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WGBH Development Internship
Department Description:
The Fundraising Systems Operations (FSO) department is part of the local Marketing and
Development Division, which enables the WGBH Educational Foundation to carry out its mission
by raising necessary funds from individuals, corporations, and foundations for current program
support and special projects for TV, Radio and the Web. FSO is responsible for the processing
of all financial donations to the WGBH Development department. FSO oversees the use of multiple
technologies used in the processing of financial transactions. FSO is also responsible for
helping operate and maintain the WGBH fundraising database. This includes the development
and maintenance of a user documentation and training program for the database. FSO works
closely with all of the areas of Development to help them meet their fundraising and
database needs. FSO is the operational hub for the following fundraising and marketing
areas: Membership, Leadership, Major Gifts, Corporate Gifts, Special Events, Customer
Service, Telemarketing, Volunteers, Auction, Matching Gifts, Web Marketing, Pledge, and
Incentives.
WGBH Intern Requirements:
- WGBH internships are open only to students enrolled in an accredited college or university.
- Interns must receive college credit for the internship.
- Internships are unpaid.
College Major Desire:
Ideally the intern candidate would be majoring in non-profit studies.
If that is not possible, then a Marketing degree would be the next best fit.
Skills Preferred:
Must be a mature, detailed-oriented individual and should
have excellent organizational skills and the ability to take
ownership of his/her projects.
Duties include but are not limited to:
Duties are divided into five separate categories, as follows:
- Marketing-related tasks:
Prepare for WGBH On-Air Fundraising campaign:
- Verify programs goals/results db against program grids
- Add programs to TV pledge file
- Collect premium samples
- Collect product images for use on WGBH Web site
- Obtain product price quotes from vendors
- Obtain ISBN and UPC #s for premiums and enter into master database
- Enter ticket codes in ticket code table
- Prepare Premium information sheets for use during drives
- Assemble premium descriptions master book
- Send new premium codes to warehouse vendors
- Operations and Administrative tasks:
- Prepare premiums for upload
- Prepare new codes for TFI
- Assist with WGBH Lobby Store (restocking inventory)
- Premium Orders:
- Enter new premium codes and quantities ordered into Purchase Order system
- Fax orders to vendors
- Follow up on order receipt
- Premium Fulfillment Tasks:
- Assist with in-house Ticket fulfillment (seat assignment and mail coordination)
- Track Daily Premium receiving: In-house and external vendors
- In-house fulfillment
- Gather Items for Changes
- Send Changes and Special Orders
- Update Vendor Premium Files
- Stuff premiums, update inventory files
- Other Duties as assigned
Contact:
Applicants for the position should send a resume and a statement of reasons why the internship is
of interest to Alyssa Mullen, Human Resources Business Partner and Internship Coordinator at
human_resources@wgbh.org or
WGBH Educational Foundation
Human Resources Department
One Guest Street
Boston, MA 02135
Please note that this job description is meant to be a
generic description and represents the minimum job duties an individual will be required to perform.
Individual departments will/can customize job descriptions and hours of work to meet their specific
needs.
WGBH is an equal opportunity employer
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