NABA Intern in at National Association of Black Accountants, Inc.

NABA seeks a highly organized and proactive Marketing Operations Intern to support the planning, coordination, and execution of marketing initiatives, member engagement campaigns, and national events.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys managing projects, coordinating stakeholders, tracking details, solving problems, and ensuring that initiatives move forward successfully. The intern will work closely with the Marketing & Communications team to support campaign execution, event logistics, content coordination, and cross-functional project management.

The successful candidate will help create capacity for the marketing team by ensuring that timelines, assets, approvals, and communications remain organized and on track.

Project & Marketing Operations

• Maintain marketing project plans, trackers, timelines, and status reports
• Follow up with internal stakeholders on deadlines and deliverables
• Coordinate project schedules and support project execution across multiple marketing initiatives
• Monitor marketing requests and ensure proper prioritization and completion
• Support documentation of processes, playbooks, and lessons learned

Event Marketing & Activations

• Support planning and execution of NABA events, programs, webinars, and conferences
• Coordinate event marketing timelines and promotional deliverables
• Manage speaker, partner, and sponsor communications as assigned
• Track asset collection and submission deadlines
• Assist with event logistics and participant communications
• Coordinate post-event content organization and follow-up activities

Content & Campaign Support

• Support content calendar management and campaign execution
• Coordinate social media and email marketing deliverables
• Assist with gathering content, testimonials, photos, and videos
• Draft basic marketing copy, reminders, and promotional communications
• Support quality assurance reviews of marketing materials and registration pages

Stakeholder Coordination

• Schedule meetings and maintain project communication workflows
• Track approvals and ensure timely follow-up
• Coordinate with vendors, partners, agencies, speakers, and internal stakeholders
• Support cross-functional collaboration across Membership, Programs, Partnerships, and Marketing

What You'll Gain

• Hands-on experience supporting a national nonprofit organization's marketing and communications efforts
• Exposure to event marketing, sponsorship activations, campaign execution, member engagement, and project management
• Experience working with executive leadership and cross-functional teams
• Development of professional skills in operations, communications, stakeholder management, and marketing execution

Required

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Strong follow-through and accountability
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
• Experience coordinating projects, events, or client-facing initiatives
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams)
• A passion for working with people, an unshakable belief in their potential, and a strong commitment to the mission of NABA, Inc

Preferred

• Experience supporting marketing campaigns, events, activations, or communications initiatives
• Familiarity with Canva, social media platforms, and project management tools
• Experience working with stakeholders, clients, or partners
• Communications, Marketing, Business, Event Management, or related academic background

Success Measures

Successful performance in this role includes:

• Deadlines are consistently met
• Marketing projects remain organized and on schedule
• Stakeholders receive timely communication and follow-up
• Event and campaign logistics are executed smoothly
• Administrative burden on the Marketing team is reduced
• Processes become more efficient and repeatable over time

Physical Requirements

• One must possess the ability to communicate and exchange information as well as use a computer.
• One must be able to transport up to 20 lbs.

Expectations

ORGANIZATION BACKGROUND:

The mission of NABA is to address the professional needs of its members and to build leaders that shape the future of the accounting and finance profession with an unfaltering commitment to inspire the same in their successors.

NABA's vision is for unlimited opportunities and growth for blacks in the accounting and related business professions. Learn more about NABA's vision at www.nabainc.org/vision.

DIVERSITY STATEMENT:

As an equal opportunity employer, NABA is committed to a diverse, multicultural work environment. NABA does not discriminate in employment based on age, race, creed, gender, religion, marital status, veteran’s status, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, and other protected status as required by applicable law.

BENEFITS:

This position does not offer benefits as a temporary employee.