Announcements – Racial Justice Job; Minority Fashion Entrepreneurs Workshop; Women Innovate Mobile; Trans Friendly Health Center
RETAIL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP
We received this email from Macy’s promoting their retail development program:
We’re excited to introduce a Macy’s program designed just for business owners: the 2012 Macy’s Workshop!
Macy’s has developed the Workshop, a retail development program designed to give multicultural and/or women business owners the tools to better succeed. Macy’s is committed to helping diverse retail vendors grow within the industry, and after a successful program in 2011, the 2012 Workshop is shaping up to be even more exciting!
The Workshop is a once-a-year, 4 ½ day training course for up to 20 participants.
According to their site:
Macy’s is in the business of fashion and is committed to aggressively pursuing business opportunities with innovative multicultural – and women-owned retail vendors. This commitment not only serves as a way to cultivate new talent, but as a way to contribute to the fostering of business development in the ever-expanding communities we serve. The Workshop is a comprehensive retail vendor development program designed to give select
high potential multicultural and/or women business owners the tools to better succeed and sustain growth in the retail industry. [...]
The Workshop at Macy’s will provide you with:
*An exclusive program located at Macy’s Herald Square Corporate Offices in Manhattan, New York, designed by Macy’s senior level merchants and learning and development experts
*A unique learning opportunity with courses taught by retail experts and accredited faculty
*Exposure to successful multicultural and women business owners
*Interaction with experienced merchants, industry leaders and private brand specialists
*An opportunity to network, collaborate and engage with fellow aspiring vendors
The Workshop at Macy’s offers a comprehensive program that includes classes in:
*Strategic planning
*Branding
*Merchandising and assortment planning
*Sales and marketing
*Access to capital
The workshop is FREE but you will have to pay your own travel to NYC and lodging if accepted. Interested? Apply here; deadline is January 22nd, so hurry!
Jobs in racial justice, women innovate mobile, and info on a health center catering to transgender clients after the jump.
WORK FOR ARC
Friend of the blog Applied Research Center (the think tank that publishes Colorlines) is hiring!
Online Marketing Associate
http://www.idealist.org/view/job/ZkS49JKFtN2D/
Posted on: January 5, 2012
Posted by: Applied Research Center (ARC)
DESCRIPTION
The Applied Research Center (ARC) is racial justice think tank using media, research, and activism to promote solutions. Our mission is to popularize racial justice and prepare people to fight for it. ARC publishes Colorlines.com, a daily news site offering award-winning reporting, analysis, and solutions to today’s racial justice issues. We are a dynamic national organization with offices in New York City and Oakand, CA. The Online Marketing Associate (OMA) will work closely with the marketing and communications team and with the broader staff on promoting ARC and Colorlines.com through email marketing, social media, and organizational websites, and set up internal systems to track and anayze the success of these marketing efforts.
Responsibilities
Coordination of ARC’s email marketing, including managing schedule, identifying and implementing best practices, managing database, and marketing lists, including list segmentation and implementing strategies to grow email lists.
Development and coordination of overall ARC and Colorlines.com social media engagement strategies across Facebook, Twitter, and other social media sites.
Manage the ARC website (www.arc.org). This includes updating website content and graphical elements.
Coordinate tracking system for marketing analytics and results driven evaluation of our marketing efforts.
Desired Skills and Qualifications
Understanding of and experience with harnessing online marketing and communications tools, with particular emphasis on email marketing
Demonstrated understanding of creating impactful social media engagement strategy, ideally in a nonprofit environment.
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