Job Summary
Volunteer: Volunteers have a heart for giving back. The PR Volunteer focuses on spreading the positive news of UniversalGiving® across Tech for Good, Entrepreneurship, Global Philanthropy, Global Volunteering, CSR and more. Build your PR skills while having an impact on the world. The goal is to increase awareness about UniversalGiving®, a positive and feel-good endeavor!
UniversalGiving® is an award-winning nonprofit allowing people to donate and volunteer with top-performing, vetted organizations all over the world. 100% goes directly to the cause. All partner organizations are vetted with our proprietary Quality Model®. UniversalGiving® has been featured on the homepage of Bloomberg, Oprah.com, CBS, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times. UniversalGiving® also has been featured in more than 16 books, including the new edition Harvard Business Review Book, HBR Guide to Delivering Effective Feedback, Arianna Huffington’s Thrive, and Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen’s Giving 2.0. We have also been acknowledged six times on Great Nonprofits’ annual Top Nonprofits lists and are highlighted in Huffington Post's list of best volunteering matching websites. We continue to gain momentum, with dozens of articles in the Christian Science Monitor and monthly contributions on Forbes. To date, we have matched more than 22,000 volunteers worth $31 million dollars’ of volunteer hours.
Responsibilities:
- Craft/update outreaches for journalists, media, universities to develop critical media links
- Craft/update outreaches for journalists, media, universities to develop article placements
- Outreach and prepare for CEO’s speaking engagements, conferences, and events
- Expand UniversalGiving®’s reach and impact
- Provide support as needed
- With proven success & a positive attitude, take on special projects/new responsibilities in PR