Alumni Engagement Intern Winter/Spring 2025

This internship provides exposure to what goes into maintaining an amazing brand image for a successful nonprofit organization. The Alumni Engagement Intern will connect with wish children and families, learn their stories and integrate them into the Alumni Community to Wish it Forward. In this position you may also assist in coordinating Alumni events to enhance our continued presence throughout the state. The internship position assists Development, and the Marketing and Community Engagement team to ensure that Make-A-Wish brand is broadly visible, highly regarded, and active within Illinois communities.

Daily Assignments Include:

·       Assist with coordinating and executing engagement calls to new alumni families

·       Coordination and support of Alumni Engagement Events

·       Assisting with data entry

·       Identify, recommend and engage with wish families for chapter speaking engagements

Time Commitment: 10-15 hours per week (hybrid work experience), including at least one in-office working day (flexible), from early January through end of May. It is required to attend our in-office orientation on Tuesday, January 7th, 2025.

Skills and Abilities:

·       Bilingual preferred (English/Spanish)

·       Strong attention to detail

·       Well-developed communication skills - comfortable speaking with wish families, compassionate, charismatic, good listener, clear and thoughtful in tone and delivery.

·       Ability to multi-task

·       Familiarity with Salesforce and experience with excel

·       Public Speaking as you may have the opportunity to attend community engagement events

Preferred Qualifications:

·       Coursework in marketing, journalism, advertising, communications, public relations, and/or events management

Additional Requirements:

·       Must be able to commute to our downtown Chicago office

·       Minimum age for all internships is 18

·       Selected candidates will be asked to participate in a criminal background check

An internship at Make-A-Wish Illinois provides a unique opportunity to see how a renowned nonprofit organization runs from the inside. In addition to the learning opportunities outlined in the job description, all interns also:

·       Sit down with the senior leaders of our organization

·       Build working relationships with interns throughout other departments

·       Skill-based workshops and projects

·       Participate in creating impactful lifelong memories for families

·       Opportunity to assist in the creation and execution of wish progression