Details
Contact
Kathleen Lucente
kathleen@redfancommunications.com
512 551-9253
Posted November 7, 2011
Pay: Unpaid
Skills Required
See Description
Include in Application
Resume, writing samples of press releases and references from previous employers
Internship Type
General Public Relations
Description
Red Fan Communications LLC is an integrated public relations and marketing consultancy helping early stage and established businesses build and sustain their brand reputation. Working closely with clients' senior management teams, Red Fan maps PR and marketing efforts to strategic business goals to deliver insights, counsel, project work, strategy and tactics - always with deliverable results.
Internship Duties
We hold one unpaid internship slot per Spring Semester for an undergraduate PR student who has had successful previous internships, is committed to working in the PR world and is excited about learning and executing on media relations strategies. In this role he or she will have the opportunity to work on press releases, Q&A documents, research, and press strategies. All of this will be done with supervision and a great opportunity to learn the ropes. We are looking for a team player, someone who is comfortable on the phone, and is a great writer and proof reader.
Skills Required
- A go-getter personality
- Someone who has taken PR classes and has a working knowledge of strategic PR programs, how to pitch a reporter, how to draft a pitch
- Someone who has a solid writing background and has been noted for their writing and communication skills
- Someone who can commit to morning hours a few days a week vs afternoon hours
- Someone who is described as organized, creative, and driven
- Someone who is excited about the fashion, education and technology for real-estate markets (our clients are in these of course)
- Someone who is comfortable using a media database to build out target media lists
- Someone who loves social media, determine the best blogs for our clients and digging in to learn more
