Public Relations Internship | Fall 2026

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New York, NY, USA
In-Office
Internship
Marketing Tech
The Role
Supports public relations and influencer campaigns for family-oriented consumer brands. Responsibilities include researching media and influencer targets, monitoring coverage, creating reports, drafting press and outreach materials, maintaining databases, supporting events and award submissions, and contributing to campaign brainstorms. The intern works remotely for 15 hours per week and uses digital platforms for research, media relations, social media, and content creation.
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Brilliant Agency, one of the most respected and rapidly growing agencies focused on family-oriented brands, seeks a REMOTE Public Relations Intern, 15 hours a week to help support the agency’s growing, award-winning team. 
THIS INTERNSHIP IS FOR FALL 2026 (SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER).

Who We Are:

So what’s Brilliant all about? We’re a fast-growing, fully remote PR & marketing agency packed with big ideas, big personalities, and people who know how to get stuff done (and have a little fun while doing it). We work hard, play hard, laugh hard - and believe Slack GIFs, ridiculous team challenges, and virtual happy hours are just as important to a great company culture as doing seriously great work.
Brilliant was voted recently Inc Best Workplaces 2026 AND Inc. 5000 List of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies for 2026!

What We Do:

Brilliant is in its second decade as a fully remote company and is one of the most respected agencies serving consumer lifestyle brands with a specific focus on products, brands, and services for families including baby and maternity, toys and games, tech, housewares, and food/beverages. 

Our Dream Team Member:

  • Excited about the prospect of not knowing what tomorrow will bring. 
  • Enjoys crossing things off your to-do list
  • Resourceful, committed, and deliberate
  • Reads media, scrolls TikTok, and enjoys spotting trends. 
  • Shares in brainstorms and isn’t afraid to come up with and try new ideas.
  • Excited about building a strong career foundation to build from post graduation. 
  • Appreciates the art of public relations and all of the (sometimes crazy!) moving parts

Job Description:

This isn’t an internship to organize files, it’s the one where you are truly integrated into a team to understand how it operates and the fundamentals of a strong career in PR. With that, it is critical that interns can meet deadlines, respond to messages in a timely manner, and be proactive in communicating with their team.

Potential Responsibilities Include:

  • Learn how to identify media/influencer targets and assist your team in building lists
  • Help your team monitor and report media, influencer, and social coverage on behalf of clients and create monthly clippings reports
  • Contribute creative ideas to team brainstorms for client campaigns, activations and events
  • Improve your writing skills by drafting press materials and research material
  • Maintenance and updating of critical databases/resources/ reporting & sampling. 
  • Data entry and varied research to help with projects such as award submissions, event recommendations, planning events, and more
  • Support the  management of influencer campaigns on behalf of our clients
  • Identify relevant influencers for promotion of our clients’ products and services
  • Help draft initial outreach emails to potential influencers to pitch collaboration ideas and negotiate terms
  • Provide general support to the account team  as needed
  • Use technology platforms such as Google Drive, AirTable, Google, TikTok, Instagram, Seamless, LinkedIn and more to assist your team in, research, media and influencer relations, social media, content creation, and more

Requirements Include:

  • You must be a rising sophomore, junior or senior. 
  • Previous office internship experience required in the marketing space
  • 3.0 GPA or above
  • Commit at least 15 hours a week during our normal office hours or 8-5 in your time zone
  • Excellent writing skills
  • Social media savvy
  • Strong organizational abilities
  • Professional demeanor and a drive to succeed
  • Eagerness to learn and willingness to ask questions
  • Resourceful attitude and keen attention to detail

***Prior to applying for this position, please contact your College or University Career Center and verify that you are eligible to receive College Credits for an Internship although accepting credit hours is not necessary to accept an offer. If selected, Brilliant will reimburse you $250 each month for using your personal cell phone, computer, and home internet.***

Skills Required

  • Rising sophomore, junior, or senior
  • Previous office internship experience in marketing
  • GPA of 3.0 or above
  • Availability for at least 15 hours per week during normal office hours
  • Excellent writing skills
  • Social media savvy
  • Strong organizational abilities
  • Professional demeanor and drive to succeed
  • Eagerness to learn and willingness to ask questions
  • Resourcefulness and keen attention to detail
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The Company
HQ: Los Angeles, CA
25 Employees
Year Founded: 2007

What We Do

Public Relations, Social Media, Digital. Brilliant PR & Marketing was founded with one goal: to find and effectively market the “game-changers” – the innovative, educational, life-changing products no family should be without. We credit our success to our insatiable lust for connection, our deep desire to understand and our sincere passion to enhance the lives of families everywhere.

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