Marketing & Business Development Intern

Responsibilities

• Community events: Build a 6–12 month event pipeline identifying at least one event per month . Coordinate and participate in suitable events occurring during the internship.
• Business partnerships: Identify and contact 50 prospective local businesses, employers, gyms, healthcare offices, and organizations; work toward 5–10 partnerships or collaborative events . Follow up and maintain an outreach tracker.
• Digital marketing: Produce 2–4 monthly posts or updates to promote and recap actual community events and partnerships, using approved materials and messaging.
• Patient experience & reputation: Speak with 8–12 willing patients under supervision about their weight-loss journeys, how they found us, and barriers created by stigma. Help develop a respectful, voluntary process for requesting honest Google reviews.
• Performance tracking: Report contacts, meetings, events, collaborations, and engagement; present a short summary of results and recommendations at semester end.
• On-Site & Local Responsibilities
• Clinic immersion: Shadow clinic operations; engage with providers, nutrition staff, and the front desk to understand the patient journey.
• Community execution: Visit potential partners, help organize and staff events, and represent the clinic professionally in conversations with prospective patients and businesses.
• Project ownership: Take initiatives from research and planning through hands-on execution and follow-up, with guidance from clinic leadership.

Preferred

• Current undergraduate studying business, marketing, entrepreneurship, communications, or a related field. Social, approachable, proactive, well organized, and comfortable starting conversations with patients and prospective business partners. Strong communication skills and willingness to take initiative; reliable personal transportation for clinic visits and local events. No prior healthcare marketing experience required.

Benefits

• Flexible scheduling, direct mentorship from physician-led clinic leadership, exposure to healthcare operations and patient experience, networking opportunities, and tangible project outcomes for a professional portfolio.