Public Relations and Marketing Intern

Description

Indiana's online university, WGU Indiana, is looking for a motivated, hard-working individual to join our team for the summer and into September. The internship will focus on PR, social media, marketing, and events.

The best candidates will have exceptional writing skills, professional communication skills, creativity, great attention to detail, and possibly some event planning experience. 

Do you have a particular skill you'd like to develop through this communications-focused internship? Let us know! We'd like to help you reach your goals, too.

The internship is well suited for someone considering a career in non-profit work, communications, public relations, marketing or event planning. The intern will work side by side with the public relations manager and WGU Indiana marketing team and will be given both individual and team assignments.

The position pays $12/hour, not including parking. The office is located on Monument Circle in downtown Indianapolis. 

For more information, please email Lisa Abbott at lisa.abbott@wgu.edu.

Responsibilities

-Write and post content for social media outlets

-Write WGU Indiana blog posts

-Assist the p.r. manager and WGU Indiana team as needed 

Qualifications

-Ability to dedicate 20-30 hours/week to internship through the end of August

-Solid writing skills (p.r. or marketing-style a plus)

-Excellent organizational skills and follow-through

-Ability to work independently and on a team

-Event planning experience

-Experience working with Microsoft Suite, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint