PR Intern (Paid), Leeds

Due to the ongoing development of our leading-edge PR offering, and to support the growth of the team, we are now looking for a motivated and enthusiastic PR Intern to join our team.

Applications are invited from both Undergraduate and Postgraduate students who have studied either a PR or a PR related subject.

This is a fantastic and rare opportunity to join a leading, global agency where you will have the opportunity to develop your PR skills with the potential to further your career.

What you'll be doing:

• Research into brand and opportunities for exposure through online PR
• Involvement in content creation for press and idea generation
• Sell-in campaigns to press and influencers
• Build and manage relationships with journalists and bloggers
• Manage social networks
• Gathering all data and pulling together reports
• Championing the department internally and externally and participate in thought-leadership
• Monitor industry trends to spot opportunities or new developments and share with the team or wider business if required
• Shout about positive results across the team and wider business
• Highlight opportunities for our clients to be reactive to what’s happening in the wider world and the media
• Highlight opportunities for our clients to expand their scope of activity with us
• Any other duties as deemed fit by the business

What you'll need:

• Confidence to build relationships with journalists, influencers and key stakeholders
• Creativity- the ability to come up with out of the box ideas
• A passion for PR is essential, as is your willingness to immerse yourself in client campaigns
• An understanding of or an enthusiasm to learn about the digital landscape and its impact on the future of the PR and content industry
• Proactive, using initiative to solve problems for our clients
• Organised, committed to the industry and a reliable member of staff