Public Relations Intern, Spring 2027

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Hiring Remotely in United States
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Internship
Agency • Marketing Tech
The Role
Supports PR and partnerships initiatives by building media, influencer, brand, and celebrity lists; monitoring coverage, trends, social media, and paparazzi sites; assisting with pitches, press releases, outreach, campaign reporting, and brainstorming. The intern will learn media relations, contribute to client work, collaborate across teams, and develop project management skills using Asana.
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Who We Are:

Power Digital is an AI-Native Growth Firm built at the intersection of world-class talent and proprietary technology. We help leading and emerging brands grow by combining deep vertical expertise, strategic thinking, and enterprise intelligence to drive measurable business outcomes.

For more than a decade, we have built our business around one belief: the best technology makes great people better. Our teams of strategists, creatives, analysts, and technologists use Omega, our AI operating system, to surface opportunities faster, investigate what is driving performance, and execute approved work with greater speed and precision. Behind Omega is Iris, our proprietary intelligence layer, built on years of real performance data, strategic frameworks, testing, and learnings from across our client portfolio. AI expands the capacity of our people to think, create, solve harder problems, and make better decisions. Human judgment, creativity, and accountability remain central to how we work. 

As a people-first firm, we value diversity in backgrounds and experiences. We strongly believe our people and culture are key to our success. We partner closely with our clients as an extension of their teams, working across strategy, execution, and measurement to identify what is truly blocking growth and determine what to do next. Our culture is built on people who are curious, ambitious, accountable, and committed to delivering meaningful results for our clients and for one another.

At Power Digital, we believe the future belongs to teams that combine the best talent with the best technology. We are building that future today.

*This is a remote opportunity open to current college students enrolling in an internship course for college credit 


Position Title: Public Relations Intern

Internship Term: Spring 2027

Compensation: College credit [MUST be enrolled in college course]

Desired Fields of Study: Public Relations, Communications, Journalism, Marketing

Hours Desired: 15-20/week

A day in the life:

  • As a PR & Partnerships intern, you will work hand in hand with the rest of the team to grow your skills, oversee the media relations process from A-Z, gain hands-on experience on celeb and brand partnership coordinator, and be an involved member of the PR & Partnerships Department. We look forward to hearing from you!

Responsibilities:

  • Build targeted media lists both manually and using Cision/Muck Rack
  • Monitor for media coverage and send alerts to teams
  • Identify key opinion leaders, including influencers and celebrities, for product seeding
  • Demonstrate understanding of a journalism masthead and identify targets for media outreach
  • Learn the media relations process and support pitching efforts to national, regional, and trade media 
  • Monitor for industry trends
  • Learn how to report on PR campaigns and coverage to clients
  • Participate in training sessions designed to teach you the fundamentals of PR
  • Contribute ideas in creative brainstorming sessions with the PR team
  • Assist in crafting compelling pitches and press releases
  • Develop your project management skills through hands-on experience with our project management system, Asana
  • Collaborate with the entire Power Digital team to assist in cross-channel strategy sessions, lunch and learns, and a team project at the end of the semester
  • Brainstorm potential brand and celebrity partnership ideas
  • Monitor social media and paparazzi sites for gifting efforts
  • Build brand and celebrity seeding lists and assist with outreach 

Role Requirements:

  • Previous internship and/or professional experience is strongly encouraged (PR and/or Influencer specific experience is a plus!)
  • Understanding of media relations and the PR industry
  • Extreme attention to detail 
  • Excellent writing skills 
  • Inherently organized and able to juggle multiple projects flawlessly
  • Proactive and team-oriented 
  • Positive, can-do attitude 
  • An eagerness to learn and develop overall communications skills
  • Familiarity with PR processes
  • Exceptional communication skills
  • Sound understanding of AP Style and GSP in writing
  • Awareness of trends within the beauty, celebrity, fashion, and food & bev industries

Benefits & Perks:

  • Monthly & quarterly team bonding activities
  • Fun, savvy, and hard-working team(s)
  • Full-remote flexibility

Power Digital’s people and culture are at the core of our success, which is why diversity in our team’s backgrounds and experiences are paramount. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and our employees are people with different strengths, experiences, and backgrounds, who strive to make an impact inside and outside of the workplace. Diversity not only includes race and gender identity, but also age, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, religion and many other parts of one’s identity. All of our employees' points of view are key to our success, and inclusion is everyone's responsibility.

Please be aware of fictitious job openings, consulting engagements, solicitations, or employment offers from suspicious sources. These engagements may be an attempt to obtain private information, or to induce you to pay a fee for services related to recruitment or training. Power Digital does NOT charge any application, processing, or training fee at any stage of the recruitment or hiring process. All genuine job openings will be posted on our careers page at https://powerdigitalmarketing.com/company/careers/. If you have any doubts about the authenticity of any messaging behalf of Power Digital, please send us an email at [email protected] before taking any further action in relation to the correspondence.

Skills Required

  • Must be a current college student enrolled in an internship course for college credit
  • Previous internship or professional experience
  • Understanding of media relations and the public relations industry
  • Excellent writing skills
  • Exceptional communication skills
  • Familiarity with public relations processes
  • Understanding of AP Style and GSP in writing
  • Extreme attention to detail
  • Ability to stay organized and manage multiple projects
  • Proactive and team-oriented approach
  • Awareness of trends in beauty, celebrity, fashion, and food and beverage industries
  • Public relations, communications, journalism, or marketing field of study

Power Digital Marketing Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Power Digital Marketing and has not been reviewed or approved by Power Digital Marketing.

  • Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is characterized as robust, with medical, dental, and vision plans and, in some cases, up to 100% employer-paid employee premiums. Wellness resources, an employee assistance program, and mental-health recharge days reinforce this support.
  • Retirement Support — A 401(k) plan includes a 4% employer match. This provides tangible long-term savings support alongside core benefits.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is described as expansive, featuring unlimited PTO from day one, 12 paid U.S. holidays, and two additional mental-health days. The structure emphasizes generous rest and recovery opportunities.

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The Company
HQ: San Diego, CA
775 Employees
Year Founded: 2012

What We Do

Power Digital is a data-driven, ROI-focused marketing agency. Our team consists of highly specialized marketing professionals who are proven at the large agency level and are experts in their fields. Our mission is to move away from the standardized "one size fits all"​ marketing approach and deliver customized solutions with measurable results. Just like your business is unique, our digital strategy for you will be too. Our team understands that every business company has different analytics goals in mind and that different routes must be taken to accomplish them. We provide online marketing services & campaigns tailored to your business objectives and specific audience. Transparency and collaboration are very important to us. We want to be more than just an agency. We want to become an extension of our clients’ marketing teams, delivering online marketing solutions both parties can be proud of. And how can we be an extension if we aren’t connecting and reviewing projects every week? Email updates are nice, but nothing beats hearing the inflection in a client’s voice when we share the good news. It is for this reason that we connect with our clients every single week. You can rest assured knowing that your brand is always on our mind when we’re providing online digital marketing services. We understand that digital marketing has never been more competitive, which is why we stick to what we have always focused on: driving ROI. How do we do this? We help you connect with the right customers through our internet marketing services. Whether through social media or search engine optimization, we work to increase your brand's online presence in a meaningful way. One of the reasons we're so confident in our ability to deliver amazing results is that we have experts in each key digital channel. From SEO and PPC to social media and PR, we work together to ensure our clients see the best results of each campaign. For us, efficiency and results are the names of the game.

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