Community and Outreach Intern

Job Description

Community and Outreach Intern | Sigma Growth Specialists

The Tone:
This is a remote internship at Sigma Growth Specialists, an international boutique consultancy dedicated to helping enterprises and startups achieve scalability and growth. This role is pivotal in supporting a key client’s North American network, facilitating connections between advisors, startups, and ecosystem partners. The intern will serve as a crucial liaison between Sigma Growth Specialists, the client, and their extensive network, focusing on strategic relationship-building and outreach initiatives. The position aims to expand the network while fostering meaningful engagement, sustained retention, and mission alignment among existing members. This role is suited for individuals passionate about startup ecosystems, professional communities, and the development of nonprofit networks.

The TL;DR
• Role: Internship
• Location: Remote
• Mission: Support the growth and engagement of the client’s North America network by connecting advisors, startups, and ecosystem partners.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Network Expansion: Execute targeted marketing and outreach campaigns aimed at academic programs, professional associations, and startup ecosystems throughout North America. This includes developing content and forming strategic partnerships with universities, accelerators, and women-in-business organizations to attract mission-aligned advisors and founders to the client’s network.
• Engagement & Communication: Serve as the primary point of contact for the active advisor network, facilitating introductions, managing engagement touch points like spotlights and meetups, and supporting overall communication with advisors, startups, and members.
• Feedback & Improvement: Collect and synthesize advisor feedback to provide actionable insights to the broader team, directly contributing to continuous program improvement.
• Community Initiatives: Contribute to various community initiatives, including organizing networking events, creating advisor spotlights, and engaging with the broader ecosystem to maintain active participation within the North American advisor network.
• DEI Recruitment: Lead the Recruitment First initiative by sourcing diverse, high-caliber talent from underrepresented backgrounds to ensure all advisory boards meet GRAB’s gender-balance and inclusion standards. This includes tracking diversity metrics across the advisor pipeline and presenting progress reports to organizational leadership.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Demonstrated ability to build and grow professional communities or networks, with a preference for experience within academic, startup, or nonprofit ecosystems. An advanced degree is not required; strong community-building and outreach experience are the primary criteria.
• Experience: Minimum 4 years of professional experience in Marketing, Partnerships, Community Management, or Business Development, including the successful execution of multi-channel campaigns.
• Skills: Strong interpersonal and relationship-building competencies across diverse professional audiences, professional flexibility, a collaborative and mission-oriented disposition, and the ability to collect, synthesize, and report on data.