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Internship Opportunities - Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago, IL)

Job Title:
Media Relations Internship

Job Description:

• Qualifications:
  • Experience with using basic computer functions in Windows 95 as well as the MS Office software products.
  • Experience with use of Internet (especially e-mail) important.
  • Must be reliable, have a customer service orientation and have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Experience with office operations including filing, mail distribution and use of copiers, preferred.
• Essential Functions:
  • This position is responsible for contributing to the public and media relations team of Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
  • Media relations internships are paid, full-time positions.
  • This staff member works with NMH media relations staff to answer and respond to media inquiries, provide writing support, contributes to proactive media strategies and assist with the compilation and inventory of all clip files.
  • The intern will also regularly contribute to ENews, a daily summary of health stories in the news.
• Responsibilities vary, but may include: researching and responding to media inquiries; providing writing support; assisting with the compilation of the daily clip file news searches; serving in a support role in answering media calls; organizing clip files; and providing assistance to media relations staff on special projects.
• Job specific duties include: Conduct research into media inquiries for media relations staff; Respond to media inquiries; Use excel media tracker to record all placements; Serve in a back-up role in answering media inquiries via phone and taking messages for senior staff; Write original content for talking points, press releases and media alerts; Provide writing assistance for other projects including NMH.org; Help maintain an accurate and up to date record of all media placements; Help maintain an organized log of all media segments; Assist in compiling e-news report; Filing / department organizing as needed; Update/compile media lists; Assisting with incoming phone inquiries.
• To learn more about this position.

Contact Information:

Tameeka Emory-Gamble
IU Northwest Career Services

Phone: (219) 980-6651