VENUSA (The Vietnamese Entrepreneurs Network in the United States of America) is seeking volunteers and interns to join our team. You will be part of a team of dedicated community builders and develop highly sought-after skill sets of leadership, teamwork, and creative thinking, while meaningfully contributing to the diplomatic and bilateral trade relationship between the U.S. and Vietnam. These are part-time, remote positions. These positions can be offered as either a volunteer opportunity or OPT/CPT internship. You may contact us at hr.venusa@gmail.com for further questions.
Marketing/Media
Responsibilities:
- Support traditional marketing activities (contact and work with the press, TV stations, etc.).
- Compile and design VENUSA media kit (i.e., press release, fact sheet, news alert, media coverage, etc.).
- Produce and edit interview scripts with notable businessmen, partners, and stakeholders.
- Work with Acquisitions Editor to prepare e-newsletters for VENUSA members and post on related online pages.
Qualifications:
- Experience working with different media outlets is an advantage.
- Ability to write or design simple graphics.
- Ability to think outside the box.
- Can-do attitude.
- Ability to communicate well in both English and Vietnamese. Advanced Vietnamese writing skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively with other team members online.
Responsibilities:
- Support traditional marketing activities (contact and work with the press, TV stations, etc.).
- Compile and design VENUSA media kit (i.e., press release, fact sheet, news alert, media coverage, etc.).
- Produce and edit interview scripts with notable businessmen, partners, and stakeholders.
- Work with Acquisitions Editor to prepare e-newsletters for VENUSA members and post on related online pages.
Qualifications:
- Experience working with different media outlets is an advantage.
- Ability to write or design simple graphics.
- Ability to think outside the box.
- Can-do attitude.
- Ability to communicate well in both English and Vietnamese. Advanced Vietnamese writing skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively with other team members online.
News
Responsibilities:
- Look for news from reliable sources about topics such as Vietnam – U.S. commerce, changes in price of imported goods from Vietnam in the U.S. market, changes in export and import in the U.S.
- Collect reliable sources for further uses.
- Repost or translate news from English to Vietnamese to post on the website.
Qualifications:
- Ability to communicate well in both English and Vietnamese. Advanced Vietnamese writing skills.
- Creative thinking ability.
- Responsibility with assigned works.
- Ability to work collaboratively with teams online. Proactively communicate with team members.
- Having experiences in translating English to Vietnamese and advanced skills in using Google Docs.
- Understand copyright legislation.
Applicants are required to submit a resume and translate a news article about business, commerce, and investment with more than 300 words from a reliable source.
Technology
Responsibilities:
- Administer and maintain the VENUSA website, (i.e. backup and monitor web server, manage the wordpress app, perform SEO, etc..)
- Collaborate with the Media department to optimize the VENUSA website and implement related online marketing campaigns.
- Collaborate with the News department to publish organization news; business, investment and commerce news on the VENUSA website.
- Collaborate with the Internal Affairs department to manage the membership database, the membership induction process, and develop benefit functionalities for VENUSA members.
Qualifications:
- Advanced experience in HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP.
- Experience with WordPress or other equivalent CMS platforms.
- Experience with LAMP stack.
- Ability to adapt and keep up with new technologies that are related to the job.
- Ability to work collaboratively with teams online and proactively communicate with team members.
- Experience working with AWS and Ubuntu
- Creative thinking ability and responsibility with assigned work.
Responsibilities:
- Collect, process, organize and store information about Vietnamese and American businesses; information regarding commerce and investment opportunities that fit the needs and purposes of VENUSA.
- Research, develop and implement learning methodologies for data analysis that fit the needs and purposes of VENUSA.
- Collaborate with other departments to analyze data with the goal of understanding organization’s needs and devising possible solutions.
- Communicate key insights and results to the management team to better shape the business strategy of the organization.
Qualifications:
- Advanced experience with developing data analysis models and presenting key findings.
- Experience with MySQL or other equivalent RDBMS. Experience with NoSQL is a plus.
- Experience with using api or data crawlers to collect data.
- Ability to adapt and keep up with new technologies that are related to the job.
- Ability to work collaboratively with teams online and proactively communicate with team members.
- Creative thinking ability and responsibility with assigned work.
Global Events
Responsibilities:
- Coordinate online and offline event activities including content, technology, scheduling, hosts, guests, support staff, and other logistic items
- Work with Media, News, and other teams on event marketing and promotional opportunities
- Research topics on business events to suggest new ideas and implementation to improve the program
- Measure effectiveness of events using quantitative and anecdotal data
Qualifications:
- Attention to details, creativity, accountability, and organizational skills
- Ability to work effectively online and with a team, while proactively communicating to keep team members posted
- Interest and ability to keep up with new technologies that are related to the job
Additional Qualifications: Experience working in a group to organize events successfully
Responsibilities:
- Work with exec team to build and evolve our end-to-end event practices, including long-term product/technical vision and strategy for webinars, summits, & virtual experiences
- Manage event budget and support team
- Work with cross-functional teams on go-to-market strategy and approach
- Guide and support a team of coordinators and external vendors to assure smooth operations of events
- Oversee the virtual planning tools and technology used across all events
Qualifications:
- Experience organizing events and leading a team
- Attention to details, creativity, accountability, and organizational skills
- Ability to work effectively online and with a team, while proactively communicating to keep team members posted
- Interest and ability to keep up with new technologies that are related to the job
Additional Qualifications:
- Experience managing business, entrepreneurship, or professional events
Business Development
Responsibilities:
- Work directly with Executive team to brainstorm ideas and develop guide to support Vietnamese entrepreneurs in the US and Vietnam
- Research and develop guide/materials with simple designs to support building relationships with entrepreneurs and professional service companies
- Involved in other development and sales activities
Qualifications:
- Attention to details, creativity, accountability, and organizational skills
- Ability to work effectively online and with a team, while proactively communicating to keep team members posted
- Interest and ability to keep up with new technologies that are related to the job
- Interest in business, sales and consulting