Marketing & Community Impact Intern

📣 Marketing & Community Impact Intern

The Open Lunch Project | Unpaid Internship | Ongoing | Flexible

The Open Lunch Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit working to improve student food security, reduce unpaid school meal debt, and help ensure students have access to meals without shame, stigma, or unnecessary financial barriers.

We’re looking for a creative, curious Marketing Intern to help grow awareness of our mission and turn our work into content that people understand, care about, and want to support.

This is a hands-on opportunity for a student, recent graduate, or career-changer interested in marketing, communications, social media, branding, public relations, design, or nonprofit work.

✨ What You’ll Do

📲 Create and schedule social media content

✍️ Write captions, emails, website copy, campaign messaging, and supporter communications

🎨 Help design social graphics, flyers, presentations, and digital materials

🎥 Brainstorm short-form video, photography, and storytelling ideas

📅 Help manage social and editorial content calendars

🍎 Create educational content around student food insecurity and school meals

🔎 Research trends, nonprofit campaigns, media opportunities, influencers, and community partners

💌 Support email marketing and donor communications

🤝 Help develop outreach campaigns for schools, donors, sponsors, volunteers, and local businesses

📢 Support fundraising campaigns, events, and community initiatives

📊 Track basic engagement, audience growth, website activity, and campaign results

🌐 Assist with website updates

📰 Help identify PR, media, and storytelling opportunities

💡 Pitch your own content and campaign ideas

🎓 What You’ll Gain

You’ll build real-world experience in:

Nonprofit marketing strategy

Social media management

Brand storytelling

Content creation

Email marketing

Community engagement

Fundraising communications

PR and outreach

Sponsorship and partnership marketing

Campaign analytics

Building a brand from an early stage

You’ll have opportunities to create work you can add to your portfolio, including social campaigns, graphics, writing samples, content calendars, videos, and marketing projects.

👋 You’re a Strong Fit If You

Are a student, recent graduate, or career-changer

Enjoy writing, storytelling, social media, design, or content creation

Bring creative ideas and feel comfortable sharing them

Understand the basics of Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, TikTok, or similar platforms

Communicate clearly

Manage deadlines and work independently

Pay attention to details

Want to learn new tools and platforms

Have an interest in food security, education, nonprofits, community development, or social impact

Experience with Canva, Adobe Creative Suite, CapCut, Squarespace, email marketing tools, photography, video editing, or analytics is helpful but not required.

No specific major is required.

⏰ Internship Details

📍 Location: Remote / Flexible
💼 Type: Unpaid Internship
📅 Duration: Ongoing / Rolling
⏱ Time Commitment: Approximately 5–15 hours per week, depending on availability
🎓 Academic Credit: We’re happy to work with your college, university, or program to help meet internship, practicum, portfolio, or academic requirements
🚀 Growth Opportunity: Strong interns may take ownership of campaigns or marketing channels and may be considered for future paid, leadership, or staff opportunities as the organization grows

❤️ Why Join The Open Lunch Project?

At a large organization, interns often contribute to one small part of an established marketing team.

Here, you’ll help build the brand.

Your ideas can influence our content, campaigns, partnerships, fundraising, public voice, and how people understand student food insecurity.

If you want to build your portfolio while contributing to a mission that directly impacts students and families, we’d love to hear from you.

📩 How to Apply

Ready to help tell The Open Lunch Project’s story? We’d love to hear from you.

Please email your application directly to contact@openlunchproject.org with the subject line:

“Marketing Intern – [Your Name]”

Please include:

📄 Your updated résumé

✍️ A brief cover letter telling us why you’re interested in The Open Lunch Project, what you hope to contribute or learn, and anything else you’d like us to know

🎨 Any relevant work samples or portfolio pieces, if available. School projects, personal projects, social content, writing, graphics, photography, and video work are all welcome

🎥 Bonus points for including a short video introduction so we can get to know you beyond your résumé

No formal portfolio yet? That’s completely fine. Tell us what you’re interested in creating and what you’d like to learn.

Students, recent graduates, and career-changers are encouraged to apply.