Donor Recruitment Intern (University of Houston)

GULF COAST REGIONAL BLOOD CENTER

Location: 1400 La Concha Lane in Houston, Texas 77054

Position Title: Donor Recruitment Intern (Paid Internship) 

Duration:  TBD

Hours: TBD

Join our team of heroes!

Be a Campus Leader - Help Save Lives!

Are you passionate about making a real impact on your campus while gaining hands-on experience in relationship building, partnership development, and sales? Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center is seeking a Donor Recruitment Intern to serve as a vital link between your university and our life-saving mission. This is an opportunity to develop professional skills while fostering meaningful partnerships that support blood donation efforts in your community.

 Just For You:

• Career advancement opportunities.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Engaging and exciting opportunity to SAVE LIVES.
• Free Texas Medical Center Parking 

Tips to thrive in our culture:

• Embody our Core Values of Commitment, Integrity, and Respect
• Work to actively create experiences that inspire others to save lives, each and every day.
• Embrace doing it right, making connections, and creating desired experiences.
• Comply with all organizational policies and standards, including safety rules, and be willing to report actual and potential violations to the appropriate supervisor or manager.

 In this role, you will:

• Develop and curate engaging content for various platforms such as social media, blogs, emails, newsletters, and other marketing channels to foster audience interaction and enhance brand presence.
• Capture and create dynamic multimedia content to support campaign objectives across all digital platforms. This includes video production and real-time content creation coverage.
• Engage with online communities and respond to followers to build relationships, foster brand loyalty, and enhance user engagement.
• Research and communicate the latest trends in content creation, social media tools, and applications to leverage new opportunities in digital marketing.
• Assist in producing short-form video content for social media, including editing and optimizing videos for engagement and reach.
• Uphold and promote the integrity of Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center's brand across all content and marketing efforts, ensuring a consistent and impactful brand message.
• Create compelling graphics and visual content to complement textual content and enhance the visual appeal of marketing materials.
• Adheres to Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center's policies on EEO and Safety/Health.

We need someone who has:

• Actively enrolled in an accredited four-year college or university with a major in marketing, communication, public relations, or a related field.  Prior work/internship experience preferred.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Basic knowledge and experience with graphic design tools, such as Canva and Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign).  
• Familiarity with video content creation, using editing software like Adobe Premiere, CapCut, Final Cut Pro, or similar programs.
• Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
• Valid Texas Driver's License and acceptable driving record.  Must have reliable transportation to transport self to various donor and group sites.
• Attention to detail, accuracy
• Ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize own work

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to operate a computer and other office machinery and remain in a stationary position.  The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.  Employees are required to be familiar with and abide by the team lift requirements as specified in the Safety Program in an effort to prevent bodily injury and for the health and safety of others. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

 WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 The employee is occasionally exposed to outdoor weather conditions.  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Who We Are:

Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization and is accredited, licensed, and inspected by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), AABB as well as local and state authorities. Serving the largest medical campus in the world, The Blood Center has grown to more than 650 employees and serves more than 170 hospitals and health care institutions in the 26-county Texas Gulf Coast, Brazos Valley, and East Texas regions. As it pertains to stability, we have been in business for over 45 years with no threat of mergers or acquisitions; and growing stronger as we gain more partnerships within the business community. 

Think you have what it takes to save lives with us? We want to hear from you.

 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER STATEMENT

The Blood Center is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants for positions are considered without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, age, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, military status, protected veteran status, disability status, genetic testing results, or any other basis or characteristic prohibited by applicable law, statute, regulation or Executive Order.

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