Marketing Communication Internship

About Intellecap:

Since 2002, Intellecap has been committed to economic and social development through market-based solutions that help build and scale innovative businesses for social change. We describe ourselves as a social-sector advisory firm serving corporates, non-profits, development agencies, and governments working in developing markets. We facilitate investments, provide consulting services, and build knowledge and information focused on scalable and sustainable development initiatives, both in India and globally.

Position:

Intellecap’s Knowledge and Insights team requires an intern with Marketing and Communication skills on an immediate basis, to assist with enhancing the Sankalp eco system.

About Sankalp:

Sankalp is a holistic eco-system designed to ensure the growth of social enterprises globally. Its exhaustive knowledge, capacity building and investment opportunities make it the “go-to” platform for emerging social businesses. Since its inception, Sankalp has recognized over 60 stellar social enterprises, forged over 160 mentoring connections and enabled access to capital

Sankalp empowers its community through year round opportunities like capacity building, access to finance, creation of knowledge products, enterprise selection and assessment. It also facilitates collaboration through a one of a kind online networking portal. The annual Sankalp Conference brings together over 400 social enterprises, over 400 investors and funders, and over 10,000 online followers to showcase select enterprise models, discuss emerging trends and drive policy recommendations.

Sankalp focuses on five high impact sectors: Agriculture, Food & Rural Business; Health, Water & Sanitation; Clean Energy; Technology for Development and Education.

Job Description:

Marketing & Communication: The intern will work with the Sankalp Marketing & Communication team to develop an effective MarComm strategy and lead specific parts of this strategy. The intern will lead the following parts of the MarComm efforts:

- Develop and deliver an effective social media strategy on Twitter, Linkedin, Facebook and YouTube feeding into the Sankalp website and the online Sankalp community

- Develop and implement the Sankalp E-campaign - strategy, content, design and follow up

Outreach for Registrations: Sankalp's strength lies in its ability to identify and being together social sector stakeholders like enterprises, investors, media and service providers across specific geographies (India, S.E Asia, US, Europe). The intern will work with the Sankalp team to manage outreach to these and get them involved in various aspects of Sankalp, with a primary focus on registrations for the Sankalp Summit 2012.

Logistics for Sankalp Summit 2012: The summit will be held from April 11 to April 13 at Taj Lands End in Mumbai. The intern will be required to assist the core team of Sankalp Forum with logistics at the venue before, during and after the summit. Prior experience with conference/event management would be preferred.

Required skills:

- Excellent written and oral communication skills

- Prior experience in marketing/sales/event management

- Interest and proven track record in social media initiatives

- Ability to provide creative solutions and take initiative

- Adept at using Microsoft Office

- Passion for social enterprise

To apply please visit our website http://www.intellecap.com/company/opportunities