Laura Akkapeddi
Laura Akkapeddi
Laura Akkapeddi
Founder and Business Director
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Mama Soul
Mama Soul
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Virtual Internship Opportunity: Finance and Accounting

Our organization is able to offer a virtual internship opportunity for an individual student or teams.The primary focus for the student will be:Financial Analysis: profitability study, budget/cost analysis, market analysis, forecasting, etc.Prepare and present financial statements, reports and other documents.Create an accounting system and provide training on updating and maintaining.Our goal at the end of this experience is:To create a robust analysis of the current company financials.To create bookkeeping and accounting systems.For the student to gain experience presenting their work and training others.We will plan to communicate with our virtual intern using these communication tools: emails and zoom callsStudent's primary contact: Laura Akkapeddi, Founder and Business DirectorSecondary contact: Tara Charne, Founder and Creative Director

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Category Accounting + 1
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Mama Soul
Mama Soul
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Virtual Internship Opportunity: Marketing and Strategy Development

Our company is able to offer a virtual internship opportunity for an individual student or team.The primary focus for the student will be: Marketing - Complete a full customer, competitor, market, and environmental analysis; design a new marketing strategy (product, place, price, and promotion); conduct overhaul of our communication strategy; create a marketing calendar.Strategy - Develop a go-to-market strategy for new products or services; identify new funding and grant opportunities and write proposals.Our goal at the end of this experience is: Marketing - For the student(s) to help us reach more customers and effectively promote our brand, mission, and story.Strategy - For the student(s) to help us capture increased market share; for the student(s) to help us capture new revenue streams; for the student(s) to help us secure new partnerships and funding.Other duties the student may complete could include:Conduct research and data analysis.Create presentation decks and assist with presentations to key stakeholders.We will plan to communicate with our virtual intern using these communication tools: email and zoom callsStudent's primary contact: Laura Akkapeddi, Founder and Business DirectorSecondary contact: Tara Charne, Founder and Creative Director

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Category Marketing - general + 4
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Mama Soul
Mama Soul
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Virtual Internship Opportunity: Web Development

Our organization is able to offer a virtual website development internship for an individual student.The primary focus for the student will be: Website Development - Make edits to current website (WordPress), create a design proposal including mock-ups for website improvements, provide training on updating and maintaining the site.Technology Integration - Setting up company on other video streaming platforms.Data Analysis - Set-up Google Analytics and reporting to capture relevant information from the website.Our goal at the end of this experience is:Website Development - For the student(s) to edit a fully functioning website and increase website performance.Technology Integration - For the student(s) to increase the number of platforms used across the business.Data Analysis - For the student(s) to help us devise and implement a data system to help our organization derive insights to inform decision-making.Other duties the student may complete could include:Software vendor research and evaluationAssisting with other process improvement projectsWe will plan to communicate with our virtual intern using these communication tools: email and zoom callsStudent's primary contact: Laura Akkapeddi, Founder and Business DirectorSecondary contact: Tara Charne, Founder and Creative Director

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Category Computer science - general + 1
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Work experience

Special Projects Director
DonorsChoose.org
New York, New York, United States
August 1 - August 1

As a Director in the Operations Department I was responsible for the policies and processes of the Special Projects section. I was also in charge of our internship program for the entire company, including organizing job postings, reading applications, scheduling interviews and creating a supportive community for successful candidates.

Education

Masters, International Relations
University of St. Andrews
September 1 - May 1