American Heart Association · 16 hours ago
Intern, Development & Community Events-Los Angeles/Culver City Area
Culver City, CA
Internship
Hybrid
Intern
$23/hr - $23/hrAmerican Heart Association is a voluntary health organization dedicated to fighting heart disease and stroke. They are seeking an intern to support their Development Team, focusing on the Heart Walk campaign and enhancing participant engagement.
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Responsibilities
Responsibilities include assisting with the development and implementation of fundraising activities and providing administrative support for the Greater Los Angeles market
Work with staff and volunteers to support fundraising campaigns. The focus is on the Heart Walk campaign and increasing participation and engagement with the Heart & Stroke Walk event
Conduct external visits, calls, and emails to help with recruitment, engagement, management, and stewardship of current and prospective donors and volunteers
Support the development and updating of 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
Qualification
Required
Candidates who are seniors or graduate students pursuing a degree in business, communications, nonprofit management, or event management
Must be comfortable with outreach (phone calls & emails to current and prospective participants)
Experience/interest in promotion, sales, or fundraising
Demonstrated skills in effective one-on-one and group communications and comfort with working professionally with all levels of community leaders, volunteers, and staff
Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, managing multiple priorities involving multiple entities
Intermediate to excellent proficiency in Microsoft Office and Canva
Required Equipment: Reliable WiFi Connection and 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
Benefits
Healthcare Benefits – You will have the opportunity to participate in our Teladoc General Medical and Behavioral Health programs.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) at no cost as a confidential program designed to assist employees and family members with personal issues that affect their relationships at home or at work.
Professional Development – You can join one of our many Employee Resource Groups (ERG) or be a mentor/mentee in our professional mentoring program.
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Company
American Heart Association
The American Heart Association is the nation’s oldest and largest voluntary health organization.
Founded in 1924
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$4.62MKey Investors
Stupski FoundationAmeriCorps Public AlliesCity Furniture
2025-08-14Grant· $0.1M
2024-07-09Grant· $2.7M
2024-06-06Grant· $0.69M
Leadership Team
Jennifer Hall
Chief, Data Science and Analytics
Lynne Braggs
National, Sr. Director Digital Content Production, Creative (Marketing)
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