2025 Summer Marketing Intern

ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW

Food Well Alliance (FWA) is a collaborative network of local leaders working together to build equitable and thriving community gardens, urban farms, and orchards across metro Atlanta. FWA’s mission is to provide resources and support to local growers to connect and build healthier communities. Our vision is an Atlanta that is locally grown and community connected.

FWA was founded in 2015 when Jim Kennedy, chair of Cox Enterprises, and Bill Bolling, founder of the Atlanta Community Food Bank, had an idea to build healthier communities across metro Atlanta by connecting and supporting members of our local food movement. Today, we support more than 300 gardens, farms and orchards in Fulton, DeKalb, Cobb, Gwinnett, and Clayton counties. We accomplish our work through two primary program areas:

  1.  Resource Center - We provide metro area farmers, gardeners and orchard stewards with essentials for success: tools, training, mechanical assistance, labor teams, tractor support, compost, seeds, seedlings, saplings, grants, and more. 

  2. Policy & Planning - We bring local government leaders together with residents and community leaders to develop plans that bring urban agriculture into city planning processes in partnership with the Atlanta Regional Commission.

POSITION OVERVIEW

FWA is seeking a creative Marketing Intern to help with content creation, digital organization, and event support. She/he/they will report directly to the Senior Marketing Manager and work closely with the Marketing and Development Team. The intern will help with the following projects:

  • Managing our social media platforms, including Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn

  • Content creation for website and email marketing

  • Tabling at local events

The ideal candidate is interested in marketing and using social media to build a brand, can balance competing priorities and has strong communication skills. This position is perfect for someone who is looking to gain marketing experience in a nonprofit setting and has knowledge or interest in Atlanta’s local food movement.

RESPONSIBILITIES

As the FWA marketing intern, you’ll provide support on day-to-day tasks and ongoing campaigns in alignment with FWA’s mission and vision.

  • Write, edit, and proofread a variety of communications, including email, webpages, social media posts, video, etc.

  • Assist with the production of stories for email campaigns, including monthly and volunteer newsletters

  • Attend farm and garden site visits and assist with interviews

  • Brainstorm and create engaging organic content for Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn

  • Monitor and respond to social media comments and direct messages

  • Distribute marketing materials to stakeholders, including employers, partners, and community members

  • Support with coordination, outreach, and promotion of FWA programs and events

  • Help Marketing and Development Team migrate content to Canto, our new digital asset management system. This will include tagging photos, organizing marketing materials in folders and portals, etc.

  • Collect qualitative and quantitative data for marketing campaigns

  • Use marketing tools like Canto, Canva and MailChimp

  • Other duties as assigned

We want to ensure that this internship is not only beneficial for FWA but also provides value and hands-on experience for the intern. If there are any aspects of marketing you want to gain experience in, please let us know in your cover letter. If you’re selected, we will try to incorporate your requests into the internship.

REQUIREMENTS

  • Availability for summer 2025; preferred time frame is June 9-August 1, with optional extension

  • Ability to work 35-40 hours per week with availability Mon-Fri, with some exceptions

  • Ability to work remotely, at our 970 Jefferson Street office, and occasionally offsite

  • Ability to work indoors and outdoors, as assigned

  • Appropriate dress which includes business casual in the office and at events and protective and weather-appropriate clothes at grower sites

  • Reliable transportation to work

  • Access to a laptop is preferred but we can accommodate if needed

  • Writing and marketing experience through school, jobs or other internships

  • Strong written and oral communication skills

COMPENSATION

Compensation for this position is $20/hour paid bi-weekly and includes mileage reimbursement for any off-site activities.

DIVERSE CANDIDATES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY

FWA is a community that is proud to represent different racial, socio-economic, gender, and other identities. Our diversity as a community is our strength, driving our ability to be empathetic, visionary, and effective leaders in the local food movement and our city.

HOW TO APPLY

Please email your cover letter and resume to jobs@foodwellalliance.org to the attention of Ashley Wiley, Sr. Marketing Manager by January 17, 2025 at 5 pm. Include Marketing Intern_Last Name in the email subject line.