Crisis Management & Litigation Communications Internship - Spring '25

APCO is hiring rising seniors and recent graduates to join our full-time, 6-month paid internship program. Our interns will experience on-the-job training in client services, global marketing, or new business development, are embedded with one or more of our five North American office teams, and are involved in a wide variety of daily client account activities. Interns are treated as professional staff, participate in team meetings and actively contribute ideas, and support the overall management and growth of client work and the firm. 

This internship will sit with APCO's Crisis Management & Litigation practice out of our Washington DC, Chicago, or New York Office. 

APCO’s clients include local, national and global organizations in the technology, trade, food and beverage, and healthcare sectors.

Responsibilities:

• Monitor issues, news events and competitor happenings
• Help with social media research
• Create social media content
• Assist with drafting and editing client deliverables
• Identify and compile lists of media contacts
• Research topics and issues and analyze findings
• Identify relevant stakeholders and potential influencers
• Edit and proofread client deliverables
• Assist in the development of client proposals
• Develop monthly new business reports
• Contribute to brainstorms and communications plans
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• A demonstrated interest in communications, journalism or political science
• Comfort in a fast-paced environment collaborating with a distributed team
• Excellent written and oral communication and research skills
• Entrepreneurial with strong critical thinking abilities
• Organized and attentive to detail
• Able to multi-task and approach assignments independently
• Strong working knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite
• Available to work 40 hours per week
• Requires US Work Authorization, unable to consider candidates with OPT/Post-OPT status

What are the core working hours and will I need to be in an office?

Our interns work between 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

We are committed to a hybrid and flexible working environment, and there may be days that you wish to work from home and days that we come together so that you get to explore more of our culture and meet other colleagues. You will be provided with a company laptop so that you are able to work from home and in the office easily.

Compensation:

This is a paid internship at a fixed hourly rate of $17.50

When is the closing date for applications?

Applications will close on Friday, November 8th.  

When does the internship commence?

Our intern program begins on Monday, January 13th and ends on Friday, May 16th 2025. 

With our commitment to recruit, hire, promote and retain people who reflect the diverse communities in which we operate, APCO Worldwide ensures our teams bring the best possible expertise and diverse perspectives to our clients. We embrace diversity of identity, experience and thought, starting with our values and extending to our behaviors, policies and practices. We aim to create a positive work experience and welcoming environment where everyone feels they belong and can thrive.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourage applications from all qualified candidates regardless of race, national origin, citizenship, native language, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital or parental status, religion, age, veteran status, neurodivergence, mental or physical disability, medical history, pregnancy, political belief or affiliation or any other characteristic protected by law.

About APCO 
 
Founded in 1984, APCO Worldwide is an award-winning, independently owned global communication and business strategy firm with offices in major cities throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

APCO combines a global perspective with local expertise to help clients around the world manage challenges, opportunities, perceptions and reputations. APCO clients include corporations and governments; industry associations and nonprofit organizations; and many of the top Fortune 500 companies. The firm is a majority women-owned business. 

We’re proud to be named to Forbes’ 2022 lists of America’s Best Management Consulting Firms for the third year in a row and America’s Best PR Agencies in 2021, 2022 Top Five Best EMEA Networks to Work For by PRovoke, Top Places to Work in PR by PR News in 2020, 2019 EMEA Corporate Consultancy of the Year by the Holmes Report, 2019 Best Agency in the Middle East by PRWeek and 2019 Japan PR Consultancy of the Year by Campaign Asia!