Marketing & Fundraising Internship

About VertueLab

VertueLab is a nonprofit fighting the climate crisis by providing funding and holistic entrepreneurial support to cleantech startups. Through over a decade of work, we have proven that our model can accelerate climate solutions that are key to reversing the climate crisis. We were the first in the nation to utilize patient, risk-tolerant, concessionary, and flexible capital to invest in early-stage cleantech startups.

Position Overview:

VertueLab’s Marketing & Fundraising Intern will play a vital, hands-on role in supporting our outreach, engagement, and branding efforts. This cross-functional position is ideal for students or recent graduates to gain hands-on experience in nonprofit fundraising, marketing strategy, and digital communications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain and regularly update our donor relationship management (CRM) system to ensure accurate and timely data
• Conduct gift processing: Salesforce database entry, filing, generating donor acknowledgments, donor contact spreadsheets, and maintaining digital donor files
• Conduct targeted research to identify new funders and help grow the existing portfolio of funders to ensure we maintain a diverse donor base
• Produce background research documents to support donor meetings
• Assist in creation and scheduling of social media content to support ongoing campaigns and brand awareness
• Brainstorm and pitch new content ideas to increase engagement
• Conduct background research and interviews as needed for long form content.
• Monitor and engage with ecosystem partners and communities on VertueLab’s social media platforms
• Track and report on campaign performance metrics across platforms
• Brainstorm and pitch creative ideas for fundraising and marketing initiatives
• Participate in weekly team check-ins and collaborate with staff across department
• Other misc. projects and assignments given on as-needed basis

What you’ll gain:

• Real-world experience working with fundraising tools and communication strategies
• Exposure to nonprofit marketing workflows and audience engagement tactics
• Opportunities to contribute your ideas and creativity in a collaborative environment
• A deeper understanding of how mission-driven organizations grow their impact

Ideal Candidates will have:

• Self starter
• Ability to think outside the box
• Interest in climate innovation
• Assist with planning and coordinating events including logistics, communications and liaise with stakeholders as needed.
• Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in Marketing, Communications, Non-profit management, Business, or a related field
• Minimum commitment of 10 hours per week, with the potential to increase to 15 hours per week depending on workload demands.
• Familiarity with major social media platforms (Instagram, LinkedIn, etc.)
• Basic knowledge of Canva, Google Workspace, Salesforce, or similar tools
• Ability to work independently and manage deadlines

We welcome diverse backgrounds and experience, so even if you believe you don't check every box, we still want to hear from you!

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are mission-critical to VertueLab because…

• The root causes of climate change and racism were cultivated in extractive economies and inequitable practices.
• Communities of Color are often the first and worst impacted by climate change.
• People closest to the problem often have innovative solutions, but don’t have the capital or connections to fund and launch their innovation.

Travel

VertueLab is a remote-first organization, and this role offers flexibility in work location. However, given the relationship-building and ecosystem-facing nature of this position, there will be some local travel within Oregon to attend in-person meetings, events, and convening with partners, coalitions, and stakeholders.

To Apply

Your online application to the internship includes a few basic, voluntary demographic questions included as part of our commitment to ensuring that we have a diverse pool of applicants for this position, plus two fields for uploading supporting materials including a cover letter and resume. Feel free to preview a pdf of the application prior to submission here.

We ask that in your cover letter you address the following:

• How your experience and skills make you a great candidate for this position and would set you up for success in this role.
• What most excites you about this opportunity, in terms of the internship, our organization’s mission, or anything else.
• What you’d contribute to our team’s culture and diversity of lived experiences and perspectives.
• Bonus: Include a writing sample to showcase your skills.

In your resume, please identify two references. We will notify you prior to our contacting any reference.

Questions? Please feel free to contact Jacqueline Harvey at jacqueline.bharvey@vertuelab.org.

Timeline

We will begin reviewing applications on 8/29, and continue until filled.

We encourage applicants from all racial, ethnic, religious, and socioeconomic backgrounds, sexual orientations, gender identities, and functional limitations to apply, especially those from historically marginalized communities.

VertueLab is committed to building a culturally diverse organization and strongly encourages applications from people of color and members of other underrepresented groups. VertueLab is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or any other class protected by law.

VertueLab is an Equal Opportunity Employer