Become An Externship Academy Volunteer

The American Marketing Association San Francisco Chapter is preparing to launch its next round of the Externship Academy. We are searching for passionate part-time volunteers to get involved with the Academy by hosting workshops, and helping with our meaningful program.

Host a Workshop:

As a part of our Externship Academy, we provide our externs with opportunities to learn directly from marketing professionals in the industry. Past topics included social media marketing, project management, digital marketing, and branding. You can view our past workshops here. If you are interested in hosting a workshop, please send us an email to info@amasf.org to learn more!

Join Our Team:

Recruitment Chair

  • The ultimate goal of this role is to recruit extern participants for the Academy.
  • All interested extern applicants must complete a short application and attend a mandatory info session.
  • This role will develop relationships with local undergraduate and graduate universities to recruit and recurring extern participants.
  • This role will utilize ob searching platforms, LinkedIn, partner networks, emails, social media, and other tools to recruit and drive registration.
  • This role will create goals and KPIs around recruitment numbers including the types of individuals in this program.
  • Time Commitment Includes:
    • Attending one-hour weekly check-in with the internal Externship team
    • Working available hours during the week (2 Hours Minimum)

Skills Development Chair

  • This role will support the Lead of the AMA SF Externship program with the development of four workshops throughout the Externship Program.
  • These workshops are about 45 minutes and may cover topics such as branding, social media, digital marketing, job searches, resumes, etc.
  • Skills development workshops will be mandatory for extern participants, and open to AMA members and non-members.
  • This role will support the creation of these workshops, including creating visibility about these workshops with email and social communications.
  • This role will establish goals and KPIs to measure attendees and the success of these events.
  • Time Commitment Includes:
    • Attending one-hour weekly check-in with the internal Externship team
    • Working available hours during the week (2 Hours Minimum)

Email Communication Chair

  • This role will manage communications to externs and extern businesses through biweekly and monthly communications.
  • This role will work with the Lead of the AMA SF Externship Academy to develop a template to utilize throughout the program.
  • This role will send biweekly newsletter communications to externs including information about upcoming workshops, job postings, certifications, AMA Events, resources, etc.
  • This role will send monthly newsletter communications to extern businesses including information about extern spotlights, program announcements, important dates, resources for small businesses, etc.
  • This role will utilize email-sending platforms, learn best practices for email, and track success metrics on these email campaigns. (This may include Open Rates, CTRs, etc.)
  • Time Commitment Includes:
    • Attending one-hour weekly check-in with the internal Externship team
    • Working available hours during the week (2 Hours Minimum)

If you are interested in any of these roles, or have one that is not listed – please email us at: info@amasf.org with your resume and role of interest!

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