Felix Magazine
Associate Publicist Intern/Volunteer
Fall 2026
No salary listed
Internship
Bachelor's
Chicago, IL, USA
In Person
About the job
Requirements
- A passion for women's economic opportunities.
- Must be a full- or part-time student working toward a degree, or a college graduate with at least one year of experience.
- Must be eligible to receive school credit and commit to two to three days per week for three months, unless applying as a college graduate with at least one year of experience.
- Must have excellent command of the English language.
- Must be able to work to stringent deadlines.
- Must be able to work as part of a team or autonomously.
- Must be able to work in a fast-moving entrepreneurial environment with competing deadlines and priorities.
- Must demonstrate integrity, honesty, openness, and willingness to operate as a team player.
- Must have strong writing and interpersonal skills for communicating with media, internal departments, and executive management.
- Must have knowledge of the Critical Mention database and Burrelle's monitoring service.
Responsibilities
- Manage ongoing print and digital publicity efforts.
- Participate in strategizing innovative publicity campaigns for maximum placements and optimum positioning.
- Assist the Public Relations Department, internal departments, and outside agencies in coordinating and publicizing special events on behalf of the Editor-in-Chief and Publisher.
- Write press releases and segment scripts, craft pitches, and disseminate information to trade and consumer media.
- Book and produce national and local television and radio segments, and coordinate print and Internet interview requests.
- Assist in overseeing and directing outside public relations firms retained to support specific projects and events.
- Devise creative new ways for the organization and its brand extensions to reach media and consumers.
- Serve as liaison with the web and social media team for projects involving media and consumers.
- Attend regular editorial meetings and weekly sales meetings.
- Provide regular feedback to Corporate Communications about media monitoring and other public relations services managed at the corporate level.
- Provide general administrative support to the Public Relations Department.
- Perform ongoing media research to maintain relationships with industry producers and reporters, and maintain a complimentary mailing list of industry reporters and producers.
- Oversee media monitoring and follow-up, create regular press clipping reports with viewer and readership statistics, and maintain a digital library of television segments.
- Feed daily press clips to Corporate Communications and Online for inclusion in the internal Press Room and corporate clips distribution.
Desired Qualifications
- A record of developing and executing successful media strategies, relevant media contacts, proven media placements, and a portfolio of press clips.