• Partnership Application Form

  • Thank you for your interest in becoming a Partner with E4 Youth. Your involvement is critical to our sustainability and growth. After twelve years of rigorous development, E4 Youth’s proven model for building a diverse talent pipeline is flourishing and positioned to impact thousands more creative youth across the United States. So, your interest couldn’t be better timed.

    To meet the volume of interest, we are expanding the structure of our partnership programs and will continue to make adjustments as needed to ensure we are impacting the most students and providing partners with substantive opportunities to engage in our mission. We are also considering the reality of working within a Pandemic time, which means these programs will most likely remain virtual throughout the 2020 - 2021 school year.


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  • Our partnership needs are:

    • Financial support to sustain the growth of the program and student employment system
    • Professional coaching, guidance and networking
    • Internship and employment opportunities for our students
    • Assistance with special projects and programs

    Download our Partnership Packet for an overview of the impact you can make and benefits. In addition to the general partner levels in the packet, we provide more targeted sponsorship and employee engagement opportunities for signature programs and events throughout this form. Please, indicate your interest in these specific opportunities and we'll follow up re: a more customized approach.

  • Employee Engagement & Signature Sponsorship Opportunities

  • E4 Youth has a broad range of opportunities for your employees to engage in our mission. Whether it is coaching a semester series long Industry Studio training sessions, serving as guest speakers for our weekly Creative Pathways podcast, hosting a month job Shadow Sessions or providing Pro Bono Services, they can help us bridge the gap into the creative workforce for youth of color ages 16 - 22.  As an official E4 Youth partner, you will have priority access to our diverse pool of talent for Internships and Employment.

    The Austin Digital Heritage Project provides opportunities to support community-wide intergenerational storytelling and digital literacy activities. The Legacy ATX Live music series highlights both emerging musicians participating in the Creative Leadership Academy as well as veteran musicians of color. 

    • Host A Studio  

    • Industry Studio Sessions are opportunities for Partner employees to lead special 6 - 12 week portfolio building projects that can help our CLA members take their interests and skills to the next level. These weekly sessions can include client research, developing creative campaigns, audio video production projects, visual and product design projects among others. 

      Commitment: 

      • $5000+
      • 6 - 12 weekly sessions per semester (2 - 4hrs a week)
      • Written creative brief, design document and/or syllabus (Due end of August)
      • Employee led pitch to members of the CLA (September)
      • One time a week 1.5 hour sessions on M, T, W or Th
      • Regular communications via email and Slack
      • Evening hours between 6 and 8 p.m. 

    • Virtual Talks 

    • Creative Pathways features creative and technology industry leaders speaking directly to our students about their pathways into the creative economy. Produced by senior members of the Creative Leadership Academy, these inspirational talks are streamed live and added to our growing library of informational videos and podcasts.

      Commitment: 

      • 30 minute prep call
      • 60 minute interview/presentation

    • What Your Sponsorship Supports

      Your money supports college-aged youth that are trained and employed to produce and distribute this content. It also helps us build a library of online resources geared towards other emerging creatives that want to learn about creative and technology careers. 

      Commitment

      Signature Sponsorship for Summer Season (Summer 2021, 12 episodes) - $5,000

       

    • Host Shadow Sessions 

    • Shadow Sessions are "fly on the wall" types of experiences for our emerging creatives. They provide insights into how creative and technology industry businesses work, the roles available for employment and the skills needeed to flourish. They also go a long way towards fostering professional relationships that can jump start careers.   

      Commitment:

      • $1000+
      • 1 month (2 - 4 hours/week)
      • Host 4 - 6 sessions with one CLA member
      • Provide one portoflio building assignment 
      • Provide written feedback on work and interactions
      • Student will publish reflections about their experiences 
    • Pro Bono Services 

    • In addition to volunteering for the prgrams listed above, E4 Youth often needs help with others important tasks including PR, digital campaigns and fundraising. Please, feel free to contact us if you have additional suggestions or offerings. 


    • Priority Access to Highly Trained and Diverse Talent 
    • Interns present to senior leaders at Lyft.

    • Internships and Employment

      E4 Youth has a proven track record of cultivating diverse talent. Both our high school and college-aged youth consistently exceed partner expectations providing quality work, treasured relationships and valuabe cultural insights. E4 Youth interns have developed campaigns for iconic brands like Southwest Airlines, Lyft and Whataburger and worked side by side with senior professionals on UX design, film and media projects. 

      This Fall, we will expand our talent pool from 50 within the greater Austin area to nearly 200 college-aged youth across the U.S.

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    • Austin Digital Heritage Project & E4VA 

    • The Austin Digital Heritage Project(PDF) is a growing coalition of for profit and non-profit partners that leverages E4 Youth’s Creative Leadership Academy and immersive storytelling curriculum practices to promote digital and cultural literacy throughout the community.

      What Your Sponsorship Supports

      Your money supports college-aged youth that are trained and employed to work with industry professionals in immersive media and technology as they collect and curate oral histories of Austin’s older residents of color into the E4 Youth Virtual Archive (E4VA prodnounced "Eva"). They work with sister nonprofits serving elementary and middle school youth to help them integrate technology and immersive storytelling practices into enrichment clubs. 

      What Is E4VA?

      E4VA is an online portal that showcases the oral histories of Austin's older residents based on key locations throughout the city. Currently in development, E4VA will allow users to click on highlighted areas of a map and explore related oral histories through immersive content developed by E4 Youth's students. 

      In the coming year, we will:

      • Train and employ 40+ college-aged youth of color
      • Collect and curate 80+ oral histories of older residents of color
      • Host two multi-generational workshop events that celebrate and explore the histories of people of color in Austin

      Commitment:

      • Signature sponsorship $10,000+
        • Recognition at community storytelling workshops with 500+ youth and their families
        • Branding on the E4 Virtual Archive portal (launches in January 2021)
      • Pro bono services (8 - 16 hrs/month from a team)
      • Volunteering as part of immersive storytelling workshops (1 hr training, 1.5 hrs coaching per volunteer per event) 
    • Legacy ATX Live Music Series 

    • The Legacy ATX Live music series features quarterly live events that showcase both emerging and veteran musicians of color through special performances and interviews. The series helps raise awareness of Austin's musical legacy as well as money to support our Business of Music Fellowship program. Young musicians learn directly from the pros about personal branding, private instruction, songwriting, publishing, production, marketing and touring.

      Commitment:

      Title Sponsorship - $20,000 for entire season ($5000 for individual shows)

  • Submission Page

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