Social Impact Intern
About the team
The Social Impact team is a small and mighty group of humans who are committed to expanding access to high-impact resources and programs at scale, with a laser focus on moving the needle on our core issues. Working across our family of brands, the Social Impact team partners with nonprofit and charitable organizations, brand leadership, and cross-functional collaborators to bring each brand’s cause area to life.
From connecting more men with mental health care through our Harry’s brand to supporting programs that are helping girls and women develop healthy relationships with their bodies through Flamingo (to name a few!), our work spans multiple issues and centers the communities we serve. Beyond our nonprofit partnerships, the social impact team supports our company value to "See the Person, Serve the People" by bringing volunteer and community service opportunities to life for our team.
About the role
At Harry’s, Inc, we believe the best business models make a positive impact, too. With our double bottom line approach, the Social Impact Intern will not only help us “do big better” as a business through social good, but will also help us make an even bigger impact in the world. As a part of the social impact team, the Social Impact Intern will support us in charting the future of partnerships and volunteerism at Harry’s, Inc. and will assist with supporting day-to-day and sustainable operations across Harry’s, Inc.’s family of brands.
What you can expect from our summer internship program
- Learn about Harry’s history and culture through our Summer Intern onboarding experience.
- Socialize and build your network through regular check-ins, lunches, and events with fellow interns.
- Develop relationships with and secure guidance from mentors from your immediate team and from one of our seven Employee Resource Groups.
- Participate in regular Q&As with Harry’s, Inc. leadership.
- Highlight projects you observed and contributed to in an End of Summer Wrap-Up with your fellow interns, in a fun and engaging forum.
What you will observe, learn about and assist our teams to accomplish
- Develop a new nonprofit partnership evaluation scorecard and conduct sector-based research to support new partnership development at Harry’s, Inc.
- Research and connect with leading nonprofits that are doing innovative programmatic or research work
- Determine gaps and opportunities in the sector and recommend projects and organizations we could explore to continue “doing big better”
- Support partnership operations to build understanding of corporate social responsibility landscape, including attending monthly partnership calls, updating partnership summaries, and researching and tracking partner storytelling on key external channels
- Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders including social media and brand teams, cross-functional leadership, and external agency partners to highlight social mission work
- Co-host one high-impact volunteer event to support our internal teams in making a community impact
- Join and contribute to monthly meetings
- Research local and virtual volunteering opportunities for our team
You should apply if some or all of the following apply to you
- You’re a changemaker who cares deeply about equity and have some experience working on community impact or nonprofit programs. You’re deeply empathetic to the nonprofit experience and passionate about bringing resources to organizations and helping them push their work forward.
- Impact really matters to you! You understand the difference nonprofits make everyday within their communities, and the role purpose-led brands have in supporting that landscape.
- You find ways to include and get feedback from people who represent different perspectives.
- You actively seek out opportunities for learning and growth, and are open to learning from both successes and failures.
- You’re eager to contribute to brainstorms, and you can generate new thinking and ideas with a "yes and" mentality. You’ve got a few solutions at the ready when issues arise.
Here's who you'll work with
- Reporting to the Social Impact Manager, Harry’s, Inc.
- Working on the People Team
- Working cross functionally across the business with brand leadership, Communications, Retail, Commercial, Social and Inc leadership.
About Harry’s
Harry’s, Inc. started in 2013 with a specific goal: disrupt the shaving industry by creating an innovative, everyday product at a fair price. Since then, Harry’s has expanded to Canada and Europe, developed relationships with retailers such as Target and Walmart, expanded our grooming brand into a personal care powerhouse, launched two new brands including Flamingo and Cat Person, and made our first brand acquisition with Lumē.
The key to our success? Our amazing people. From chemists, mechanical engineers, CX associates, to creative directors, sourcing managers, and logistics specialists, the Harry’s team is composed of some of the most brilliant, diverse, and humble people you’ll ever meet.
Our brands answer unmet consumer needs, but our company is a place of inclusion and innovation that attracts some of the brightest minds across industries, geographies, and backgrounds. Whether we have a team of 5 or 500, our core values and our startup mentality remain; we value continuous improvement and learning, teamwork and collaboration, creative problem solving, and open and direct dialogue and feedback.
Harry’s is operating as a hybrid-first environment - for us, that means that we ask folks to come into our beautiful, 88,000 square foot SoHo office a minimum of 2 days per week,. What will you get out of that? Bagels on Wednesdays and lunch on Thursdays, and fully stocked kitchens with snacks, coffee, and drinks everyday. Can’t forget the free products and the opportunity to have some meetings without Zoom (remember what 2019 was like?)
Harry’s is committed to bringing together individuals from different backgrounds and perspectives. We strive to create an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, feel a sense of belonging, and do great work together.
Harry’s is an Equal Opportunity Employer, providing equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals. We recruit, hire and promote into all job levels the most qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), parental status, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, veteran status, gender identity or expression, transgender status, sexual orientation, marital, family or partnership status, political affiliation or activities, military service, domestic violence victim status, arrest/conviction record, sexual or reproductive health decisions, caregiver status, credit history immigration status, unemployment status, traits historically associated with race, including but not limited to hair texture and protective hairstyles or any other status protected under applicable federal, state and local laws. Harry’s commitment to providing equal employment opportunities extends to all aspects of employment, including job assignment, compensation, discipline and access to benefits and training.
We respect the laws enforced by the EEOC and are dedicated to going above and beyond in fostering diversity across our company.
We can’t quantify all of the intangible things we think you’ll love about working at Harry’s, like the exciting challenges we tackle, the smart and humble team you’ll get to work with, and our supportive and inclusive culture. That said, our salaries are based on paying competitively for our size and industry. The base salary for this position is $25/hour.
We will be accepting applications until March 1, 2024. We will contact select applicants regarding next steps at that time.