Great Opportunity for Public Internship

Public Relations Internship
Internships
Julie LaTerra Homes, a brand leading custom home builder offers internships in journalism, PR, and marketing to conservative college students. All of our internships are flexible with regard to length of time and number of hours worked per week, which allows students to take classes while completing their internships. Interns will work at the Julie LaTerra Homes Design Center conveniently located across from Concord Mills Mall in Concord, NC

To apply please send:
Personalized cover letter
Your Resume

Please email to: careers@julielaterrahomes.com

DURATION
January to May

SALARY
Stipend Only
The planned internship stipend will be $1,000 upon completion of a 15-week internship. Further details will be given to those awarded a stipend.

THE ROLE
PR is a stipend only Internship with Julie LaTerra Homes, a successful and fast growing custom home building company. We are looking for someone who can hit the ground running writing and sending press releases, monitoring press coverage, organizing and publicizing events.

THE OPPORTUNITY
Great opportunity for student majoring in Marketing, Communications, PR or English. You will be exposed to how a successful custom home builder business is run including web marketing, public relations and business development.

YOU
Rock with people. They love you and you love them.
Write in a style that is delicious to read!
Are clever, yet get to the point with items that are of interest to your reader.
Get the differences between writing for sales, customer service, PR, and entertainment news publications.
Are energetic, well-rounded and willing to tackle a number of different tasks or projects.
Enjoy working with down-to-earth, hard-working people who believe in providing customers with a great home buying customer experience.

JOB DESCRIPTION
Writing and proofreading program materials.
Calling editors.
Writing and releasing PR stories that are of public interest.
Creating outreaches (i.e. media tours, events).
Working with Sales to really get a feel for the help our customers need.
Writing a series of helpful tips.
Writing video scripts.

QUALIFICATIONS
Great writing skills. The goal is to bring customers into the design center and buy our homes.
Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
Good typing skills. Ability to work quickly.
Cheerful, upbeat, personable demeanor.
Comprehensive understanding of the Internet and “Web 2.0”
Ability to commit to working generally 10-20 hours per week.
Ability to work independently in a timely manner – don’t need to be told what to do, can keep yourself busy based on a task list.

SERIOUS CANDIDATES
Send us your cover letter and resume. Include answers to the following questions:
· Why are you interested in this opportunity?
· Why should you be considered for this opportunity?
· Your time availability (be specific)
· What do you want to get out of the internship?
TO APPLY
· Go here: careers@julielaterrahomes.com
· Send your Completed Personalized Cover Letter and Resume with answers to Serious Candidates questions
· Three (3) writing samples of your work
NOTES
· This is an internship job.
· Principals only. No recruiters.
· Please, no phone calls about this job.