Post Title: Marketing and
Communications Assistant
Organization: Truelift
Location: Colorado, United States
Opportunity Type: Internship
Background Information
Truelift is
a global initiative to renew focus on the pro-poor objective of microfinance.
It is administratively housed at the Microcredit Summit Campaign in Washington
DC.
It provides a framework, learning environment, and recognition, advocates
for a pro-poor agenda in microfinance, and focuses a lens of poverty on other
initiatives. It also aligns profitability with the social inclusion of people
living in poverty and simplifies and works within existing frameworks to remain
manageable and efficient.
About the Job:
Truelift is
seeking a Marketing and Communications Assistant. S/he will perform a variety
of tasks to support the marketing of the initiative, including research,
blogging, and social media. S/he will also support the executive director, and
work with the senior program associate (based in Chicago).
Tasks and Responsibilities:
·
Identify, manage, and grow Truelift’s presence
on internet based social communities (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube
etc.);
·
Produce and edit high quality content for the
Truelift blog, including research and case study development;
·
Identify key metrics and track outreach and
engagement using Salesforce CRM;
·
Research academics, researchers, and initiatives
focused on microfinance, monitoring and evaluation, poverty outreach, etc.;
·
Create marketing materials to promote the Seal
at conferences, industry events, and online.
Qualifications:
·
Undergraduate junior,senior, or Graduate
student;
·
Demonstrated creativity and documented immersion
in social media;
·
Excellent research skills and ability to
communicate findings to a broad audience;
·
Fluency in spoken and written English required;
proficiency in multiple languages a plus (Spanish, French, Arabic, Russian).
How to Apply:
Interested
candidates can send their resume and cover letter to info@truelift.org
Contact:
Leah
Verghese
info@truelift.org
Denver,
Boulder, Fort Collins
Closing Date: 16 Dec 2013
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