In businesses across the country, many firms struggle with how to engage with customers, audiences, and different generations using the myriad forms of social media available. Whether it is Facebook “likes,” Instagram influencers, Tiktok videos, or anything else, using social media effectively can be confounding.
Hopeworks, like many other firms, faces the same struggles. Unlike many other firms, Hopeworks has found a fantastic solution -- right in our own Web Department. Hopeworks has hired Melendez Marketing -- a startup digital marketing agency run by one of Hopeworks web interns, Azaris Melendez.
“From the first pitch presentation to the scope of work, I knew that Melendez Marketing was a great choice” shares Dan Rhoton, Hopeworks Executive Director. “Azaris was able to present ideas and approaches for social media engagement and interaction that we simply had not thought of. In addition, his presentation and work samples were top-notch, clearly on par with his peers in the industry!”
Hopeworks is looking forward to a season of greater engagement, creativity, and results in our social media, all thanks to Azaris Melendez -- Hopeworks youth, web intern, and CEO of Melendez Marketing!
Below: Azaris Melendez, CEO of Melendez Marketing, talks about his business recently at Comcast’s Internet Essentials Summit
The nonprofit provides paid training, career support and real work to help 17- to-26-year-olds move into full-time jobs averaging $43K a year. In a bright room at Hopeworks Kensington, young adults sit at computers learning to code, build websites and prepare for careers many once thought were out of reach. Some come in unsure of […]
The Rutgers Camden Campus Center was transformed into a high-energy hub of professional development last week as Hopeworks hosted its third annual HOPE Summit. Headlined by Truist Bank, the event served as a critical bridge between young adults in the region and some of the most influential employers in the Greater Philadelphia area. The summit is a cornerstone of […]
Headlined by Truist Bank, the event removed access barriers to career readiness, connecting Camden, NJ – March 16, 2026 – On Thursday, March 12, Hopeworks, a social enterprise dedicated toempowering young adults to establish living wage careers, hosted its third annual HOPE Summit at theRutgers Camden Campus Center. Headlined by sponsor Truist Bank, the summit […]
