Marketing and Outreach Intern

About the Role

This is an unpaid internship for academic credit. Blue Pony Learning is a small, friendly education music company that writes original songs to help middle schoolers build social-emotional skills, with classroom materials for teachers, and is taking them into schools.

What You'll Learn and Do

You'll work beside the founder across the business, with the mix shifting based on your interests and your program's goals.

• Research: How schools choose supplemental programs and who decides.
• Outreach: Finding and researching leads, drafting emails and one-pagers, and following up once a school has responded.
• Marketing: Social content and message testing for teachers and counselors.
• School Coordination: Scheduling, pilot logistics, and keeping the pipeline current.
• Business Tools: How a small company runs on trackers, shared files, and scheduling.

What You'll Gain

• Hands-on experience across research, outreach, marketing, and operations.
• Direct mentorship from the founder.
• A personal letter of recommendation for work done well.
• A portfolio of real work.
• Academic credit through your school.

Details

• Unpaid, for academic credit, with no expectation of a paid position afterward.
• 8 to 10 hours a week for one semester.
• Remote; West Coast time zone preferred, not required.
• Weekly check-in with the founder.

Qualifications

• Enrolled in a college program that can award internship credit.
• Curious about education, music, or social-emotional learning.
• A clear writer.
• Organized.
• Reliable.
• Comfortable learning new tools.