Opportunity: Green Corps, the Field School for Environmental Organizing

This February 27-28, representatives from Green Corps, the Field School for Environmental Organizing are coming to visit campus to hold an info session and speak with as many students as possible about the program. They focus on providing recent college grads the skills and experience they need to make an impact on urgent environmental campaigns. More information below.

Green Corps Organizer Program - The Field School for Environmental Organizing

Green Corps is looking for college graduates who are ready to take on the biggest environmental challenges of our day.

Learn more and apply on our website!

 

The planet needs all the help it can get. To win now and build a strong foundation for lasting progress, we need people who know how to organize: to run organizations and campaigns that will inspire the support and action we need to save our environment. Our program starts with intensive classroom training. You learn about issues and campaigns, organizing theory and principles, and skills from recruiting volunteers to staging a media event. Then, you move to a more hands-on experience. You make a difference on important campaigns to transition our country to clean energy, protect wildlife, and more. For example, Lauren Karpinski, an organizer from the Green Corps Class of 2019, brought together a coalition of 40 groups that helped win a landmark solar energy bill in Arkansas.

 

We’re accepting the top 20 candidates for our 2025-2026 program. Graduates will join our more than 400 alumni who are leading environmental campaigns and organizations across the country. If you’re passionate about the environment and ready to learn and practice the craft of organizing after graduation, apply today!

 

Not a graduating senior? Add your name to our list to receive updates about Green Corps including summer internships and jobs in the environmental and broader social change field!

 

Green Corps’ year-long program begins in August 2025 with introductory classroom training, and continues with field placements in multiple locations across the U.S. (Green Corps also offers a short-term program beginning in January 2025.) Candidates must be willing to relocate. Please contact Renee Wellman at renee@greencorps.org with additional questions.

Local Travel Management Company Seeks Proposal Writer

World Travel Inc, a global travel management company based in Exton, PA, is looking to hire an English or Communications graduate as a proposal writer.

See below for the job description, which you can also find on here Handshake here.

Assigned RFP (response for proposal) requests:

• Completes initial review and formats document for response
• Acts as project manager, producing and distributing RFP responses; this includes formatting, populating answers, coordinating edits, completing technical edits, preparing attachments, printing/binding/mailing, etc.
• Works closely with the Sales and Marketing, and various subject matter experts to meet objectives and to ensure World Travel, Inc.’s value proposition is clearly communicated
• Completes finalization activities for RFP submissions, including preparing attachments, printing/binding/mailing, etc.
• Provide proactive insight into the obstacles likely to impede our progress; provide updates of delays or problems and recommend the best path forward
• Creates custom templates, as assigned
• Coordinates production and distribution of marketing collateral, as assigned 

For assigned marketing tasks:

• Assists in managing production and publishing of marketing materials in accordance with established timeframes
• Produce and distributes materials following corporate branding guidelines 

Additional responsibilities:

• Follow World Travel, Inc. procedures, guidelines, and standards in areas of customer service, management information systems, productivity, attendance, and accuracy of work.
• Work closely and collaborate with all departments
• Remain knowledgeable and up-to-date on changes and developments in the field of corporate travel management.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Time Spent Performing Essential Functions (Generally): Proposal Management tasks and related work = 100%

 

Areas of Accountability: The Proposal Writer is accountable for:

• Achieving company sales and client retention goals (annual or otherwise).
• Preparing all written and digital proposal and marketing material in a timely and accurate fashion; all work product should be complete and without significant error.
• Participating fully as a team member to assist as needed in completing all functions relating to identifying quality leads and closing prospective business.
• Maintaining ownership of the company brand, marketing materials and communications of all departments.
• Maintaining a favorable working relationship with all other company Team Members to foster and promote a cooperative and harmonious working climate which will be conducive to maximum employee morale, productivity and efficiency/effectiveness.

 

Knowledge and Skill Requirements:

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications
• Excellent leadership, professional writing/editing, communication, and organizational skills required
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Collaboration skills; team orientation
• Strong work ethic and a commitment to excellence

 

Education and Work Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in English or Communications
• One to three years of RFP coordination experience preferred
• Travel experience preferred but not required

 

Physical Demands: The physical demands described herein are representative of

those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 

Individuals are required to sit for extended periods of time, e.g., an 8-hour shift with appropriate break periods. Individuals must be seated at a desk with a dual-monitor computer and telephone. Individuals are required to answer the telephone and type on the computer’s keyboard. Headsets for the telephone are available. Individuals are required to reach above shoulder height, below the waist, and lift items as required to file documents or store materials in a drawer or overhead bin throughout the day. Proper lifting techniques are required.

 

Individuals may be required to travel beyond their home office to prospective customer meeting locations as required.

 

To maneuver around the office, individuals are required to walk on a level service, periodically and as necessary, throughout the day.

 

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described herein 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.

 

Working Conditions Schedule:

• Full time, Monday-Friday, 40+ hours per week.
• Schedule is flexible as long as the majority of the work hours
• are during traditional business hours.
• Team Member may be asked to report to a different World
• Travel, Inc. office for training, support, or other

Job Opportunities: YouthBuild Philly

Attention, recent English graduates! YouthBuild Philly is recruiting for several AmeriCorps Community Project Coordinator positions. Successful candidates will serve with its Student Life and Workforce Development departments for the upcoming service year. 

YouthBuild Philly is a nonprofit charter school for out-of-school youth, ages 18-21 years old. Our mission is to empower young adults to develop skills and connect to opportunities by fostering an environment of love, support, and respect for their whole person. Students graduate with a high school diploma and vocation certification to successfully transition to colleges/careers as critically conscious leaders, committed to positive change for themselves and their communities.

For the job description with the details on how to apply, click here.

Gain Work Experience While Helping Local Small Businesses

Villanova's Career Center is looking for English majors to take part in a new initiative aimed at helping local small businesses navigate the disruption caused by Covid-19. Students seeking remote or virtual work opportunities can assist these businesses by promoting them and advertising their services. This work will not only help local businesses, but also provide learning and work opportunities for students.

The kinds of work available include: social media and online marketing, website building and payment processing, writing a business plan, and research assistance for loans. The first five positions received were all in areas that might be of interest to English majors: social media, marketing, digital video producer, website producer, and education.

You can check out the postings in Handshake using this quick link: https://bit.ly/smallbusinessops. Or you can search jobs in Handshake using the label "small business." Postings are coming in daily, so keep checking back for new opportunities. Note that students need to follow the application instructions in the job posting rather than applying directly via Handshake.

Internship Opportunity: Students Journalists Wanted for Sports Media Company

Best Version Media, an international media company with headquarters in Brookfield, Wisconsin, is launching a new internship program for its national website, BVMsports.com. BVM Sports provides professional reporting on sports at every level from the international to the local. It publishes over 850 monthly magazines with locally oriented news stories and distributes over 30 million copies across North America, serving residents, homeowners' associations, villages, and local businesses.

BVM Sports is seeking students for the 2020-2021 academic school year to become Sports Writing Interns. The ideal candidates will be talented student journalists interested in expanding their portfolio with real-world media experience while being provided professional-level training, one-on-one mentorship with professional writers, and story critique from professional editors. Each week interns will be given the opportunity to pursue different types of sports stories and offered advising and oversight to help them become the best version of themselves as sports writers. Interns may also have the chance to cover large sporting events as credentialed media members as well as enter to win Best Version Media’s student sports writing awards. 

Visit here for more information and to apply for an internship.

Job Opportunity! Editorial Assistant at Publishing Company in New York

Villanova English alum Jackie Douglass ('19) recently contacted us with information about an exciting job opportunity with her employer, Sourcebooks, an independent publishing company. The opening is for an editorial assistant in their New York office.

Responsibilities include:

• Oversee the project management, workflow, and planning of new and existing children’s and young adult titles, including setting schedules and meeting aggressive deadlines
• Ensure timely completion of series and solo projects developed and produced by New York children’s and young adult acquiring editors
• Research prepublication project and category competitive sets for sales, positioning, price, package, etc.
• Copywriting for launch, catalog pages, ARCs, other metadata maintenance
• Read, log and review incoming manuscripts and prepare them for submission
• Prepare materials for launches, presales, and sales conference
• Maintain a good relationship with agents and authors by being responsive, professional, and helpful
• Daily maintenance of NY office, including organization of materials, ordering office supplies, books
• Travel to Naperville, Illinois for quarterly sales meeting.

Qualifications:

• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Proficient in Excel and Power Point
• Good working knowledge on all children’s book categories from board book to young adult

For more information and to apply for the job, visit here.

Job Opportunity! Consumer PR Agency Is Looking for Account Coordinators

Diffusion PR, a tech and consumer PR agency, is looking to hire a slate of account coordinators for their New York and Los Angeles offices.

The role is a full-time position that provides recent grads the chance to dive into the PR industry head-first while learning the ins and outs of agency life in an open and supportive environment. Competitive entry-level salary, full benefits, 401K, etc. – comes with the works, and is a program only available to graduating seniors this spring.

The job application, and instructions to apply for your students, can be found here: https://diffusionpr.com/us/news/47/do-you-have-what-it-takes-to-be-a-diffusion-rookie.

Diffusion is accepting applications until Friday, April 17. Contact Tim Williams at tim.williams@diffusionpr.com if you have questions.

Internship Opportunity: CBS Philly

CBS Philly is looking to hire college juniors and seniors for summer internships in Creative Services, Digital Web Content, and Television News. CBS's Internship Program in Philadelphia is designed to provide educational and field experience for students pursuing careers in television broadcasting and related fields. The internships will expose you to industry professionals and promote both your personal and career development.

 

Internships are approximately 10 weeks in duration and 16 hours per week. Interns are accepted for the spring, summer, and fall semesters and are paid an hourly rate of $12.00. Transportation costs (except those incurred while traveling for business purposes requested by CBS), meals, and any other financial obligations, are the sole responsibility of the individual intern.

News Department:  The intern will learn how a news department operates and provides news coverage of the Philadelphia region. The intern may be assigned to a variety of areas such as news, sports, weather, consumer unit, the assignment desk, or the tape library. Interns will have the opportunity to observe work in the field alongside reporters and photographers.

Qualifications:

• CBS online Internship application: www.cbsphilly.com/tvjobs
• Online resume and cover letter
• Currently attending an accredited college and have achieved junior or senior status.
• Students must be in satisfactory academic standing with a minimum grade point average of 3.0. Verification letter from college required. Academic credit not required for internship.
• Able to meet the minimum time commitment for the internship program (minimum 10 weeks in duration and 16 hours per week)
• Good computer skills, excellent written skills and verbal communication abilities.
• MS office suite proficiency.
• If accepted into our program, each intern will be required to present eligibility to work in the U.S. based on the Department of Homeland Security’s I-9 form (examples include driver’s license and social security card, College ID and birth certificate, or a US Passport).

Application deadline is April 3, 2020.

To submit an application, visit here.

See here for more information.

Job Opportunity: Environmental Non-Profit Seeks Campaign Staff

The Fund for the Public Interest is seeking hard-working individuals with good communication skills and a passion for social change to fill citizen outreach and Field Manager positions across the country this Fall.

If you are looking to make a difference working to protect the environment and public health, gain real-world work experience and skills you can use, make money, and work with great people, then this is the job for you.

Our Mission:

The Fund for the Public Interest is a national non-profit organization that runs campaigns for America's leading environmental and social change organizations, like Environment America. The Fund was launched in 1982 to help find ways to engage people on the most pressing problems of our day and turn that support into solutions. By having face-to-face, one-on-one conversations the Fund gives millions of people the opportunity for their voices to be heard, through petitions, emails, small donations and meetings.

This fall the Fund will be working with Environment America to stop plastic pollution, tackle climate change, and keep pesticides out of our food supply. Apply HERE!

Job Description:

Currently the Fund has paid Canvasser and Field Manager positions open in 17+ cities across the country, including Philadelphia. These are full-time and part-time fall and winter positions averaging $10-15 per hour. 

Responsibilities:

• Help the directors launch the campaign and build a team of staff this Fall
• Build membership and raise money for environmental and social change groups
• Educate and engage citizens on pressing issues
• Recruit, train, and manage a team of staff in the office and in the field
• Meet with the directors each week to evaluate progress and provide input on hiring decisions, goals, and priorities

Employees will also have the opportunity to organize press conferences and build coalitions with other non-profit organizations. While on staff, you will gain knowledge of pressing concerns facing our country, learn how to effectively generate public support, and obtain a firm understanding of the political process.

Why Apply? You should apply if you want to...

• Make a real difference on these issues
• Get experience with grassroots mobilization, fundraising and working with the media
• Gain the skills and connections needed to launch a career in non-profit, political, or grassroots organizing
• Working for something you believe in
• Build long-lasting relationships with a team of people from all across the country who share your interests and concerns on important issues

To apply online or learn more, visit this link or call us directly at 215-732-1525!

Jobs for Villanova grads in Austin, TX

Villanova alum Chris Major is looking for for entry-level tech sales representatives to work for his employer Rubrik, a cloud data management platform based in Austin, TX.

According to Chris, "Rubrik offers a career path to rapidly achieve 6 figure salaries, expedited career advancement, and high earning potential with no cap on commissions."

He says he's looking for "grinders who aren't afraid of hard work and are hungry to be making over $200K before they are 30."

He has two Villanova seniors already with job offers and is looking to triple that number. If you are interested in finding out more, contact Chris at chris.major@rubrik.com.

Job Information

Rubrik’s Sales Development Representatives (SDRs) form the core of our ambitious go to market strategy and revenue growth engine. Using their intellect to understand potential customers (prospects), SDRs drive value beyond expectations every day by helping clients gain insights into their business. The SDR position teaches All-Star talent what it takes to be successful in the highly lucrative world of enterprise technology. This is your opportunity to build the Austin, TX SDR team in one of the world’s most challenging and rewarding fields.

What would make you successful in this role?

• Intellectually hungry - you never stop learning and asking questions
• Integrity - you challenge the status quo when you’ve found a better way and you do the right thing no matter what
• “Get it done” mentality - you are proactive and execute with brilliant focus and a relentless spirit
• Collaborative - you care about your own career goals, in addition to the success of your team
• Driven - you challenge yourself to go above and beyond your responsibilities

 What do our perks look like?

• Uncapped commission structure
• Healthy snacks and catered lunches with weekly happy hours
• Pre-IPO Equity
• Competitive pay
• Comprehensive medical, dental & vision insurance, 401(k)
• Laptop choice of either Apple or PC
• Weekly team events

 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• 0-2 years of B2B sales and/or lead generation experience
• Interest and ability to learn technical concepts quickly
• Desire for a successful career in sales/business development
• EQ: Self-aware, hard-working, personable and humble

2 Job Opportunities with Irish American Chamber and Network

Term: Semester

Hourly Commitment: Flexible schedule, approximately 15-20 hours per week

Compensation: $10.00/hour 

Job Description: Marketing/Membership Intern

The Irish American Business Chamber & Network, Inc. (IABCN) is looking for an enthusiastic marketing /membership management intern to work both independently and with our Marketing Coordinator to provide creative ideas to help further our mission. The Irish Chamber is a not-for-profit, nonpartisan organization serving our members in the Greater Philadelphia region and across the Island of Ireland by promoting cross Atlantic economic and educational relationships. 

The intern will have administrative duties in developing and implementing marketing strategies as well as duties related to membership management and event planning. Our intern will collaborate with our Marketing Coordinator in all stages of marketing campaigns. We encourage insightful contributions and fresh ideas, to help develop, expand and maintain our marketing channels.

This internship will help the intern to acquire marketing skills and provide him/her with knowledge of various marketing strategies, as well as expanded knowledge of membership management, international business, and the Irish community and international business community here in Philadelphia.

Responsibilities

• Research best practices of similar organizations/Chambers of Commerce
• Identify and research potential members
• Conduct outreach to membership to increase attendance at events throughout the year
• Support the Marketing Coordinator in daily administrative tasks
• Assist in marketing and advertising promotional activities, specifically social media campaigns and blog postings (member news)
• Provide monthly social media tracking reports
• Prepare promotional presentations
• Assist in designing and writing copy for event promotional material, including save-the-dates, electronic and print invitations and programs
• Manage and update company database and membership management software
• Learn all aspects of event planning for multiple events from sponsorships to logistics – attendees are predominantly business and community leaders. Work at monthly events.

Requirements

• Strong desire to learn along with professional drive
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to record events
• Familiarity with video creation tools, as well as editing software
• Passion for the communications and digital media and its best practices
• Current enrollment in a related Bachelors or Masters degree

Job Description: Communications/Digital Media Intern

The Irish American Business Chamber & Network, Inc. (IABCN) is looking for an enthusiastic communications/digital media intern to work both independently and with our Marketing Coordinator on the Chamber’s 20^th Anniversary projects, including promotional videos and a digital archive of the Chamber’s 20 years in operation. The Irish Chamber is a not-for-profit, nonpartisan organization serving our members in the Greater Philadelphia region and across the Island of Ireland by promoting Cross-Atlantic economic and educational relationships. 

The intern will have creative duties in developing two promotional videos:

• The Irish Chamber’s largest event, the Ambassador’s Awards
• 20^th Anniversary video

The intern will also work on a digital archive of interviews of Chamber members, former honorees, and government officials. Our intern will collaborate with our Marketing Coordinator in all stages of video creation. We encourage insightful contributions and fresh ideas to help develop these videos.

This internship will help the intern to expand his/her digital media, communications and marketing skills.

Requirements

• Strong desire to learn along with professional drive
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to record events
• Familiarity with video creation tools, as well as editing software
• Passion for the communications and digital media and its best practices
• Current enrollment in a related Bachelors or Masters degree