Development and Communications Intern
About Little Red Door Cancer Agency
Fighting cancer is tough enough, but it’s even harder when you don’t have medical insurance or the resources to afford proper care. Since 1945, Little Red Door Cancer Agency has been striving to make the most of life and the least of cancer by reducing the physical, emotional, and financial burdens of cancer for the medically underserved residents of central Indiana. Little Red Door supports both adult clients and youth clients, including Camp Little Red Door.
Position Summary
Little Red Door seeks a dynamic, self-starter to assist in marketing and communications, event logistics, data clean up, research, and donor stewardship. At our agency, our goal is to make the most of life and the least of cancer. You will earn experience in the many different aspects of a nonprofit organization while having a real effect on the lives of our local cancer patients.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following (other duties may be assigned to meet needs):
- Provide LRD Signature event support for the Development Team
- Represent LRD at community events and volunteer engagements
- Research potential funders, specifically foundations, corporations and individuals
- Assist in the creation and implementation of donor stewardship and cultivation projects
- Provide social media content for the Marketing and Communications Coordinator
- Clean data and pull development reports to assist the Database Manager and Chief Advancement Officer
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
- Complete tasks in an effective and efficient manner.
- Excellent organizational, written, oral and interpersonal communication skills required.
- Ability to work well and collaboratively with a team.
- Ability to passionately embrace the mission of Little Red Door Cancer Agency.
- Comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and mail merges.
- Familiarity with Salesforce.com or similar CRM (Customer Relationship Management) software a plus.
Education
- Working toward a college degree in a related field (Nonprofit Management, Philanthropy, Communications, Marketing).
Physical Requirements and Working Conditions
The physical demands and working conditions described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, stand, walk and talk or hear.
- The employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls, and reach with hands and arms.
- The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
- Work is performed primarily in an office setting.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderately quiet.
Start Date Summer for 12 weeks
Hours 16-20 hours a week; schedule negotiable
Compensation $1,500 stipend
2026 Little Red Door Key Dates and Required Events
- Fri, June 12 and Sat, June 13, 7am-3pm at Crestview Golf Club in Muncie, IN | Kirk and Deb Mace Golf Tournament, Public/ Third Party Golf Event
- Fri, June 19 Office Closed – Juneteenth
- Fri, July 3 Office Closed – Independence Day
- Mon, July 13- Fri, July 17 at LRD Office | Camp in the City
- Sat, July 18, 11am-5pm at Victory Field in Downtown Indianapolis SummerFest | Indiana Brewers Guild Table at MicroBrew Fest
- Weds, Aug 5, 7am-3pm at Brickyard Crossing Golf Course in Indianapolis, IN Camp Little Red Door Golf Tournament
- Tentative Hold for Indianapolis Indians Game in August
- Tentative Hold for Sat, Aug 15 | Scott Swain Invitational
- Sun, Aug 16, Cancer Survivors Day at Indiana State Fair