GiveForward

GiveForward is looking for three interns to start in our Chicago office ASAP.  Think you’ve got what it takes?  Read up on the positions and send in your resume and cover letter (be sure to tell us which position you are applying for, we’re awesome but we haven’t quite gotten our mind-reading powers down yet).

A little about GiveForward: We’re fun. We’re young. We like burritos. As an up-and-coming Chicago startup (did you see us on ABC or Crains?) we do very serious work, but try not to take ourselves too seriously. We help people raise money for their loved ones battling cancer and other illnesses. We also happen to throw an insanely fun ugly sweater pub crawl every December, and an employee vs. bosses burrito eating contestevery summer. If you join our team, we can guarantee this will definitely be the most fun position you’ve ever had (and hopefully the most rewarding as well).

The three positions we are hiring for are:  two PR/Marketing interns, and one Video/Interactive media intern.

Here is what we look for in a PR/Marketing intern:

• A passion for helping others.
• Experience with social media including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Tumblr, Reddit, Foursquare, LinkedIn, etc.
• Experience with blogging, particularly using the WordPress platform.
• An appreciation for chocolate, gummi candy and vegetables.

Here are some things that would be awesome to have, but aren’t deal breakers:

• Experience with event planning.
• Experience with Public Relations.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Can bring mad tunes to the GiveForward turntable.fm room.
• Can take initiative with projects, while  completing assigned tasks; freedom to use your individuality to create your own projects that improve GiveForward is highly encouraged.

What will you be working on?  Great question! Among other things you will be working on:

• Press outreach.
• Managing GiveForward’s social media platforms.
• Working on our bi-monthly enewsletter.
• Updating the GiveForward blog.

Here is what we look for in a Video/Interactive media intern:

• A passion for helping others.
• Experience with social media including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Tumblr, Reddit, Foursquare, LinkedIn, etc.
• Experience with various video mediums including YouTube.
• Ability to be creative while multi-tasking.
• A love of storytelling.

Here are some things that would be awesome to have, but aren’t deal breakers:

• Mad burrito eating skills.
• Familiarity with managing online communities.
• Works well under a deadline.
• An uncanny ability to quote movies like Mean Girls and Bridesmaids word for word.
• Can take initiative with projects, while  completing assigned tasks; freedom to use your individuality to create your own projects that improve GiveForward is highly encouraged.

What will you be working on?  Great question! Among other things you will be working on:

• Creating weekly videos including video fundraising tips, around the office fun and makeover montages.
• Helping to organize GiveForward’s YouTube channel.
• Exploring new ways to interactive with GiveForward users.

What we do not look for in any of our interns:

• Robots
• Someone who color-coordinates their leisure suits.
• People who are allergic to helping others.
• Evil monkeys
• People who use all CAPS. Seriously, don’t yell at us.

Most importantly we are looking for passionate people. We look at resumes but we really care most about cover letters. To apply, please send us your cover letter, resume and anything else you think would impress us (hint…hint…we really want a pony) to jobs@giveforward.com.  Or if you have a friend who you think would be perfect for this position, please forward it along!  All positions will be unpaid but we are happy to give college credit.

Love,

The GiveForward Team

Do you like creating unexpected joy? Are you that person that does random acts of kindness…even when no one is watching? Do you love coming up with ways to do or make things better? If so, you could be perfect for this position.

A little about GiveForward: We’re fun. We’re young. We like burritos. We do very serious work, but try not to take ourselves too seriously. We help people raise money for their loved ones battling cancer and other illnesses. We also happen to throw an insanely fun ugly sweater pub crawl every December. If you join our team, we guarantee this will be the most fun position you’ve ever had (and hopefully the most rewarding, too). If you don’t believe us, here’s what we’ve been up to lately.

GiveForward's mantra adorns our office wall. And, yes, a wolf clock accompanies it.

This position is all about giving lots of virtual hugs and high fives to our users and ensuring they have successful fundraisers through creative and strategic ways. Since there are lots of ways to do this, you will be a jack of all trades for GiveForward. No fundraising experience is necessary. You’ll learn everything you need to know from other GF team members, users’ experiences on the site, and from being just an all-around altruistic person.

Our Ideal Candidate…

* Would consider themselves a “people person” with patience and sincere interest in others in order to be a great fundraising coach
* Has strong collaborative and team-building skills; much of the job is focused on using all available resources to create a better user experience on GiveForward
* Can take initiative with projects while meeting deadlines; freedom to use your individuality to create your own projects that improve GiveForward is highly-encouraged
* Has strong analytical skills and attention to detail
* Has a Bachelor’s Degree
* Is somewhat tech-savvy with working knowledge of Quickbooks, Excel and Word (or a quick learner!)
* Bilingual (Spanish-speaking) is a plus

Our Ideal Candidate is not…
* A robot
* Someone who loves cubicles and hates teamwork
* A lifelong subscriber to Cat Fancy magazine (Just kidding! We have a cat calendar and a daily puppy calendar–we don’t discriminate)

Most importantly we are looking for passionate people. We look at resumes but we really care most about cover letters. Use your cover letter to describe why you think this is the perfect job and how GiveForward is your ideal workplace. To apply, please send us your cover letter, resume and anything else you think would impress us (hint…hint…we’re always scouring YouTube for hidden gems) to coachingjobs@giveforward.com. Or if you have a friend who you think would be perfect for this position, please forward it along!

Love,

The GiveForward Team

*After sanitizing your monitor.

GiveForward is looking for three interns to start in our Chicago office ASAP.  Think you’ve got what it takes?  Read up on the positions and send in your resume and cover letter (be sure to tell us which position you are applying for, we’re awesome but we haven’t quite gotten our mind-reading powers down yet).

A little about GiveForward: We’re fun. We’re young. We like burritos. As an up-and-coming Chicago startup (did you see us on ABC or Crains?) we do very serious work, but try not to take ourselves too seriously. We help people raise money for their loved ones battling cancer and other illnesses. We also happen to throw an insanely fun ugly sweater pub crawl every December, and an employee vs. bosses burrito eating contestevery summer. If you join our team, we can guarantee this will definitely be the most fun position you’ve ever had (and hopefully the most rewarding as well).

The three positions we are hiring for are: one Business Development (Biz Dev) intern, one PR/Marketing interns, and one Interactive/Social media intern.

Here is what we look for in a Biz Dev intern:

• A passion for helping others.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Experience with sales (working at a bar/restaurant, any customer facing role works).
• Must love talking to people.  If you can have a conversation with anyone, this is the position for you!
• Can take initiative with projects, while completing assigned tasks; freedom to use your individuality to create your own. projects that improve GiveForward is highly encouraged.
• A great sense of humor.  If you think this is funny you’ll fit right in: http://thebloggess.com/2011/07/would-you-like-to-buy-a-monkey/.

Here are some things that would be awesome to have, but aren’t deal breakers:

• Experience with cold calling.
• Experience with internet research (part of Biz Dev is finding new clients, so you’ll need to be a bit of a detective at times).
• Can bring mad tunes to the GiveForward turntable.fm room.

What will you be working on?  Great question! Among other things you will be working on:

• Researching potential strategic partnerships for GiveForward.
• Reaching out to new contacts via cold emails and phone calls.
• Helping spread the word about GiveForward through viral marketing.
• Helping develop, monitor and track our system for recording success of Biz Dev initiatives.

Here is what we look for in a PR/Marketing intern:

• A passion for helping others.
• Experience with social media including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Tumblr, Reddit, Foursquare, LinkedIn, etc.
• Experience with blogging, particularly using the WordPress platform.
• An appreciation for chocolate, gummi candy and vegetables.

Here are some things that would be awesome to have, but aren’t deal breakers:

• Experience with event planning.
• Experience with Public Relations.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Can bring mad tunes to the GiveForward turntable.fm room.
• Can take initiative with projects, while  completing assigned tasks; freedom to use your individuality to create your own projects that improve GiveForward is highly encouraged.

What will you be working on?  Great question! Among other things you will be working on:

• Press outreach.
• Helping organize our Ugly Sweater Pub Crawl.
• Working on our bi-monthly enewsletter.
• Keeping the GiveForward Kids in line.  Don’t let the photos fool you, they’re a handful.
• Updating the GiveForward blog.

Here is what we look for in a Interactive/Social media intern:

• A passion for helping others.
• Experience with social media including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Tumblr, Reddit, Foursquare, LinkedIn, etc.
• Experience with various video mediums including YouTube.
• Ability to be creative while multi-tasking.
• A love of storytelling.

Here are some things that would be awesome to have, but aren’t deal breakers:

• Mad burrito eating skills.
• Familiarity with managing online communities.
• Works well under a deadline.
• An uncanny ability to quote movies like Mean Girls and Bridesmaids word for word.
• Can take initiative with projects, while  completing assigned tasks; freedom to use your individuality to create your own projects that improve GiveForward is highly encouraged.

What will you be working on?  Great question! Among other things you will be working on:

• Helping to manage the GiveForward online community including social media.
• Telling the story of GiveForward through video.
• Helping to organize GiveForward’s YouTube channel.

What we do not look for in any of our interns:

• Robots
• Someone who color-coordinates their leisure suits.
• People who are allergic to helping others.
• Evil monkeys
• People who use all CAPS. Seriously, don’t yell at us.

Most importantly we are looking for passionate people. We look at resumes but we really care most about cover letters. To apply, please send us your cover letter, resume and anything else you think would impress us (hint…hint…we really want a pony) to jobs@giveforward.com.  Or if you have a friend who you think would be perfect for this position, please forward it along!  All positions will be unpaid but we are happy to give college credit.

Love,

The GiveForward Team

GiveForward is looking for three interns to start in our Chicago office ASAP.  Think you’ve got what it takes?  Read up on the positions and send in your resume and cover letter (be sure to tell us which position you are applying for, we’re awesome but we haven’t quite gotten our mind-reading powers down yet).

A little about GiveForward: We’re fun. We’re young. We like burritos. As an up-and-coming Chicago startup (did you see us on ABC or Crains?) we do very serious work, but try not to take ourselves too seriously. We help people raise money for their loved ones battling cancer and other illnesses. We also happen to throw an insanely fun ugly sweater pub crawl every December, and an employee vs. bosses burrito eating contest every summer. If you join our team, we can guarantee this will definitely be the most fun position you’ve ever had (and hopefully the most rewarding as well).

The three positions we are hiring for are: two PR/Marketing interns and one video/interactive media intern.

Here is what we look for in a PR/Marketing intern:

• A passion for helping others.
• Experience with social media including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Tumblr, Reddit, Foursquare, LinkedIn, etc.
• Experience with blogging, particularly using the WordPress platform.
• An appreciation for impromptu dance-offs.

Here are some things that would be awesome to have, but aren’t deal breakers:

• Experience with event planning.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• A love of animal-related Tumblr blogs.
• Can take initiative with projects, while  completing assigned tasks; freedom to use your individuality to create your own projects that improve GiveForward is highly encouraged.

What will you be working on?  Great question! Among other things you will be working on:

• Helping organize our super secret party for Tech Week.
• Working on our bi-monthly enewsletter.
• Keeping the GiveForward Kids in line.  Don’t let the photos fool you, they’re a handful.
• Updating the GiveForward blog.

Here is what we look for in a video/interactive media intern:

• A passion for helping others.
• Filming and editing experience.
• Experience with various video mediums including YouTube.
• Ability to be creative while multi-tasking.
• A love of storytelling.

Here are some things that would be awesome to have, but aren’t deal breakers:

• Mad burrito eating skills.
• Familiarity with holding & recording long-distance interviews.
• Works well under a deadline.
• A love of tandem bicycling.
• Can take initiative with projects, while  completing assigned tasks; freedom to use your individuality to create your own projects that improve GiveForward is highly encouraged.

What will you be working on?  Great question! Among other things you will be working on:

• Putting together user testimonial videos.
• Telling the story of GiveForward through video.
• Helping to organize GiveForward’s YouTube channel.

What we do not look for in any of our interns:

• Robots
• Someone who color-coordinates their leisure suits.
• People who are allergic to helping others.
• Evil monkeys
• People who use all CAPS. Seriously, don’t yell at us.

Most importantly we are looking for passionate people. We look at resumes but we really care most about cover letters. To apply, please send us your cover letter, resume and anything else you think would impress us (hint…hint…we really want a pony) to jobs@giveforward.com.  Or if you have a friend who you think would be perfect for this position, please forward it along!  All positions will be unpaid but we are happy to give college credit.

Love,

The GiveForward Team

[Disclaimer: Why do so many job postings ask for programming "wizards" and code "ninjas"? We don't fully understand this phenomenon of hiring team members with super-human powers but the idea of having wizard robe Wednesdays instead of casual Fridays is intriguing to us, so we're going to go with it.]

Job Title
Web Developer/Engineer (aka Ninja-Wizard Programmer)

Job Description:
The primary role of the Web Developer will be to help build, maintain and enhance the GiveForward.com website. This position will have the freedom to think of new ways to use emerging technologies to maintain the GiveForward’s presence at the head of the curve within its sector. As a small, yet rapidly growing, company, this position will work closely with different departments, and must be able to wear many, at times random, hats to meet the objectives and technology challenges.

Our ideal candidate is super-smart, enjoys helping people and wants to be part of a growing team.
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Do you like to make people happy? Are you that person that does random acts of kindness…even when no one is watching? Do you love coming up with ways to do or make things better? If so, you could be perfect for this position.

A little about GiveForward: We’re fun. We’re young. We like burritos. We do very serious work, but try not to take ourselves too seriously. We help people raise money for their loved ones battling cancer and other illnesses. We also happen to throw an insanely fun ugly sweater pub crawl every December, and an employee vs. bosses burrito eating contest every summer. If you join our team, we can guarantee this will definitely be the most fun position you’ve ever had (and hopefully the most rewarding as well).

This position is all about giving lots of virtual hugs and virtual high fives to our users and making sure they have successful fundraisers through creative and strategic ways.  Since there are lots of ways to do this, you will be a jack of all trades for GiveForward. No fundraising experience is necessary. You’ll learn everything you need to know from other GF team members, users’ experiences on the site and from being just an all around altruistic person.

Our Ideal Candidate…

* Would consider themselves a “people person”; with patience and sincere interest in others in order to be a great fundraising coach
* Has strong collaborative and team building skills; much of the job is focused on using all available resources to create a better user experience on GiveForward
* Can take initiative with projects, while meeting deadlines; freedom to use your individuality to create your own projects that improve GiveForward is highly encouraged
* Has strong analytical skills and attention to detail
* has a Bachelor’s Degree
* is somewhat tech savvy with working knowledge of Quickbooks, Excel and Word (or be a quick learner!)

Ideal Candidate is not…
* a robot
* someone who loves cubicles and hates teamwork
* a lifelong subscriber to Cat Fancy magazine (Just kidding! We have a cat calendar and a daily puppy calendar- we don’t discriminate)

Most importantly we are looking for passionate people. We look at resumes but we really care most about cover letters. To apply, please send us your cover letter, resume and anything else you think would impress us (hint…hint…we really want a pony) to jobs@giveforward.com.  Or if you have a friend who you think would be perfect for this position, please forward it along!

Love,

The GiveForward Team
info@giveforward.com

[Disclaimer: Why do so many job postings ask for marketing "wizards", programming "ninjas" or PR "rock stars"? We don't fully understand this phenomenon of hiring team members with super-human powers but the idea of having wizard robe Wednesdays instead of casual Fridays is intriguing to us, so we're going to go with it.]

Is this you? If so, please apply!

A little about GiveForward: We’re fun. We’re young. We like burritos. We do very serious work, but try not to take ourselves too seriously. We help people raise money for their loved ones battling cancer and other illnesses. We also happen to throw an insanely fun ugly sweater pub crawl every December, and an employee vs. bosses burrito eating contest every summer. If you join our team, we can guarantee this will definitely be the most fun position you’ve ever had (and hopefully the most rewarding as well).

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GiveForward is looking for bright, enthusiastic, highly-motivated rising juniors, seniors, new graduates and grad students who want to really sink their teeth into a project and run with it.  You must have excellent writing and communication skills, and a sense of humor is a REQUIREMENT. Additionally, the ability to finish a two pound burrito from Chipotle in one sitting is viewed favorably (see below).

If you are interested in applying, please send a resume and a short cover letter explaining why you want to work with us to jobs@giveforward.org.

Please include which position you are applying for in the subject line. We are currently hiring for the following positions:

This could be you...

Fundraising Coach Extraordinaire: Are you a fundraising king or queen? Do you enjoy helping people and coming up with creative ways to raise money for good causes? If so, you could be perfect for this position.

We need someone who is an excellent communicator both with emails and on the phone.

Responsibilities will include:

* Working closely with individuals and organizations to help them better understand the ins and outs of online fundraising  (don’t worry, if you don’t know the ins and outs, we’ll teach you)

* Reaching out to new users to help them do a better job of fundraising

* Serving as the “face” of GiveForward to the Giveforward community and the outside world

read more…

GiveForward is looking for bright, enthusiastic, highly-motivated rising juniors, seniors, new graduates and grad students who want to really sink their teeth into a project and run with it.  You must have excellent writing and communication skills, and a sense of humor is a REQUIREMENT. Additionally, the ability to finish a two pound burrito from Chipotle in one sitting is viewed favorably (see below).

If you are interested in applying, please send a resume and a short cover letter explaining why you want to work with us to jobs@giveforward.org.

Please include which position you are applying for in the subject line. We are currently hiring for the following positions:

Fundraising Coach Extraordinaire: Are you a fundraising king or queen? Do you enjoy helping people and coming up with creative ways to raise money for good causes? If so, you could be perfect for this position.

We need someone who is an excellent communicator both with emails and on the phone.

Responsibilities will include:

* Working closely with individuals and organizations to help them better understand the ins and outs of online fundraising  (don’t worry, if you don’t know the ins and outs, we’ll teach you)
* Reaching out to new users to help them do a better job of fundraising
* Helping to write fundraising tips on the GiveForward blog
* Serving as the “face” of GiveForward to the Giveforward community and the outside world
* Issuing checks and personalizing the letters we send to beneficiaries
* Ensuring that our users have the absolute best user experience possible

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It’s that time again! GiveForward is looking for some amazing summer interns to take the reigns from our fantastic spring term group.

We’re looking for bright, enthusiastic rising juniors and seniors who want to really sink their teeth into a project and run with it.

To apply, send a cover letter explaining why you want to work with us and a resume to jobs@giveforward.org. Please include which position you are applying for in the subject line. read more…