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Join the Inspiration, Leap Anywhere Brand Ambassador

Date posted: Monday 12th October

Location: London

Leap Anywhere Student Ambassador – job description

Launched in Summer 2009, Leap Anywhere is an innovative online hub for activities and events that benefit good causes.
www.leapanywhere.com

We are seeking outgoing and creative students with an interest in benefitting good causes, to be Leap Anywhere Student Ambassadors. Come and join the inspiration.

This is an opportunity to build your CV, develop leadership, communication, marketing and social media skills and most importantly have a lot of fun. You will be working directly with the Leap Anywhere full-time team based in Soho, London.

Benefits of Student Ambassador Role

- Strengthen CV and get job reference from startup founder
- Direct work experience with founding team of Leap Anywhere
- Experience in marketing, brand strategy and event implementation
- Networking with like-minded people
- Invite to Thursday evening “Inspiration” sessions with regular high-profile
speakers including successful experts and entrepreneurs
- Opportunity to make a real difference

Background on Leap Anywhere

- Leap Anywhere is a hub for all the simple, fun ways to benefit good
causes that people actually want to do. Leaping is about all the one-off
ways you can help charities or the environment from going to a concert or
comedy night that benefits Wateraid to shopping at a retailer who gives
proceeds to Oxfam to playing Dodge Ball for Darfur.
- Leap Anywhere has over 150 charity partners including 46664 (Nelson
Mandela's charity), amfAR, Amnesty International, Axis of Justice (founded
by Serj Tankian and Tom Morello), Deepak Chopra Foundation, Keep A
Child Alive, MTVU, Oxfam, The Kanye West Foundation, The Tony Hawk
Foundation as well as partnerships with Innocent, Kodak, Live Nation,
Green & Blacks and Moo.com.
- In addition to Mario Testino, Deepak Chopra, the foundations of
Madonna, Kanye West and Nelson Mandela, the Mayor is also supporting
Leap:

‘I'm always deeply impressed by the many Londoners who give up their time do to make our capital a safer, cleaner and better city for everyone. I would like to encourage more Londoners to Leap at the chance to get involved in doing something good and have a fantastic time whilst doing it.
‘As Sophocles once said- To be doing good is man's most glorious task.’
- Mayor Boris Johnson

Applicants must be outgoing, web-savvy, passionate about Social Media, enjoy organising people and events, and be confident working both as a team and individually. Strong writing skills are also required.

The commitment is through June 2010 approximately 6 hours per week. Training, t-shirts and business cards will be provided as will invitations to special events and activities at the Leap Anywhere Headquarters in Soho, London.

Responsibilities
- Manage Leap Anywhere University Page for your University
- Simple to use platform you will need to add the events and activities that
benefit charities in some way happening on and around campus
- Recruit at least 100 new Leap Anywhere members each term
- Spread the word of LeapAnywhere.com amongst friends, groups,
societies and clubs using Facebook and Twitter (training will be given)
- Maintain a blog covering the main events and updates of Leap events
and activities
- Organise minimum of 1 charity fundraising event per term
- Participate in brainstorming sessions, marketing campaigns and PR stunts
directly with the founding Leap Anywhere team

Commitment
- 1 academic year

If you are interested please send your CV to recruiting@leapanywhere.com with “Student Brand Ambassador” in subject line and 50 words describing yourself. Brevity is beautiful. We look forward to hearing back from you.

All good things,

Malcolm
Malcolm Scovil
Founder Leapanywhere.com