McCombs School of Business | Advertising and Public Relations

Details

Contact
Renee Hopkins
renee.hopkins@mccombs.utexas.edu
512-471-6746

Posted November 30, 2011

Pay: Paid

Skills Required
Writing, editing, organizational skills, familiarity with content management systems or similar, familiarity with Microsoft Office, Google Docs or similar.

Include in Application
Resume, and be prepared to send a writing sample later.

Internship Type
General Public Relations

McCombs School of Business, with 5000 students, is one of the nation's largest business schools and a key college in The University of Texas at Austin.

Duties

The University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business is looking for a communications intern to assist the school’s Communications Department with public relations writing and administration, as well as possible news production and blogging. Byline opportunities and some portfolio-quality pieces guaranteed. The regular duties will include:

• Writing press releases

• Covering visiting speakers, conferences, and other events at the school and writing wrap-ups for publication on the McCombs TODAY blog: http://blogs.mccombs.utexas.edu/mccombs-today/

• Writing briefs on major news at McCombs and press mentions for the blog

• Conducting research into media outlets and reporters

• Creating press lists in CisionPoint (will train)

• Tracking media mentions of the school and faculty

• Copyediting press releases

• Various other communications-related tasks

To apply for this position:

REQUIRED OF ALL APPLICANTS: E-mail a cover letter and resume to Renee Hopkins at the McCombs School by Monday, December 12.
Include at least two writing samples (Word documents attached to the email).
Top applicants will be called for interviews starting Wednesday, December 14. Interviews will take place via phone or Skype. Interviews will be conducted December 15 and 16.