Public Relations Internship
Company is looking for a public relations intern interested in learning all aspects of the public relations field. The intern who fills this position should expect to learn the field from top to bottom, and will complete this program ready to enter any fast-paced firm with excellent skills. It's essential that applicants to this position have excellent communication skills, demonstrate creativity, and understand the importance of attending to even the smallest details. The intern will learn:
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
- Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods.
- Get knowledge on social media platforms (FB, LI, Twitter, etc.)
- Gain hands on exposure on client's websites and various published mediums including content creation, design, etc.
- An innovative self-stater with problem solving skills, creativity, ambition, and a strong work ethic.
- Public relations, marketing, or communication related study
- Assist in developing and contributing to public relations and marketing activities.
Additional Learning Outcomes
• Navigate through a fast paced work environment.
• Know the operations of a successful business.
• Make business decisions and meet goals set out.
• Navigate through a professional work place with the skills needed to succeed.
• Negotiate and execute business decisions.
• Apply academic knowledge in a professional setting.
• Develop professionally relevant competencies and relationships in a work environment.
• Gain exposure to a chosen field and an understanding of business etiquette.
• Observe and begin to understand an organizational culture.
• Evaluate one’s own performance in light of one’s expressed goals and learning outcomes.
• Compare and contrast one’s self-perception to the professional perception of the supervisor.
• Clarify one’s calling through reflection on the internship experience.
• Critically evaluate the internship experience as an exemplar for the field.
The Owner of the company will mentor the intern and have continuous input and review the intern's progress, but more importantly, she will make sure the intern is learning about the business world and work with the intern as additional training is needed. The internship is at a minimum of 3 months, 24-32 hours per week. We have the flexibility and can adjust the schedule as needed.
The intern will be under the close supervision of the owner and staff. The intern is aware there is a $350 monthly financial stipend (to help with transportation costs) and otherwise, it is not a paid internship.