Open Positions

Information for Candidates

PHILANTHROPY INTERN (3 months)

DUTIES

 As an intern in philanthropy, you will have an opportunity to use your interest in nonprofit organizations to expand what you know and see how strong fundraising and nonprofit management can better support organizational outcomes. In addition, you will experience a philanthropy business firsthand in both its internal operational needs and its personalized work with clients and their specific needs. As we can accommodate, you will sit in on client planning meetings, have assignments that will further their particular needs that come forward, as well and participate in content and game design conversations related to the Change Lab learning project.

Specific ongoing responsibilities will include:

• Assignments related to specific client needs, which has included developing an intensive project to determine where a client’s national major donors lived by region, working with the team to rate and organize major donors based on where they were in the cultivation to solicitation cycle, participating in developing the Case for Support, researching and developing information related to best practices in individual coaching as part of the Change Lab educational project,
• Write and prepare slides to periodically present your work to the internal and/or client team
• Enter and track your assignment progress
• Prepare and update organizational chart and team contact information
• Assist in organizing and developing ideas to expand the intern orientation program
• Assist in writing and creating content for social media and the new website under development (www.yourchangelab.com)
• Research and prepare biographical information on confidential client prospects
• Write notes and prepare agendas for client meetings
• Assist in tracking and updating client campaign budgets and revenue against goal reports
• Participate with the Change Lab team in discussing and developing storyboard ideas for the “teachable moments” in courses under development
• Participate in game team brainstorming, utilizing your ideas and skills to refine game draft ideas
• Participate in beta testing of the segments of the first Change Lab educational modules, currently under production

 

QUALIFICATIONS

Must have good oral and written English communication skills as well as an interest in the work of nonprofit organizations. Ideal candidate is entrepreneurial, flexible, open to ideas and utilizing their interests to develop a specific work suited to them, works well with a team as well as independently, has a school or personal schedule that allows for Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays in the downtown LA office (post COVID). Important that the candidate is interested in committing to a minimum three-month engagement. During the COVID pandemic all of our office activities have successfully moved to remote.

COURSE CREDIT

Student course credit as authorized by your school (3 months of 3 days per week) or $300 stipend at completion

TO APPLY

Please send your resume and a cover letter to: info@brimhallassociates.com Job Type: Internship (school credit or stipend).

ANIMATION INTERN (STIPEND), 16-24 hrs/week

As an intern you will have an opportunity to use your proficient graphic design, illustrator and animation skills and experience to apprentice with a philanthropy firm and its current focus on an exciting tech online training product for the philanthropy field. Responsibilities will include:

• Participate in brainstorming, utilizing your ideas and skills to shape concept to realization
• Develop story boards and refine animation conceptualizations
• Develop animated segments of the first training module
• Film and edit video content, where needed

QUALIFICATIONS

Must have good oral and written communication skills as well as proficiency in animation coding and visual design.  Ideal candidate is entrepreneurial, has a flexible schedule that allows for Fridays in the office, has their own transportation or access to the Metro (our office is one block from Pico stop in downtown LA).  Important that the ideal candidate be interested in committing to at last a three-month engagement, longer is ideal. Possibility of employment when the tech online product is funded.

STIPEND

$300 stipend/at 3 months

BUSINESS INTERN (STIPEND), 8 hrs/week

As a business intern you will have an opportunity to use your education and training to support a start-up business component through the refinement of its plan development, forecasting and funding cycle.  Responsibilities will include:

• Review and update business plan to accommodate refined concept
• Research and create templates and modeling
• Design and prepare reports
• Participate, where interested, in conceptual discussions of business ideas

QUALIFICATIONS

Must have strong oral and written communication skills as well as proficiency in budget and business plan development, general accounting and an interest in non-profit business. Ideal candidate is entrepreneurial, has a flexible schedule that allows for Fridays in the office, has their own transportation or access to the Metro (our office is one block from Pico stop in downtown LA).  Important that the ideal candidate is interested in committing to at last a three-month engagement, longer is ideal. Possibility of employment when the tech online product is funded.

STIPEND

$300 stipend/at 3 months

DESIGN & MARKETING INTERN (STIPEND), 8 hrs/week

As an intern you will have an opportunity to apprentice with a senior leader in philanthropy and provide important skills to the tech project. Responsibilities will include:

• Participate in brainstorming and concept development
• Research and create content
• Design collaterals via Adobe Illustrator
• Write and design for website
• Ideally, design and implement website training concepts. (Word Press, CCS, Javascript, Unity3D; animation coding/design skills a plus)
• Develop e-news content and design
• Research, develop and write blog content
• Assist with email blasts
• Conduct live interviews with public and selected individuals; oversee quarterly webinars
• Film and edit video content; post on new Youtube channel
• Develop and share in other project-based activities as interests develop

QUALIFICATIONS

Must have strong oral and written communication skills as well as proficiency in Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Word Press and Illustrator. Wherever possible additional skills in animation would be highly regarded.   Ideal candidate is entrepreneurial, has a flexible schedule that allows for Fridays in the office (and once a month on Saturday for four hours), has their own transportation or access to the Metro (our office is one block from Pico stop).  Important that the ideal candidate be interested in committing to at last a three-month engagement, longer is ideal. Possibility of employment when the tech online product is funded.

STIPEND

$300 stipend/at 3 months

SOCIAL MEDIA INTERN (STIPEND), 8 hrs/week

As an intern you will have an opportunity to use your proficient social media intelligence and experience to apprentice with a senior leader in philanthropy and the firm’s prominent current international client projects, as well as provide important social media strategy and support to the new emerging projects. Responsibilities will include:

• Participate in brainstorming and concept development
• Research and create content
• Design postings, using Canva, Adobe Illustrator or others
• Conduct live interviews with public and selected individuals related to social media content
• Film and edit video content; post on new Youtube channel
• Develop and share in other project-based activities as interests develop

QUALIFICATIONS

Must have strong oral and written communication skills as well as proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and design software. Ideal candidate is entrepreneurial, has a flexible schedule that allows for Fridays in the office, has their own transportation or access to the Metro (our office is one block from Pico stop in downtown LA).  Important that the ideal candidate is interested in committing to at last a three-month engagement, longer is ideal. Possibility of employment when the tech online product is funded.

STIPEND

$300 stipend/at 3 months

TO APPLY

Please send your resume and a cover letter to:

info@brimhallassociates.com

No phone calls please. Office is located in the Fashion District of downtown LA. On street or private parking lot. Bicycle or Metro use suggested. (Mailing address: 2355 Westwood Blvd #217, LA 90064.)