Marketing Intern

Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) is the nation’s first and largest organization dedicated to serving the 2.5 million veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, from their first day home to the rest of their lives. IAVA strives to build an empowered generation of veterans through programs in four key impact areas: Health, Education, Employment and Community.

• Health - IAVA makes it a priority to ensure that both mental and physical health needs are being effectively addressed in our community, and has provided support to over 20,000 returning veterans nationwide.


• Education - With nearly a million new veterans headed back to school under the New GI Bill, IAVA has provided over 500,000 with the tools and support needed to make informed decisions about their education.


• Employment - No veteran should come home from Iraq or Afghanistan to an unemployment check. To fight shockingly high joblessness rates, IAVA’s Combat to Career initiative helped over 270,000 veterans in their transition to civilian careers in 2011.


• Community - Less than 1% of the country served in Iraq and Afghanistan – a stark contrast to the 12% that served during WWII. Building community, both online and on the ground, is a critical factor in fulfilling IAVA’s mission, which means bridging geographical divides to create a united, supported and proud movement of new veterans

IAVA’s Marketing Department is a new department within the organization, responsible for IAVA marketing strategy and brand consistency across all communications platforms. There are two components of the department: 1) Marketing Communications (marketing and advertising quality, consistency and style across IAVA communications platforms); and 2) Market Research (organization, constituent, collaborator and context research). The Marketing Intern will report to the Marketing Director.

The Marketing Intern will:

Learn how the marketing team will consolidate and catalog how we the organization communicates different products and programs to our constituents (veterans, supporters, donors, foundations, partners, celebrities) as well as internally.

Learn how to conduct market research on where our constituencies receive their content, how we can better reach them and help map out a set of marketing best practices for the organization.

Have an opportunity for real-life project management experience in a small-team environment.

The Marketing Intern should possess:

Excellent communication (written, graphical, verbal, etc). Please provide a writing sample in your cover letter and resume upload.

An analytical mind and ability to learn various platforms to conduct market research.

Graphic design experience a plus.

Flexibility, dedication to mission, and a robust sense of humor - we are a rapidly growing organization, and one that is presented with many unique, interesting and exciting opportunities on a regular basis.

To Apply: Please send a resume, cover letter, salary history and three professional references to [email protected], with “Salesforce Coordinator” in the subject line. Include a cover letter that concisely explains how your campaign experience could be applied to IAVA. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered. No phone calls, please.

IAVA is an equal opportunity employer. VETERANS OF THE IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN CONFLICTS ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.