Media Relations Fall Intern
Job Opening: Full or part-time fall internship
Experience Level: Enrolled undergraduate juniors, seniors, and/or candidates that have obtained a Bachelor’s degree within the past 12 months
Internship Program Components:
- The typical work week will consist of 25-40 total hours (4-5 full days)
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Draft and help manage the distribution of client communications, including newsletters, website and social media channels
- Create client-specific media lists
- Develop effective messages and produce and edit high-quality written deliverables, such as issue backgrounders, press materials, messaging toolkits and social media content often under tight deadlines
- Assist with other projects as needed (examples include information tracking, research projects, daily clips, congressional hearing coverage, etc.)
Basic Qualifications:
- Self-starter and detail-oriented individual with strong communication, interpersonal, research and organizational skills
- Strong content writing skills are critical
- Communications internship on Capitol Hill or a political campaign is a plus
- Experience in marketing, integrated communications, and digital marketing programs
- Ability to multitask and hit numerous deadlines simultaneously
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
- Comfortable with social media administration
- Willingness to tackle any task, including occasional administrative assignments
To apply, please send resumes to jobs@cogent-strategies.com with “Public Relations Intern” in the subject line.