2022 Public Relations Fall Intern

THE PURPOSE OF A RED FAN INTERN 

An internship with Red Fan Communications is a paid position for junior, senior, and graduate program university students to bring their coursework to life and gain hands-on experience in the B2B, technology and consumer sectors. Interns work alongside our accounts and management teams to learn the ropes of agency life, account and client management.

— Hiring for 1-2 paid fellowship positions for current college students this fall. Fellows are very involved in our work and we make sure they get a chance to do everything — drafting press releases, conducting media outreach, building reports — that a future employer in PR/communications would be looking for —

** Please disregard the language stipulating they be a junior/senior, we regularly hire freshmen and sophomores with potential **

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Support the agency accounts team in all areas of agency and account services including media relations, communications strategy, research, writing, media monitoring and reporting, internal communications and thought leadership.
  • Under direction of Account and Media Relations Managers, draft media contact lists, pitches and press releases.
  • Assist in brand and thought leadership campaigns by researching and completing drafts for awards, conferences and speaking engagements that promote subject matter experts to their target audience.
  • Assist in creating media coverage and intelligence reports.
  • Assist in creating monthly client and campaign reports using software tools to identify metrics such as media mentions, share of voice and keyword prevalence.
  • Demonstrate strategic use of your time, present smart ideas and regularly report on results.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS 

  • Pursuing or have recently completed a degree in PR, journalism, communications or marketing.
  • Entering your junior or senior year, or are enrolled in a graduate program.
  • Coursework and/or previous internship experience in media relations (building media lists, drafting media pitches and/or writing press releases).
  • A diligent writer and editor with superior communications skills.
  • You have a working knowledge of strategic PR media campaigns, and experience in media pitching and press release writing.
  • Interested in data-backed research and analytics.
  • You desire to continue learning and advancing your career within an agency environment.
  • High attention to detail and strong work ethic.
  • You’re a reliable, proactive, proven team player with a can-do attitude.

RED FAN’S INTERNSHIP VALUES

  • We compensate you for your time.
  • We value your opinion.
  • We invite you to meetings. With clients!
  • We appreciate the work you do.
  • We care about your next steps with or after Red Fan.
  • We expect the best from you and will give you our best in return.

APPLY HERE