Throughout your internship with GSG, you will have the opportunity to learn the ins and outs of a bustling agency while contributing valuable work to the team. It is essential that you have excellent communication skills, demonstrate creativity, and understand the importance of attending to even the smallest details.
As a GSG Intern, you will work closely with the entire Communications & Public Affairs team on any number of tasks, projects, or presentations. GSG Interns are expected to be open-minded, ambitious, and professional!
You must be able to commit working full-time (40 hours/wk.). The position will be a hybrid role with an in-person component in our Washington, D.C. office. The internship will begin in January and extend through May. Pay rate is $20/hour.
As the Communications & Public Affairs Intern, you will be responsible to:
Prepare written materials for advocacy campaigns and grassroots logistics, including database maintenance, press releases, FAQ sheets, draft letters, statements, memos, etc.
Closely monitor events in the news, compile press lists, and perform background research for current and potential clients
Cover press events and public hearings (including, but not limited to, community board meetings), as well as assist in public event coordination
Help manage canvassing and direct community outreach
Assist with digital advertising and social media campaigns
Do the following descriptions sound like you?
You are motivated & responsible, a natural self-starter, and someone who can execute strong work with minimal direction.
You have excellent writing, research, and communication skills, in addition to general office administrative skills, and can work quickly and efficiently.
You are proficient with PowerPoint, Excel, and Word, operating in an Outlook & PC world.
You are familiar with social media platforms including Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and other cutting-edge outlets, and have a sense of best practices within these spaces.
You have a strong work ethic and a high level of professionalism.
You are comfortable talking on the phone with vendors, colleagues, media, and community stakeholders. You're ready to reach out to a complete stranger and get the necessary message across!
You have some bonus tools in your back pocket, such as knowledge of media & politics, familiarity of social media monitoring and media database tools, and maybe even Photoshop or design skills! These are not required, but certainly a plus.
- You are a rising senior or recent graduate
Global Strategy Group (GSG) is a full-service research, public affairs, and communications agency tackling some of today's most complex and important challenges. With more than two and a half decades of experience and a team of 150+ talented professionals, we protect and build corporate reputations, influence public affairs decision-makers, advocate on important social issues, and win campaigns.
We combine deep subject-matter expertise with data-driven insights and innovative methodologies to create urgency among stakeholders and key audiences and deliver tangible success for our clients.
Skills Required
- Rising college senior or recent graduate
- Ability to work full-time, 40 hours per week, from January through May
- Ability to work in a hybrid role with an in-person component in Washington, D.C.
- Excellent writing, research, communication, and organizational skills
- General office administrative skills and ability to work quickly and efficiently
- Proficiency with PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Outlook, and PC systems
- Familiarity with social media platforms including Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn
- Strong work ethic, professionalism, motivation, responsibility, and ability to work independently
- Comfort communicating by phone with vendors, colleagues, media, and community stakeholders
- Knowledge of media and politics
- Familiarity with social media monitoring and media database tools
- Photoshop or design skills
What We Do
Global Strategy Group is the go-to public affairs, communications, and research partner for companies, causes, and campaigns. We work with our clients to build their reputations, tackle big challenges, and win. Specifically, we: • Understand and reach audiences • Change minds and influence public opinion • Champion issues and leaders • Advance legislative, regulatory, and political goals • Build and protect reputations What sets us apart? We are data-driven. We have decades of experience deriving insights from research, and interpreting that data to make its implications clear to our clients. We leverage this expertise into innovations across the data, analytics, and digital spaces, always finding better ways to measure, target and persuade diverse audiences. We are politically-attuned. We operate at the intersection of business and politics. Being in both of these increasingly connected worlds gives us an edge. We are results-oriented. Going for the win is in our DNA. Driven by our experience on political campaigns and crisis assignments, we measure our success through our outcomes.
