Small Girls PR - Summer 2023 PR Fellowship
About Small Girls PR
SGPR is a creatively-driven media relations, influencer, and experiential agency championing a personal approach to public relations.
Our clients range from Fortune 500 brands to challenger startups. We’ve launched brands that challenge the norm like Billie, created a closet calculator to see how recycled clothing impacts the environment with thredUp, and poked fun at McDonalds broken ice cream machines with Jack In The Box.
Don't be fooled by the name - while the agency may have been founded by two "small girls" (our founders are under 5"3 and as self deprecating as they are short), we are committed to being a diverse and high performing company that is dedicated to creating an inspiring workplace for everyone - including men (who sit on both our leadership and people policy team) and taller individuals (who compromise of the entire company save for a few even smaller smalls).
About the Program
The Summer Fellowship is a 12-week full-time work experience and training program running June 5th, 2023 through August 25th, 2023. Open to Spring 2023 graduates only, this paid and highly competitive opportunity will give aspiring communications professionals the chance to learn from and work alongside the team at Small Girls PR as full contributing team members (aka no coffee runs!). The aim of the SGPR Summer Fellowship is to prepare recent graduates with the foundational skills necessary for most entry-level jobs in PR, communications, and beyond.
We plan to prioritize candidates who are able to work out of our NY or LA office 2x/per week (on a predetermined schedule that optimizes in-office collaboration with a fellow’s respective team). If you’re only able to work remotely for the 12 week period, please feel free to apply knowing that in-person is ideal and will be prioritized. Additionally, this opportunity has the potential to lead to permanent, full-time employment as an Account Coordinator, therefore all eligible applicants must be willing to work out of our NY or LA office 2x/per week upon completion of the Fellowship, as it is a condition of accepting a spot in the Fellowship program.
How you’ll make an impact:
Join one of our teams who work across a variety of client industries including retail & beauty, consumer technology, social impact, wellness, influencer marketing and more
Attend specifically-designed training sessions on topics such as: media list building, reporter relationships, pitch crafting, influencer marketing, and public speaking etc.
Learn how to build and develop media relationships through personalized pitching efforts to reporters, editors, and influencers and begin to create your network
Source and curate relevant media and influencer lists that your team can use for future events and storytelling opportunities
Be your team's organizer by keeping an inventory of digital assets, attending weekly calls + taking notes, and ad hoc tasks as needed
Track your team’s success by pulsing search engines, alerts, and social media to ensure all client placements and mentions are monitored, captured, and interpreted
Attend regular virtual brainstorms and come up with innovative ways to create shareworthy moments for clients and obtain editor attention
Contribute to the drafting and writing of media materials for brands
Why we’ll love you:
Detail-oriented: Can spot a typo a mile away, diligent with formatting, double checks everything twice, and never forgets or misses a deadline
Self-starter: You are exhilarated by the opportunity to own entire projects and assignments. You feel totally comfortable being autonomous
Creativity: You love coming up with new and experimental ways for everything
Efficient: You are able to work quickly without sacrificing work quality
High standards: You expect personal performance and team performance to be nothing short of the best
Please note that further correspondence will be sent via our ATS (applicant tracking) system, Greenhouse, which can sometimes get caught up in spam folders. We encourage you to check your spam folder for updates as well as add our automated email (no-reply@smallgirlspr.com) to your spam filters to ensure that you receive all emails from our ATS system.
More information
The Fellowship is a paid opportunity which will be provided in the form of a stipend. This year’s stipend will be $9,600 and will be paid out on a biweekly basis.
SGPR will make sure you have everything you need to excel in this role including:
Additional $200 stipend to be used to support your work-from-home setup (plus company-provided laptop) for the 3 days working outside of the office.
Reimbursement for roundtrip Metrocard to cover travel on in-office days
3 PTO days as well as 3 sick days to use throughout the 12 weeks in addition to company observed holidays during the period
Access to professional development programs geared specifically toward Fellows just beginning their careers including how to write a pitch, influencer marketing, experiential marketing and more!
We are a diverse and high performing company that is dedicated to creating an inspiring workplace for all. It is the policy of Small Girls PR to provide equal opportunities to all qualified persons, and to recruit, hire, train, promote, and compensate persons in all jobs without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or sexual orientation.
