Downtown Vision Opportunities

Downtown Vision, Inc. the nonprofit business improvement district (“BID”) organization in Downtown Jacksonville, Florida, requests proposals from qualified vendors to continue, improve upon, and expand the successful Downtown Ambassador Program.

Qualified respondents should be interested in providing cleaning, safety/hospitality, social services outreach, and special projects services (“Ambassador Services”) within the boundaries of the 1.3 square mile DVI district in Downtown Jacksonville.

Mandatory virtual Pre-Proposal Meeting on Friday, May 23, 2025 at 02:00 PM. Information on accessing the meeting can be found within the RFP document.

Submissions Due on Friday, June 27, 2025 by 12:00 PM EST according to the instructions found within the RFP document.

The Request for Proposal Document and Cost Proposal Form can be found below.

Marketing and Communications Intern

The Marketing and Communications Intern is an important member of Downtown Vision’s Marketing Team. You can’t put “designated coffee fetcher” on your resume, so you won’t be making any Starbucks runs here. Instead, you’ll be helping us with real-deal work, projects and events. Internships are for learning new things and honing the skills you’ve learned in class. If you want more writing experience, we’ll hand you a blog project. Want to add “Photoshop pro” to your resume? We’ll let you help with some design. Here, you can participate in meetings and make real connections with lots of organizations. Whatever your interests are, we want to help you grow.

Responsibilities include:

Marketing support:

  • Write blog posts and social media content
  • Update websites and track analytics
  • Shoot photos and video, as needed
  • Prepare new retailer packages
  • Manage promotional collateral

PR support:

  • Write press releases
  • Conduct media scans and maintain media clips

Research support:

  • Track stats and conduct surveys for events
  • Data collection, analysis and entry
  • Plus, some administrative duties.

Extra perks include free Downtown parking, break room stocked with coffee and tea, and awesome co-workers (if we do say so ourselves). Candidates working toward marketing, communications, public relations or journalism degrees are highly encouraged to submit a resume and cover letter to Laken Gudzak, laken@dtjax.com. A limited number of positions are available for spring, summer and fall semesters, with priority given to upperclassman taking the internship for class credit. THIS IS AN UNPAID INTERNSHIP.