Fellow Application

Niche Market Insights (NMI) Foundation is offering two inaugural fellowship program opportunities!

The Graphic Design Fellowship Program is a semester-long fellowship for creative, intrinsically motivated undergraduate students, graduate students, and recent graduates with a passion for graphic design and illustration. The Graphic Design Fellow will assist NMI Foundation with the development of essential creative design elements needed for various organizational functions. Project examples will include designing NMI’s brand identity (i.e., logo, stationery, collateral, and other elements) and related standards. 

The Digital Media Fellowship Program is a semester-long fellowship for creative, intrinsically motivated undergraduate students, graduate students, and recent graduates with a passion for web and digital media design. The Digital Media Fellow will focus on developing and organizing content for the foundation’s website, social media, support systems integration, and some digital publishing. 

Both fellowship programs are paid opportunities at the rate of $3,000 per term, each. The programs span 15 weeks commencing winter 2023 (late March - July 2023, negotiable) and will require a commitment of 10 to 15 hours per week, which may be renewable for one additional term. This fellowship can be onsite, hybrid, or fully remote and will need to communicate effectively with geographically dispersed team and board members via video conferencing (e.g., Zoom, Google Meet, etc.).

Applicants are welcome to apply to both fellowship programs; however, if selected you will be only be able to serve in one of the fellowship program experiences. 

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About
Niche Market Insights Foundation, Inc. (NMI) is a national nonprofit community wealth-building organization working to narrow racial wealth and opportunity gaps through niche-empowering research and development strategies, facilitating entrepreneurial ecosystem building, supporting community education, and catalyzing community reinvestment.

Current or recent undergraduate students in good academic standing with a minimum of a 2.5 GPA; or graduate students with a minimum GPA of 2.5 or higher. With particular attention to historically underrepresented groups in the academy, Graphic Design Fellow will show promise as intrinsically minded individuals in the following areas:

• Areas of study include graphic design, illustration, and related majors/minors
• Ability to demonstrate effective time management and communication skills
• Experience using Adobe Creative Cloud, Microsoft Office, and Google Suite

To apply for the Graphic Design Fellowship Program, please submit the following items in Word format or PDF (only).

• A statement of interest, not to exceed 500 words
• Unofficial college transcripts
• At least three work branding samples demonstrating creative design abilities
• A letter of recommendation from a faculty/staff, client, or former employer. Letters can be sent to NicheMarketInsights@gmail.com. Letter should appropriately indicate applicant's name in the subject line of email and the letter should be submitted as an attachment.

Monday, February 6, 2023, by 11:59 p.m. EST; for questions, please contact NicheMarketInsights@gmail.com.

Current or recent undergraduate students in good academic standing with a minimum of a 2.5 GPA; or graduate students with a minimum GPA of 2.5 or higher. With particular attention to historically underrepresented groups in the academy, Digital Media Fellows will show promise as intrinsically minded individuals in the following areas:

• Areas of study include web design, new media publishing, and related majors/minors
• Must be able to demonstrate effective time management and communication skills
• Experience using Adobe Creative Cloud, Microsoft Office, and Google Suite
• Digital marketing communications
• Search engine optimization
• Social media content creation

To apply for the Digital Media Fellowship Program, please submit the following items in Word format or PDF (only).

• A statement of interest, not to exceed 500 words
• Unofficial college transcripts
• At least three work samples demonstrating creative design abilities
• A letter of recommendation from a faculty/staff, client, or former employer. Letters can be sent to NicheMarketInsights@gmail.com. Letter should appropriately indicate applicant's name in the subject line of email and the letter should be submitted as an attachment.

Monday, February 6, 2023, by 11:59 p.m. EST; for questions, please contact NicheMarketInsights@gmail.com.

Please complete the following application in its entirety.
Please be sure you are applying for the appropriate fellowship program.

In addition, please be sure your letter of recommendation is emailed to NicheMarketInsights@gmail.com by the application deadline of Monday, February 6, 2023 by 11:59 pm EST.

The following section will grant applicants the ability to reflect their readiness and interest in the selected program.

Please ensure any and all attachments are appropriately labeled with your name and the type of document uploaded. For example, you may use a labeling format: JJackson_DesignFellow_StatementOfInterest.

Letters of recommendation need to be submitted to NicheMarketInsights@gmail.com. Please ensure the applicant's name is listed in the subject line of the email.