Spring 2027 Executive Communications Internship

District of Columbia, USA (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableIntern/New GradInternship

Posted 2 days ago

Job Summary

Lead and shape client communications by researching and crafting persuasive content, memos, and tailored slide decks, while assessing strategy and coaching clients.

  • Own research to translate complex topics into memorable messages.
  • Guide presentations and coaching sessions to improve client communications.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Researching persuasive and interesting content that makes clients communications concrete and memorable.
  • Writing concise, clear background memos that enable our team to do its best work.
  • Creating engaging slide decks and presentations tailored to each client.
  • Assessing clients' existing communications strategy, tactics, and writing.
  • Digesting qualitative and quantitative message research and making recommendations on tone and content.
  • Learning new material quickly and communicating complex subject matter in understandable language.
  • Copyediting and proofreading written materials to align with message imperatives, tone, clarity, and AP Style.
  • Preparing mock interview scenarios and coaching clients during training sessions.

Requirements

  • A habit of consuming tons of news and a desire to change it for the better.
  • Writing experience in organizations such as political campaigns, government, issue advocacy groups, media, public affairs agencies, or similar.
  • Ability to manage time and responsibilities while working on multiple projects with competing deadlines.
  • Excellent organizational and internal communications skills.
  • Attention to detail.

Benefits

  • SKDK is committed to pay equity. SKDK offers a wage of $18.40 per hour.
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SKDK

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SKDK provides strategic advice, public relations, crisis communications, advertising, direct mail, and research to national and international companies, advocacy organizations, associations, leading non-profit organizations, and elected officials and candidates from the White House to State Houses across the country.

Founded in 1993
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
233 employees (52 in marketing)
59% recommend to a friend
68% CEO approval

Salaries

Executive Communications median pay in the United States

$150K/yr

Most pay falls between $85K and $196K. Based on 158 salaries.

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
44 (19% of company)
Median Career Experience
17.5 years
Median Tenure
1.2 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
5

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
9.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
42.6%
Direct
49.7%
Referral
3.7%
Social
2.9%
Paid
0.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~233
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Spring 2027 Executive Communications Internship

SKDK · District of Columbia, USA · On-site