Company/Organization: Accrete Group, LLC

Description:

Internship Description: The PR/Marketing Intern will establish marketing campaigns for various events including meetings, conferences, membership recruitment and retention, awards programs, and more. Write press releases which will require varying levels of research to become familiar with the topics, conducting interviews and developing quotes, contacting people to secure supplemental materials like photographs and quotes, identifying appropriate media sources for each press release and distributing press releases to those sources. Continue to build our media list, develop relationships on behalf of the organization(s) with media contacts, and introduce the leadership of the organization(s) to those media contacts so there is continuity with them for years to come. Work independently from your location while collaborating with staff, volunteers, and interns as necessary.

Qualifications:

Ideal Candidate: Organized, detail-oriented, and the overall ability to represent the firm in a proper business manner. Please have excellent verbal and written communication skills. Comfort and proficiency with technology like e-mail, the Internet, MS Office, and have the willingness to learn user-friendly software. Able to multi-task and work independently. Must be reliable, punctual, and able to attend phone meetings a few times a week to conduct interviews and meet with staff. Being adaptable to changes in projects and priorities as required.

Benefits: You will have the opportunity to work from the ground up on many new projects throughout your tenure. You will quickly become an expert in the world of public relations and learn how to creatively market and promote various business processes. You will walk away with new knowledge and skills plus develop an understanding of the not-for-profit world among other vendors and businesses. You may also have the opportunity to meet other not-for-profit professionals from a variety of organizations who are Accrete clients. Our culture is knowledge-based and team-oriented. Ideas for how to streamline processes to be more efficient and more effectively are welcome. Those you work with will provide mentorship. You will work directly with Accrete leadership and potentially members of the volunteer leadership team. Your experience will result in high-level skills and high-level responsibilities to add to your resume. If you are successful as an intern, you will receive a stellar letter of recommendation, contacts to people in high places for business opportunities, and coaching each week to help you reach your professional goals. Everything you create (that is not confidential) will be available to you for your professional portfolio and Accrete will help you arrange for academic credit if necessary.

Location: This is a virtual internship. All meetings will be held by phone or Skype.

Timeline: Approximately 10 hours a week for 15 weeks is standard. Exceptions can be made for summer sessions and extenuating situations.

Compensation: This is an unpaid internship, but the experience and contacts are potentially life-long.

Paid Internship Info:

Unpaid (Credits Available)

Hours:

Flexible, 10 hours per/week

Length/Availability:

Flexible, 12-15 weeks

Start Date:

Flexible

End Date:

, Flexible

Deadline:

Rolling Internships (Fall/Spring/Summer)

Additional Info:

To Apply: Please email a resume and a cover letter explaining your interest and
qualifications to Human Resources at hr1@accretegroup.com with “PR/Marketing Intern” in the subject line. Thank you!

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