institutions within inner-city areas. However, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it transitioned from in-person to virtual delivery until the summer of 2023. Currently, both programs have adopted a hybrid approach, including virtual and in-person. This shift has allowed the programs to expand their global reach beyond their original target population. ETT generates revenue by means of tuition fees, while it is provided at no cost to parents affiliated with the RKRF program. The organization known as RKRF was honored with the Humanitarian Service award in recognition of their efforts to enhance the well-being of children in many settings, including elementary schools, low-cost housing communities, the Boys and Girls Club, and Vida Real, a program catering to the Spanish-speaking population. www.realkidsrealfood.org

To learn more see: www.realkidsrealfood.org In this position, the intern will be responsible for social media posts, engagement, publicity, and increasing enrollment in all programs. The raised funds will be used primarily for the delivery of recipe ingredients to food-insecure participants and for advertising and marketing.

We are seeking an enthusiastic, creative, and driven graphic design/social media  intern to join our growing team. 

If interested, email cover letter and resume to betsy@realkidsrealfood.org