About the Role
We are seeking a highly-skilled, organized, and adaptable intern to work for Empowerly part-time on our Startup Internship Program team. The Empowerly Startup Internship Program opens doors for students, allowing them to explore career options, develop professional skills, and work with globally-minded companies to strengthen their resumes and/or college applications. Last year, we worked with over 470 students and almost 200 Startups located worldwide. A highly self-motivated, technologically savvy student who can work independently and thrive in a fast-paced environment is preferred. For this particular role, we are also looking for someone with a deep knowledge of the startup world and preferably who is already engaged with the accelerator/incubator landscape in the US and beyond.
Requirements and Responsibilities
- Serve as a liaison between the Empowerly SIP Team and companies by fostering and maintaining relationships with current and potential new companies.
- Build and implement a sustainable company recruitment and retention strategy for the Startup Internship Program
- Collect and analyze company data and feedback
- Develop post-mortem reports to analyze successes and growth areas in company recruitment and retention for each cycle
- Assist the SIP Program Manager in all aspects of company relations
Minimum Qualifications
- Currently an undergraduate student at a top 25 university
- Able to work non-traditional hours
- Open to working with students of high school age from various diverse backgrounds
- Open to relationship building with companies and nonprofits from all sectors
- Able to consistently meet deadlines
- Be highly detail oriented with effective project management skills
- Be highly adaptive
- Able to work independently and engage team members collaboratively
- Able to work remotely with readily available internet and an appropriate workspace
- Possess excellent time management and organizational skills
- Possess strong emotional intelligence
- Possess strong analytical skills with the ability to leverage data to tell a story and inform decisions
- Be a creative and curious problem solver with a bias towards thoughtful action and achieving results
- Must possess a deep knowledge of startups and ideally have connections to major incubators and accelerators in the United States
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Zendesk and CRM platforms like Hubspot
- Experience entering and then analyzing data on spreadsheets, documents, and other software applications
- Experience in an internship in high school or college
- A knack for building successful client relationships
- A love for and great interest in the global startup ecosystem
- Possess fresh ideas with the willingness to think outside the box
The SIP Intern role is a part-time, non-exempt internship working remotely. The role is paid $20/hour. In addition to our tangible benefits, Empowerly provides our people the opportunity to learn and grow within a supportive team environment.