Online Marketing & Communications Volunteer Internship
Be part of a growing NGO’s outreach team! Here you will engage with the organization’s marketing and advertising projects, including partnerships, social media, and brand development.
Online Program
You can take part in this position through our online program as well as a discounted financial contribution. The online activities for this project may include (but are not limited to):
- Marketing research for upcoming initiatives
- Content curation for all forms of social media and marketing
- Creation of graphic elements to be used online
- Implementation of exciting visual elements
- Monitor engagement on EcoSwell online channels
- Implementation of marketing and communication goals
In addition, you’ll be able to take part in the following online educational seminars, given by our Directors:
- NGO/Social enterprise creation and management
- Outreach and Business Development
- Sustainability perspectives from a local "on the ground" development organization
- International environmental and social sustainability standards
- Research methods and community engagement
Benefits of joining this program
We are in need of hard-working, creative interns with a strong interest and/or background knowledge in communications, marketing, and advertising to come and support us in these ongoing projects. The benefits of taking part in this volunteer internship are:
- Enhance your CV and gain professional hands-on experience managing sustainable projects in an international development NGO, having a real positive impact on a vulnerable community.
- Develop an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the advertising strategy for a growing non-governmental organization.
- Develop key creative skills, such as photography and videography
- Work alongside experienced & passionate people from a range of disciplines & backgrounds.
- Live and work in a surfing paradise in northern Peru, the land of endless summer (applicable to our in-person placement).
Requirements
This volunteer internship is open to all disciplines, but is most suited for those interested in and/or have academic or professional experience in communications, advertisement, marketing, and sustainable development. Undergraduates, postgraduates, PhDs and/or professionals are all welcome. However, we do ask for:
- An academic, professional background or personal motivation in advertising, marketing, public relations, photography, journalism, media, sustainable development, and the like.
- Creativity and ability to create innovative content.
- Minimum age 18.
- Basic experience and strong motivation to become part of a team away from home.
However, the most important thing is that you have an open mind, a positive attitude and willingness to learn!
Online Placement Financial contribution
The financial contribution required from volunteer interns for our online position is 33% less than that of our in person placement - please see details below.
2 weeks (price per week $368) = $735
3 weeks (price per week $362) = $1,087
4 weeks (price per week $362) = $1,449
5 weeks (price per week $352) = $1,762
6 weeks (price per week $352) = $2,114
8 weeks (price per week $352) = $2,819
12 weeks (price per week $337) = $4,044
Since we have limited volunteer/intern spaces, if you have been accepted we will need you to secure your placement by depositing a non-refundable 30% of your placement’s total financial contribution within 1 week of being accepted. Full payment will be required 4 weeks prior to your arrival the latest. Any refund of the 70% of the full payment (minus all transaction costs) will only be available if cancellation is confirmed before more than 30 days of confirmed arrival date. No refunds of any kind will be available within 30 days of confirmed arrival date. Payment details will be given by our team during the application process.
The financial contribution you make as a volunteer intern helps funds our community projects and operations, it funds our impact. For every volunteer intern that joins our program, we also plant a tree with local families to help restore the degraded forest ecosystem found in our region.
For more information about costs, please visit the financial contribution section on our website: https://www.ecoswell.org/financial-contribution
About EcoSwell
At EcoSwell we believe that people and nature can thrive in unison. We are a for Impact sustainable development organisation which focusses on empowering and improving the lives of the poor whilst protecting our natural environment.
EcoSwell is a multiple award-winning for Impact non-profit.
We believe that people and nature can thrive in unison. Through infrastructure projects, enviro-social initiatives and educational initiatives we develop vulnerable rural communities in Peru's northern coast sustainably, improving people's lives and protecting our natural environment.
Since 2013, through renewable energy, reforestation, conservation, water, sanitation and gender equality projects, we have impacted the lives of 23,000 people. By 2021 we aim to have improved the lives of 40,000 people in the northern region of Peru.