Wednesday, July 11, 2012

PR Internship - Johnston, RI

Are YOU the next PR superstar?

If so, you’re going to need the skills and relevant work experience to get your foot in the door of your first public relations job.

At FM Global, we take great pride in nurturing the up-and-coming public relations stars of tomorrow. Through our hands-on, year-round, paid corporate public relations internship program, students compete for a unique opportunity to work alongside an award-winning public relations team that develops innovative global programs to help support the company’s business growth, client retention and profitability.

Work with a global leader

Established in Rhode Island more than 175 years ago, FM Global (www.fmglobal.com) is a $4.8 billion company that insures more than one out of every three FORTUNE 1000 companies and similar-sized organizations in more than 130 countries. The company, ranked 545 among FORTUNE Magazine’s largest companies in America, employs more than 5,100 people in 61 offices worldwide. Nearly 1,700 of those employees work locally at the company’s headquarters in Johnston, R.I., at its state-of-the-art Research Campus in West Glocester, and in offices in Waltham and Norwood, Mass. FM Global works with clients to develop robust property insurance and engineering solutions to protect their business operations from fire, natural disasters and other types of property risks.

Responsibilities - External:

Experience you will gain

Unlike internships at other companies, FM Global’s public relations interns gain meaningful, real-world experience in the four key areas that the most astute public relations practitioners demonstrate competency in—research, planning, implementation and evaluation. Your qualitative and quantitative contributions will play an integral role in helping the public relations team position FM Global both as an industry leader globally, as well as an employer of choice locally.

At FM Global, you can expect to develop confidence and marketable skills by engaging in or assisting with many of the following activities:

•Preparing news releases, bylined articles, award nominations, fact sheets, executive biographies;

•Enhancing the company’s social media presence, corporate Web site, corporate Intranet;

•Participating in strategy meetings, conference calls, media interviews;

•Monitoring earned media coverage using the latest research tools;

•Publishing the company’s quarterly media coverage report;

•Supporting special events and site tours;

•…and much more!

Qualifications - External:

Only the best and brightest need apply

To be considered for FM Global’s public relations Summer/Fall or Winter/Spring internship, you must:

•Maintain an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher;

•Major in public relations, communications, English, journalism or marketing;

•Plan to pursue a career in public relations; and

•Be a junior or senior in college

Hours are flexible and depend on the student’s class schedule, course requirements (if applicable) and availability. The FM Global public relations internship is offered at the company’s corporate offices in Johnston, R.I.

To apply click here.