Program Summary:
Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA) is a community-based, local economic development organization which has engaged individuals and small businesses in community-building strategies for over 40 years. Our mission is to achieve economic justice for San Francisco’s low and moderate income Latino families through asset development.
Our Business Development program assists entrepreneurs in San Francisco to start and expand their businesses. Services provided through individual consultations and group workshop curriculum, in both English and Spanish, include access to capital, business assessment, business planning, financial projections and budgeting, marketing, lease consultation, and services tailored specifically to family childcare providers in San Francisco.
Purpose:
Share your website development skills with new entrepreneurs who are in the beginning stages of opening their own business! You will work with clients one-on-one and help them formulate a vision for their website, design their website, and provide technical support and website maintenance.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Work with clients to choose and register a domain name
- Work together to come up with website design plan and tailor the website to the business plan
- Develop their website and design to be compatible with major browsers
- Teach clients basic website maintenance and/or provide ongoing technical support
- Maintain confidentiality of all client information.
Qualifications:
- Proficiency in Dreamweaver, HTML/XML/CSS Code.
- Strong web design and graphic design ability
- Must be extremely reliable and able to follow through on commitments.
- Strong interpersonal communication skills with people from diverse cultures and life circumstances.
- Ability to work with the public in a helpful and supportive manner.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Bilingual skills (English/Spanish) are preferred
Benefits:
- Help make a substantial difference in the lives of clients and directly contribute to the success of their growing business
- Be engaged in the Mission community and give back to its residents
- Have a fun time meeting new people
- Opportunity to use your coding skills and knowledge to support the economic success of our low-income clients.
Time Commitment:
- Individual coaching sessions with clients are held during normal business hours at MEDA’s offices
- Web design can be done independently and remotely
- This is a project-based commitment. We ask that you work with one client until her/his website is built and operable.
For more information, please contact Lucia Obregon, Volunteer Services Manager: lobregon@medasf.org or (415) 282-3334 ext. 156.
