Remote Public Relations Intern

Summary

HiWave is seeking a PR intern to assist in creating, managing, and implementing PR strategies. The intern will promote products and services through public relations initiatives, build media lists, research contacts, develop story ideas, and pitch partnerships. Qualifications include being optimistic, energetic, passionate about entrepreneurship, innovative, creative, having superior communication skills, personable, and committed to making things happen.

Requirements

• Optimistic, energetic and generally awesome
• Interested in being a part of something big. You’re passionate about entrepreneurship/startups/marketing and want to be a part of badass team and company that has a big vision for changing the world
• In love with learning, and interested/engaged in the latest social media, marketing and technology trends
• An innovative and creative self-starter who has superior communication and writing skills
• Flexible and interested in enhancing his/her business development, entrepreneurship and marketing skills
• Personable and enjoys meeting/building relationships with new people
• All about the hustle, or in other words, you love making things happen. You go above and beyond, and are committed to getting the job done -- even if the work is sometimes unsexy, because you know it matters to the business

Responsibilities

• Promoting products and services through public relations initiatives
• Building media lists for podcasts, blogs, print and online publications
• Researching relevant contacts and conducting outreach to build relationships with media
• Developing story ideas for various industry verticals
• Researching media coverage and industry trends to develop additional story lines
• Pitching partnerships, speaking engagements and more
• Conceptualizing new campaign and marketing strategies to support the launch of new products and programs