Join our team as a Marketing Intern and gain hands-on experience supporting brand visibility, content creation, and campaign strategy in a mission-driven organization. You'll work closely with the marketing team to learn about customer engagement, social media, and the marketing lifecycle while contributing to real-world projects that support enrollment and community outreach. This is a great opportunity for a student interested in exploring marketing, communications, or business operations in a dynamic and collaborative environment.

Key Logistical Information:

• This internship opportunity is dependent on funding being provided by the Wyoming Workforce Development Fund. 

• Please upload your cover letter and resume together as one PDF document when you are prompted to upload your CV/resume.

• Location: NOLS Headquarters in Lander, WY

• Internship and Mentorship Dates: May 20 through August 20, 2025

• Start Date: May 20, 2025

• Applicants must have legal working rights in the USA.

  Questions: Please contact peopleteam@nols.edu

What does a Marketing Intern do?

This role is in our Marketing department. You will be involved in the following activities:

• Build out a potential partner directory/database of college and university outdoor programs and schools 

• Develop surveys and interview students upon the completion of their course for pre-identified market research outcomes

• Research and develop a marketing strategy for gap year and semester programs

• Create content and deliverables for email marketing campaigns

• Support the creation of marketing and outreach materials for key market segments

• Report to Marketing Manager and participate in weekly one-on-one meetings, attend weekly all-team meetings, participate in other meetings as assigned, and join customer service and lead calls with interested parties

• Conduct marketing research

• Identify target schools for NOLS

Educational Opportunities, Learning Outcomes and Benefits:

• Learning to work autonomously and as part of a team

• Project management and presentation skills

• Time management/meeting deadlines skill development

• Develop research and data analytic skills

• Practice giving and receiving feedback

• Work with supportive staff 

• Perform meaningful work 

• The opportunity to explore the ins and outs of marketing for a nonprofit organization in the outdoor industry

What makes a great Marketing Intern at NOLS? 

We are looking for people who share our values and are keen to learn and develop their expertise. We are looking for candidates with the skills listed below. We expect to provide training and development support in some of the areas.

• Demonstrates interest in marketing initiatives and marketing research

• Curious, and has a keen attention to detail and time management

• Excellent research and analytical skills

• Strong written and oral communication skills

• Ability to work quickly, efficiently and accurately under deadline pressure

• Excellent critical thinking and problem solving skills

• Knowledge of NOLS programming

How to Apply

Enter your email and click the “start your application” button at the top of the screen and upload your cover letter and resume together as one PDF document when you are prompted to upload your CV/resume.

At NOLS we use the Applied platform for our recruitment. The Applied platform will ask you some demographic questions before you start your application. We at NOLS never see the responses to these demographic questions with your application. We only see summary statistics to help us check if our candidate pool is balanced and if everyone has an equal chance to get hired irrespective of their background. If you prefer, you can easily opt out of answering these questions.

Who is NOLS?

NOLS is a nonprofit global wilderness school that strives to be the leading source and teacher of wilderness skills and leadership that serve people and the environment. Our community—staff, students, trustees, and alumni—shares a commitment to wilderness, education, leadership, safety, community, and excellence. 

We believe that anyone can be a leader; it is our role to provide the environment and training to help people discover their full potential. We do that in classrooms close to home and in remote wilderness areas around the world. We are an organization with heart, expertise, and wildness, and these qualities help us support powerful, authentic experiences.

Additional Information

Please note in order to ensure pay transparency and pay equity the range posted is non-negotiable. If you are unwilling to accept an offer within the posted range, please review our other opportunities to see if one better aligns with your salary expectations.

• A criminal background check is required from all NOLS employees.

• NOLS participates in e-verify for U.S. employees, Certificado de Antecedentes for Chilean or Mexican employees, and other relevant employment verification systems based on location.

• Current NOLS employees please note it is NOLS policy to conduct an internal reference check with People Team and/or your current supervisor as part of the reference check process. If you have any questions or concerns about this process please contact peopleteam@nols.edu.

NOLS does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, genetics information, disability unrelated to job or admission requirements, or status as a protected veteran. The school’s nondiscrimination policy applies to all phases of its employment process.

Reasonable accommodations may be requested for disability; limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition; religion; and domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or harassment by emailing peopleteam@nols.edu with your request.