Marketing Intern in Dumbo, Brooklyn

Want to have your finger on the pulse of one of Brooklyn's most exciting neighborhoods? Join our team!

Team Dumbo, a Business Improvement District, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing and promoting Dumbo, Brooklyn. Team Dumbo showcases Dumbo as a world-class destination, advocating on behalf of Dumbo’s businesses, property owners and residents. A critical part of this mission is neighborhood marketing - telling the stories of the companies, small businesses, residents, artists and more who make up the neighborhood - as well as programming of Dumbo’s wonderful public spaces.

Visit www.dumbo.nyc and @dumbo_brooklyn to get a sense of what we're all about.

THE POSITION

Team Dumbo seeks a Marketing Intern who will work directly with the Senior VP of Programs on marketing all the cool things happening in Dumbo. This includes developing content for Instagram and Tik Tok, maintaining dumbo.nyc, working on graphic design elements for our own robust schedule of programming, exploring the neighborhood and more. As we are a small team, the position will also include additional office-related tasks.

The ideal candidate is someone who enjoys working with a diverse group of people, and has a knack for storytelling and an eye for design.

REQUIREMENTS

• Strong oral and written communication skills;
• Enthusiasm for and dedicated experience with all things Social Media;
• Graphic design experience + fluency with Adobe Creative Suite;
• Responsible and detail oriented;
• Office experience working at a small nonprofit or startup a plus;
• Photography skills a plus.

We understand social media (interviewing, shooting, editing) and fluency with graphic design are different skill sets. If you're "only" on one side, but have an interest in Dumbo, building community, and neighborhood development, we still urge you to apply!

SCHEDULE & COMPENSATION

20 hours per week. Office hours are Monday-Friday from 10:30am-5pm. Additional nights and weekends may be required for events, especially during the summer season. Full schedule will be shared with prospective candidates.

Work is onsite at our office in Dumbo, Brooklyn. No remote work.

Pay is $20/hour, paid weekly.

Internship windows, flexible but roughly:

January 2 - May 30

June 1 - August 31

September 1 - December 18