Development Intern: Health Campaigns & Events

American Heart Association; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare Benefits

Professional development

Employee Resource Groups (ERG)

Job summary

The American Heart Association offers a part-time internship in Austin supporting Go Red for Women, Cycle Nation, Heart Ball, Red Hot Summer Night, and Impact Campaigns. You will help plan, execute, and follow up on life-saving initiatives with the Development Team.

You will gain hands-on fundraising, event coordination, and volunteer management experience while working in a hybrid setup with flexible hours and practical tools like Luminate and Tableau.

Qualifications

• Candidates who are seniors or graduate students pursuing a degree in business, nonprofit management, marketing, event planning, or public relations.
• Must be comfortable with vendor outreach (phone calls & emails to vendors & donors).
• Experience/interest in promotion, sales, or fundraising.
• Experience with event planning for a non-profit or for-profit organization.
• Demonstrated skills in effective one-on-one and group communications and comfort with working professionally with all levels of community leaders, volunteers, and staff.
• Proficient in Canva with knowledge of using templates and creating social media graphics.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment managing multiple priorities involving multiple entities.
• Intermediate to excellent proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Required Equipment: Reliable WiFi Connection.
• Must have reliable transportation.
• Minimum availability of 20 hrs/wk, M-F between the hours of 8:30am-5pm.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship, now or in the future. For any roles working remotely, the work must also be performed inside the United States, not in a foreign country.

Responsibilities

• Assist with development and implementation of fundraising activities, logistics, and administrative support for the Austin Texas market.
• Work with Event Coordinators, Development Directors, and Market Leadership to support fundraising campaigns Go Red for Women, Cycle Nation, Heart Ball, Red Hot Summer Night, and Impact Campaigns.
• Assistance with pre-campaign planning, day of event execution, and post-campaign wrap-up projects.
• Execute external calls and emails to donors, volunteers, and 3rd party vendors.
• Work within event support systems such as Luminate and Tableau to help manage data entry and run reports.
• Develop and update marketing materials for campaigns including save the dates, invitations, social media posts, volunteer rosters, and other needed collateral to assist in campaign promotion.
• Assist with volunteer management including prepping for and attending externally facing meetings (both in-person and virtual.)
• Conduct prospect research to generate new leads and compile information for fundraising campaigns.
• Support the development, implementation, and help drive a strategy to increase market volunteerism.

Skills

Vendor outreach

Fundraising

Event planning

Communications

Fast-paced environment

Education

Business / nonprofit / marketing / event planning / public relations degree

Tools

Luminate

Tableau

Canva

Microsoft Office

Job description

The American Heart Association offers a part-time internship in Austin supporting Go Red for Women, Cycle Nation, Heart Ball, Red Hot Summer Night, and Impact Campaigns. You will help plan, execute, and follow up on life-saving initiatives with the Development Team.

You will gain hands-on fundraising, event coordination, and volunteer management experience while working in a hybrid setup with flexible hours and practical tools like Luminate and Tableau.