Job Title: Marketing & Business Development Intern
Location: Remote home office within commuting distance of Los Angeles, CA; Pasadena, CA; San Francisco, CA; San Diego, CA; or St. Louis, MO.
WHO WE ARE
- Verdical Group is a leading sustainability consulting firm focused on decarbonizing the built environment. We’ve developed a nationally known brand and industry leading reputation since our founding in 2012.
- We specialize in the following services:
- Green Building Certifications: LEED, Fitwel, WELL, Living Building Challenge, CALGreen
- Sustainability Strategy: net zero, zero carbon, program management.
- Engineering: energy modeling, daylight modeling, life cycle assessment, commissioning
- Events: we produce the nation’s largest annual Net Zero Building Conference.
- Our core values include environmentalism, fun, inspiration, adventure, and continuous learning.
- We’re a growing group of team members with an aggressive plan to grow our revenue and team.
- We have offices in Los Angeles, Pasadena, and Oakland and have team members located in the San Diego region.
- We are a net positive company, having officially offset our entire historical carbon footprint dating back to the company’s founding, plus ten percent. We also don’t accept funding from fossil fuel companies.
- We’re incorporated as a benefit corporation and are a high-scoring Certified B Corporation - we meet rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency.
- We are a 1% for the Planet Member Company: we donate 1% of our annual revenue, not just profit, to environmental nonprofit organizations.
- We’re committed to antiracism: our diverse team is one of our greatest assets.
- Visit us at www.verdicalgroup.com to learn more and watch our About Us video here.
WHO YOU ARE
- A student who will be enrolled in classes and available to participate in this internship February 2025 – June 2025, with the option to extend through fall 2025 if both parties agree.
- An all-star talent who wants to work as part of a highly respected and growing team.
- An inspired change maker who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment.
- A strong writer and verbal communicator with flawless follow up.
- Extremely organized with a fastidious attention to detail.
- You thrive in an environment where you’re surrounded by like-minded, passionate sustainability professionals who are working to change the world.
- Comfortable managing multiple projects simultaneously to meet deadlines in a timely manner.
BENEFITS
- Exposure to work in the green building/sustainability industry
- Exposure to cutting-edge sustainable design work, events, and technologies
- Work directly with Verdical Group leadership
- Your name listed as author on published blog posts on our website
- Potential to attend industry events and visit project sites
- Optional attendance at our regular in-person team meetups
APPLY
- We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and encourage potential fits to apply even if you do not meet the criteria outlined above. We look forward to hearing from you!
THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
- This is an unpaid internship with the potential to move to a full-time position pending performance and position availability.
- The time commitment for this position is roughly 15-20 hours per week.
- Our internships are designed for proactive and passionate rising stars who can contribute to our team in the ways they are most passionate about. Interns can propose projects they would like to work on with approval.
- The intern will work remotely from a home office, attending in-person meet-ups near the closest office location roughly every other month.
- The intern is responsible for supplying their own cell phone and laptop to complete internship assignments.
- Intern responsibilities may include the following assignments:
- Participating in weekly VG full team meetings
- Creating content for social media pages and growing followers (LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, and X)
- Assisting with Salesforce tracking, updates and reporting
- Updating VG’s business contacts database
- Conducting industry research
- Assisting with proposal writing for VG pursuits
- Preparing qualifications and materials for pursuits
- Researching potential business leads
- Preparing and designing presentation slide decks
- Formatting VG internal documents and templates
- Conducting administrative tasks such as folder organization, contact uploads, etc.
- Writing articles and blog posts
- Assisting with partner marketing for the Net Zero Conference
- Designing graphics and marketing materials
- Updating websites via WordPress
