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Design, data and communications internships

Location: London

Hours: Part time (3 days / week)

Salary: Voluntary with expenses

The DoNation is a young social enterprise on a mission to make sustainability mainstream. We are looking for enthusiastic go getters who want to help accelerate our mission forward. Based in the dynamic Wayra Academy with over twenty other start-ups, this internship offers the opportunity for you to join a vibrant community whilst developing your skills and experience.

About The DoNation
We believe that making the world a better place is about actions, not money - so we help people to make small changes whilst inspiring others to do the same. We do this through our model of online sponsorship that replaces cash with action, and through our Do Good for Business and University programmes, helping to actively engage employees and students in sustainability.

We’re a really small team (just two), going through an exciting stage of development. We have just got on to a fantastic ‘Wayra UnLtd’ accelerator programme which, aside from brand spanking new offices and an amazing start up community, offers us lots of interesting workshops and opportunities which we hope you will want to be a part of!

About the Role
Given the nature of working in a dynamic start-up with a small team, the role will encompass a variety of tasks, covering at least two of the areas below:

Design: helping us to create compelling, fun, and slick communication materials, from info-graphics to t-shirts, videos to business reports.

Data analysis and social impact measurement: we capture lots of great data on our users and their impact, and we’d love your help in analysing and communicating it.

Marketing and communications: handling our social media profiles and blogs, communicating with our users, and coordinating various events, from stalls to triathlons.

This is by no means a comprehensive list of tasks; new things pop up daily that we hope you’ll want to get stuck into – such as proof reading, input into presentations, and help with funding applications. As part of the internship, we’d also love you to join us in the various workshops offered to us by Wayra UnLtd.

We’ve designed it with flexibility to ensure that you get a lot of personal development out of the internship, whether you’re a student, a recent graduate or are looking for a career change – that’s the point of internships, after all.

About You
The ideal candidate will show at least two of the following:

  • Creativity and a good eye for design. They’ll be up for learning to use Photoshop, if they don’t already know how
  • Good data analysis skills – we love a good tech geek!
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

And will also:

  • Be highly motivated and driven, with a real ‘can do’ attitude
  • Be passionate about The DoNation and show commitment to our aim of developing a sustainable future
  • Demonstrate strong use of initiative
  • Be able to work well both independently and as part of a team
  • Have good organisational skills
  • Be pretty nifty on a computer, competent in using the MS Office suite and quick to learn how to use other software and tools.
  • Be fluent in English

They should also enjoy a good cuppa tea and be up for shedding some sweat as a DoNation ‘Doer’.

Details
The internship will be on a voluntary basis but we will reimburse you for your lunch and travel costs within London, on the days you are with us.

It is a part time position, ideally three days a week and lasting for three months, but this could be negotiable.

As a small but growing organisation we hope to be recruiting for more permanent roles within The DoNation soon, however this clearly can’t be guaranteed. The experience gained through this internship may well strengthen an application if / when we do recruit again.

To apply, please send Harriet your CV and a one page covering letter outlining why you would like to join the team. Explain what you can bring to The DoNation and what you hope to get out of the experience. Send this to Harriet at .

Closing date for applications is 5pm on Monday 7th October 2013. We will contact candidates being called for interviews by the following week. The successful candidates should be ready to start at the beginning of November.