Fall - Public Affairs Internship

Overview

SKDK is an award-winning strategic communications, public affairs, and advertising agency. With offices in Washington, D.C., New York, Boston, Albany, and Los Angeles, SKDK partners with Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits, philanthropies, political candidates, and committees to solve complex challenges through integrated communications strategy, storytelling, content creation, crisis management, media placement, and digital innovation. Committed to building diverse and inclusive teams, SKDK delivers transformative results for its clients.

Whetherit’shelping in a crisis, developing a media plan, honing a persuasivemessageor building a coalition, our Public Affairs team brings unmatchedexpertiseto navigating complex issues and shaping narratives. There is no company that better understands the intersection of press, politics, and policy.

Supporting 5-6 client teams with a variety of tasks including:

• Developing and sharing daily press clips.
• Creating press lists of reporters, editors, producers and/or bookers.
• Conducting research on a diverse set of policy issues.
• Note taking during internal and client facing meetings.
• General media monitoring and crisis response support.
• Occasional writing opportunities such as drafting press releases, social media and pitches.
• Special projects.

SKDK is committed to pay equity. SKDK offers a wage of $18.40 per hour.

SKDK is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse workforce. It is our policy to recruit, hire, train, and promote without regard to race, religion, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, or any protected category.