Are you looking to spend your summer learning from seasoned professionals focused on developing future leaders?
Berkadia’s internship program offers you the opportunity to explore the commercial real estate industry while honing your skills and making an impact. During your internship, you’ll receive the real-world work experience, personal development, training, and mentorship you need to thrive as you begin your professional journey. Be the Next Big Thing. Be Berkadia.
Berkadia’s Internship Program is designed to increase your education, impact, and involvement in Commercial Real Estate and Finance. Our program combines real-world work experience with continuing education and mentorship. The PR Intern will report to the PR and Content Marketing Manager as part of the Corporate Marketing team and provide support on daily tasks and collaborative projects to amplify the Berkadia brand and message across the commercial real estate industry while learning from seasoned marketing, communications, and event professionals.
We are committed to growing your career, so in this role you will:
- Support PR efforts, including drafting, editing and tracking press releases, media outreach, media list building, media monitoring
- Manage WordPress; uploading blogs, press releases, and media mentions, while following SEO guidelines
- Update and compile monthly reporting tracker including press releases, blogs, media hits, speaking engagements
- Keep Monday.com up-to-date
- Conduct blog outreach, drafting, and publishing for the blog on Berkadia.com including, but not limited to BeBerkadia Spotlight, Backed by the Best, and Summer Intern Spotlight blog series
- Assist Digital Marketing and internal comms with national intern day campaign
- Assist with award program, including sourcing regional and national awards, developing nominee lists, drafting, proofing, and submitting award nominations
- Collect and compile editorial calendars
- Collect digital and print impressions for publications
- Work cross-functionally with design, integrated marketing, internal comms, and external PR agencies
- Provide proofreading and editing on ad-hoc basis
- Handle online file/drive management and organization
- Maintain editorial, award and content calendars in support of integrated marketing campaigns
- Review, organize and track marketing materials, files, digital assets, and property details
- Partner with team to understand, collect and summarize campaign and quarterly metrics in support of Corporate Marketing OKRs (i.e., goals)
- Engage and collaborate professionally and efficiently with project stakeholders and partners throughout the organization
We are passionate about your growth, so to achieve success in this role you should have:
- Assist in maintaining social media calendar and reporting results in Monday.com
- Work with design to request, proof, and finalize graphics for social media platforms such as LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook and X
- Assist in drafting and finalize social media copy, including evaluating hashtag performance, tracking performance across various platforms, aligning with brand strategy and to ensure engagement growth and campaign effectiveness
- Monitor trends and conversations in the real estate industry to identify opportunities for engagement as well as engage with followers by responding to comments and messages in a timely manner
- Build Berkadia and Employee Brands through Social Networking and the rollout of Amplify, an employee engagement platform
- Assist with Summer Intern spotlight campaign, including outreach, drafting, and finalizing posts across various social media platforms, the Berkadia blog, and more
- Work closely with cross functional teams including Design, Internal Communications, Integrated Marketing, and various business units across the organization
Resources
- Direct supervision of a Berkadia manager and added support of an assigned mentor within your department
- Educational resources and guidance surrounding industry knowledge and professional development
- Regular learning sessions held with business leaders
- A cohort of dedicated interns working in different departments across the country
Be Backed by the Best. Be Berkadia.
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Berkadia, as an equal opportunity employer, celebrates our employees’ unique differences, which we believe drives personal and company-wide innovation and creates a people-first culture where your career can take the long view. To achieve these goals, we are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals, without regard to race, religion, age, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, domestic partner status, military and veteran status, disability, pregnancy, parental status, genetic information, political affiliation, or any other status protected by federal, state and local laws.
In keeping with our commitment, Berkadia takes the necessary steps to provide a workplace free from harassment and discrimination, as well as access and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you require reasonable accommodation to take part in the interview process, please contact [email protected].
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What We Do
Berkadia, a joint venture of Berkshire Hathaway and Jefferies Financial Group, is a leader in the commercial real estate industry, offering a robust suite of services to our multifamily and commercial property clients. Powered by deep relationships and industry-changing technology, our people sell, finance, and service commercial real estate, providing support for the entire life cycle of our clients’ assets. Our unique ownership structure allows us to put our clients’ interests first and create a marketplace that delivers a superior experience.
