Internship Description
The Public Relations Specialist is responsible for contributing to the development of fundraising strategies and implementing engagement strategies to enhance and grow revenue and current and prospective donors.
Job Responsibilities:
- Help develop and execute company’s PR strategy
- Communicating and building relationships with current or prospect clients
- Create and distribute press releases
- Build and update media lists and databases
- Participate in strategy sessions to develop fundraising plans and tactics
- Develop new relationships with members individuals, organizations and corporations to increase donations
- Collaborate with other Clear Blue Sea teams to coordinate and support fundraising goals
- Measure and report on the performance of activities and campaigns
Qualifications / Skills:
- Strong desire to learn along with professional drive
- Excellent written communication skills
- Efficiency at MS Office
- Passion for the PR industry and its best practices
- Seeking or possessing a degree in journalism, communication, marketing or public relations
- Effective communication skills, both oral and written
- Ability to build effective professional working relationships internally and externally.
- Presents him or herself to press and other stakeholders in a manner in keeping with our values and mission statement.
- Promote a team culture-lead and work as part of a team.
- Exhibit a positive attitude and have ability to handle unscripted situations.
- Skills in effectively organizing work, files, records, etc., to maintain efficient work flow.