Intern to Hire

Company Description

Citizen Relations is a global, award-winning, integrated creative communications

agency. Its mission is to drive clients’ business forward through creative strategic

frameworks that spark conversation, create citizen engagement and fuel results.

With nine offices around the globe, including New York, Los Angeles, Toronto,

Montreal, London and Singapore, Citizen operates on a global scale with boutique

offering and local-market expertise. Its unique model features a strategic-partner

network across more than 60 countries, providing clients valuable on-demand

access and highly customized services. Citizen Relations is a division of Vision 7

International, which is majority-owned by BlueFocus Communication Group

headquartered in Beijing, China.

Job Description

This is a great learning experience for someone looking to pursue a successful PR

career. You will have a ‘can do’ attitude and be keen to get involved grow and learn as

much as possible through your internship. You will work closely with our Account

Executives and Managers to support them and the team across a range of consumer

and lifestyle client accounts. Working as part of a smaller team, you will have

opportunities to get directly involved in projects and challenges that will quickly

develop your skills.

Responsibilities include:

● Writing, both consumer and corporate press releases, advertorials, social

media content, etc.

● Working with teams on social media campaign planning and delivery

● Supporting teams on celebrity/influencer agent liaison

● Proactively identifying publicity opportunities for clients

● Producing internal copy for meetings and briefings

● Helping sell in stories and products to media and achieving coverage

● Understanding and running media promotional activity; sampling,

competitions, offers

● Assisting in the planning and organisation of events

● Preparing for client meetings

Qualifications:

● A genuine interest to work in the exciting world of Consumer PR and the

ability to thrive in a fast paced and dynamic environment

● A thirst for knowledge and a willingness to get involved, listen and learn

from others.

● Flexibility when working on multiple tasks and the ability to prioritize and

re-prioritize those tasks effectively

● Impeccable written and verbal communication skills

● Demonstrate confidence and interest when speaking with external clients

and influencers (you could be selling in a hard earned coverage story!) as

well as the ability to ask questions and support your internal

stakeholders.

● A ‘can do’ attitude - someone who wants to grow, learn and progress. You

should enjoy approaching challenges and coming up with solutions.

● At least one other internship in a digital, public relations or an advertising

agency and/or an internship in house working with a marketing team.

● Bachelor's degree

Additional information

We value all of our interns and go the extra mile to make sure you receive a learning

experience that fits your career goals. You will become extremely knowledgeable in

online and traditional communications, a master of social media channels and

trends and better understand the right mix of tactics to achieve your clients’ goals.

Please note that this internship has potential to become a full time position. For that

reason we will only be evaluating post-grad resumes at this time.