Allergood, a Duke Fuqua startup founded by MBA student Michelle Addison, is opening up its first intern positions to qualified undergraduates interested in helping fuel the company’s much-anticipated launch this July! Be part of the start-up excitement and gain valuable experience, including the opportunity for movement into paid roles or even full-time jobs post-graduation. As an Allergood intern, you will work with the Allergood startup team, including established marketing experts who will provide strategic leadership and mentorship opportunities. Allergood will be the online source for anyone with food allergies. We will begin with Allergood’s online grocery platform, designed to make grocery shopping safe, fast and easy for food allergy consumers. Allergood won the Audience Choice Award at Fuqua Fast Pitch and has an active waitlist of users excited to use the platform. Allergood is seeking a digital content creator to focus on Allergood’s customer email campaigns, newsletters, and blogs. Internship dates: May 1, 2022 – August 15, 2022 (with option to continue on into next year at renegotiated terms) Job Duties: • Time commitment: 15 hours per week • Routine deliverables: 1 blog and 1 newsletter per week, emails as needed. • Create engaging, on-strategy written content • Engage with followers and fans via comment replies • Bring creative ideas to inform future blog and newsletter content • Benchmark competitive blogs/newsletters • Work closely with CEO/Founder & Startup Team Qualifications • Pursuing bachelor’s degree from accredited university • Superb writing skills and the ability to embrace and convey the Allergood tone and vision • Experience writing a blog or newsletter (for yourself or on behalf of a team or organization) is a plus. • Ability to interact with followers and fans who respond to Allergood written content. • Ability to evaluate effectiveness of blog and newsletter content, including making suggestions for improvements to yield best results • Strong presentation skills – we want to hear YOUR ideas! • Passion for new ventures, female-led innovation, online community building and/or food allergy families
If interested, send your resume and a writing sample to michelle@allergood.com.
