SUMMER INTERNSHIP: GET EXPERIENCE GROWING AN ONLINE, GREEN BUSINESS
ABOUT GREEN & PROSPEROUS AND THE INTERNSHIP
Interested in starting your own business at some point in your career?
Want to learn how to develop an online business?
Green & Prosperous is a Maryland-based online business that promotes healthy living through smarter shopping and gardening. Founded and operated by Kelly Pemberton, Ph.D., Green & Prosperous offers online classes, books, blog posts, product reviews and consumer guides to empower consumers.
Dr. Pemberton is now accepting resumes from graduate and undergraduate students interested in interning with Green & Prosperous either in metro D.C., or remotely. Depending on each student’s interests and skills plus our organizational needs, interns assist with a variety of tasks including research and writing, email, website and social media communications, website design, photo and video recording and/or editing, and more.
The internship tentatively starts Friday, May 15, and ends in mid-August, with some accommodation for later start or earlier end as needed. During this period, interns must be able to commit a total of about 8 hours/week consisting of:
1. A weekly 30-60 minute videoconference meeting with Dr. Pemberton to review work completed, and discuss new assignments.
2. About 7 hours of independent work completed each week.
The internship is unpaid, but offers substantive, resume-building experience in starting and growing an online business, and a formal reference and/or recommendation letter upon request given satisfactory performance.
THE INTERNS WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Applicants should be interested in business, communications, health, nutrition and/or the environment. Applicants should be organized, detail-oriented, motivated and punctual. Demonstrated skill in building online audience, photo and video editing, and/or writing is a plus.
HOW TO APPLY
Email Dr. Pemberton at kellyp@greenandprosperous.
