PR Internship - Winter/Spring Leading marketing firm seeks the future.

Are you a big thinker? An artist? A web geek with an edge? The Weber Shandwick St. Louis office wants to see your application for its Internship program. We're passionate about expanding the boundaries of what we offer our clients - and we're looking for candidates with the creative daring and digital savvy to join that effort. From creative ideation to execution, Weber Shandwick's interns form the foundation of a talented team that generates groundbreaking, award-winning programs. During the program (average length of internship is 5-6 months), interns will work on programs for iconic brands they likely encounter every day.

Responsibilities:

* Monitor: Track brands and influencers in traditional and social media

* Create: Written words, videos, images * Hustle: Pitch stories to media, develop media lists

* Research: Analyze brands and influencers using various resources

* Plan: Assist in event coordination and logistics as well as influencer campaign activations

* Engage: Share big ideas in brainstorms and with teams

Qualifications

The Essentials:

* Thinking: Do it out of the box. Actually, it's best if you're wholly unfamiliar with the concept of boxes.

* Digital: Know all the relevant platforms, what brands are doing on them and what they should do next.

* Communication: Speak, write and edit succinctly and compellingly. Ditch jargon.

* Management: Meet deadlines, put out fires and multi-task. Work fast, but work well.

* Interpersonal: Play nice, whether it's in a team, with a team or independently.

* Technical: Know Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook. Design and video editing chops are a plus.

* Spark: Competence isn't enough. Set yourself apart with something awesome and unignorable

Employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and, if hired, present proof of vaccination prior to start date, unless eligible for a medical or religious accommodation or other accommodation required under applicable law.

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.