Media Relations Internships
As advertising budgets and newsrooms are shrinking, positive news media coverage about a company and its products, services, ideas and experts becomes more and more valuable, more competitive and more critical to a company’s success.
AXIA, a Florida-based boutique public relations firm, is seeking a media relations intern for our highly competitive, challenging and rewarding quarterly internship program.
This experience will introduce you to the many aspects of the creative, fast-paced and results-focused professional PR firm environment. We’ll offer you an opportunity to build both concrete experience and grow your professional portfolio in PR, media relations and publicity. Our interns succeed – this experience is a springboard to a rewarding career.
Requested qualifications:
- College sophomore, junior, senior or recent graduate
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to identify, cultivate and craft news stories and media materials
- Experience researching companies and issues
- Experience using the Microsoft Office suite of computer applications
- Understanding of AP style and newswriting
- High level of creativity within the constraints of real budgets and deadlines
- Understanding news elements, newsroom operations and journalistic integrity
- Previous newsroom/media (journalism) experience and exposure a plus
- High standard of ethics, excellence and integrity
- Previous Twitter and other social media experience required
AXIA works with publicly traded and privately held corporations to produce award-winning, results-driven PR campaigns. The Jacksonville Business Journal recently named AXIA to its annual list of the “Best Places to Work in Northeast Florida” and Jacksonville Magazine twice named AXIA to its annual list of “Companies That Care in Northeast Florida.”
This internship position is unpaid. Parking provided. Although an on-site intern is preferred, students enrolled in school outside of Jacksonville should still apply, as an intern may perform assignments remotely as telecommuting/virtual intern.
There’s a thrill and a sense of pride when earning positive media coverage for your client. If you are a smart, hard working, rising star who is up for a new and rewarding challenge, please apply today with a cover letter, resume, 3 best work samples and references by e-mailing careers (@) axia.net