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Spring 2024 Tech PR Internship Program (Microsoft AI/Executive Communications)

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WE Communications

Jan 18, 2024

Applications are closed

  • Internship
    Full-time
    Off-cycle Internship
  • Business, Operations & Strategy
  • Seattle, +1

Requirements

  • Candidates who are passionate communicators, storytellers and life-long learners who exhibit our agency values: Respect, Integrity, Collaboration, Innovation, Passion, Curiosity. 
  • Proactive, resourceful and dependable candidates who thrive and are excited to play a pivotal role as part of a team.  
  • Strong writing capabilities with ability to gather and synthesize large quantities of information into succinct and clear communications. 
  • Strong organizational skills, the ability to prioritize, and aptitude for collaborating with others and working autonomously.
  • Ability to balance multi-faceted projects, demonstrate time and expectation management, work well under pressure and meet deadlines.
  • Passionate about supporting storytelling across digital and social media that targets global audiences interested in the internal and external impact of new cloud-based technologies, like AI, on organizations, industries, and the world.
  • Experience Required: 
  • 1-year of professional experience or previous work in comms or comms-related field.
  • Familiar with Microsoft Office Suite including Teams, Outlook, SharePoint and OneDrive.
  • Strong written communications with minimal grammatical and spelling errors.
  • Robust analytical abilities to synthesize information into well organized, professional and concise written materials.
  • Demonstrates proficiency in the following areas:
  • Proactive engagement, teamwork and collaboration
  • Accountability, ability to be flexible in ambiguous and stressful situations
  • Professionalism around giving and receiving feedback
  • Seeks feedback as an opportunity to grow
  • Managed multiple projects simultaneously 
  • Worked under deadline pressure and able to maintain grace 

Responsibilities

  • Understand the significant role strategic communications play in achieving our clients’ business objectives. 
  • Learn WE's unique methods and practices around engaging with clients and influencers and approaching relationship building and strategic communications.  
  • Build your media relations skills and ability to identify important and upcoming trends for clients. 
  • Research the basics of clients’ products, PR plans, and teams’ strategies and tactics to help clients tell their stories to their target audiences. Inclusive of contributing to landscape and reporter or influencer research and analysis.
  • Work with a WE team to respond to client requests, manage editorial and analyst requests, develop story ideas, pitch stories to journalists, plan for major events and develop social plans and copy.
  • Contribute to logistics and preparation of press activities, press or analyst tours, on-site visits or events, etc.  
  • Support the development and distribution of news and announcement materials to a variety of media and within the clients’ communications organization. 
  • Develop a deep sense of teamwork with colleagues across time zones using Microsoft Teams technology. 
  • Report on relevant coverage and share insights into cultural trends. 
  • Functions and responsibilities will vary throughout the course of the internship; however, the agency will work to ensure that the intern’s experience is creative, dynamic, and fulfilling.  
  • Employment is not guaranteed at the completion of the internship program. 

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