Portland is a fast-growing strategic communications agency with a global footprint. We are headquartered in London, with offices in Doha, Washington, New York, Nairobi, and Singapore. Our team devises and implements communication and public affairs strategies across a number of organisation types, including governments, major global brands, NGOs and high profile individuals.
We have an enviable client list including household names such as Coca-Cola, Facebook, Snapchat, Apple, Tesco, Pfizer and Google, and a number of prestigious philanthropic clients including the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, Kofi Annan Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. We also have a Government Advisory practice that provides strategic counsel to, and delivers global campaigns for, a number of public sector organisations in countries spanning nearly every continent on the globe.
Portland’s Singapore office opened in January 2017 and we are quickly expanding to meet the needs of our clients here and throughout the region.
We are looking for an intern to join our Singapore office, working for prestigious clients across the public, private, and philanthropic sectors.
We are looking for someone who is able to work both independently and as part of a small, but growing team based in Singapore to help develop and implement communication strategies.
The individual will require a good understanding of Singaporean and regional politics and the media.
Key responsibilities
- Tracking issues in the media, relevant to designated clients
- Monitoring political developments and major news announcements
- Sourcing and preparing detailed draft media analysis reports for approval
- Researching and sourcing information for designated client projects
- Management of press cuttings, including preparing monthly/quarterly coverage books
- Preparing activity reports for clients
- Helping to draft press releases, opinion articles, website copy, background material
- Conducting ring rounds, and building journalist contacts
- Preparing journalist biographies and briefing notes for clients
- Preparing and maintaining media distribution lists for press releases
- Researching and managing forward calendars of key media and current affairs events relevant to designated clients
Requirements
You must:
- You must have a university degree, with a minimum GPA 3.5 (for Singaporean or American institutions) or a UK degree classification of 2:1. This is likely to be in a research-oriented social science, communications, or marketing.
- Foreign language skills are desirable, especially in Arabic, French, Hindi, Mandarin, and Southeast Asian languages, and Tamil.
- You must have the right to work in Singapore, being a citizen or permanent resident.
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