Consumer PR and Social Media Interns ( Sept 2023) London, England
Job description
We’re now on the lookout for Consumer PR and Social Media Interns to join our successful team on the “Splendid Futures” programme. This six-month internship will give you an opportunity to work on some of the world’s most iconic brands as well as getting hands-on experience with our creative and passionate team.
What you’ll be doing...
You'll engage in a structured induction process to ensure you’re exposed to every aspect of the role. These are some of the things you’ll get stuck into:
- Daily digesting of a broad range of national, consumer and industry media titles and online/social content and trends so you learn to recognise opportunities for clients and build your knowledge and contacts
- Drafting copy for team communications, shorter press materials and social content
- Picking up the phone and selling stories and content ideas for your clients to journalists and influencers
- Logging media coverage, image rights and where relevant, social analytics and helping your team to report back on results
- Organising and helping to deliver media and influencer mailers including going out to shops in London to buy samples, managing sample deliveries and liaising with couriers
- Assisting with events, including researching of costs and logistics where needed
- Taking part in brainstorming and learning how to generate creative ideas for the agency and clients
- Presenting your thoughts and ideas to your team (including at our weekly Splendid Loves informal ideas sharing session)
- Working with your mentor and career development manager to regularly review your progress and learning, ensuring you get the best out of your Splendid experience
What we need from you...
- Strong interest in pursuing a career in Consumer PR and Social Media and a good understanding of what both involve
- Genuine passion for food, drink and other lifestyle/cultural areas like music, art, publishing and entertainment
- Passion for reading a range of print and online editorial media, social and digital news updates and following content from lifestyle influencers
- Understanding and enthusiasm for how the most popular social media channels work, with some knowledge of how brands use them
- Strong skills in written and spoken English communication
- Good attention to detail and a commitment to producing high quality work
- Able to take responsibility for actions and meeting deadlines with a can-do attitude
This role is open to those with and without previous experience in media relations, social media, content creation, events and/or production (experience is useful but not essential)
First interviews will be taking place in July/August, and the internship will start in September 2023.
The roles will be based in our Splendid office in East London, so applicants will need to be able to attend the workplace throughout the week (although there may be an option for one day per week to be worked from home ).
Many of our interns have been successful in securing a permanent role with Splendid after the initial internship period. For this reason, please only apply if you’ve finished studying or aren’t committed to another job and can consider a potential role directly after the internship.
Perks…
- Salary is £23,500 (London Living Wage) pro-rated
- Take breaks with a pro-rata allocation of 25 annual days holiday and early Friday finishes (4:30pm)
- Enjoy a birthday day off
- Benefit from a training plan dedicated to your development as an intern
- Look after your health with access to WeCare, a 24/7 online GP, mental health support service, get fit programme and more
- Access to day-to-day support from our in-house Head of Wellbeing
- Mingle with the team at our monthly all-agency socials
- Yummy snacks and drinks for those that get peckish during the day
We are keen to meet candidates from all backgrounds so please get in touch if your skills and experience are a fit.
To support our commitment to recruiting from diverse backgrounds, we have a number of initiatives to support this, so please do not include any personal information or qualifications in your cover letter.
We have a blind recruitment process, and applicants are shortlisted on their answers to the application questions only, so there is no requirement to send us a cv.
If we can help you by making any adjustments to our application process, ping us an email at [email protected] (please note this email is for adjustments only, we’ll only accept applications submitted through our website).
