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Fast-paced communications internship at an industry-leading firm, supporting a number of account teams for high-profile clients across a range of industries.Performed rapid, high-quality research with a variety of objectives, particularly mapping stakeholders across media, policy and industry spaces and building distribution lists.Conducted monitoring of media, political and online activity to produce reports for client and internal use.Helped to draft content, including press releases and analytical reports.Executed sell-ins to journalists at outlets across the UK.

Summer internship role with broad and diverse responsibilities across the field of communications. These included content creation, desk research, data analysis and media monitoring and engagementMy work had a particular focus on writing due to my ability to quickly and effectively research, plan, write, and edit pieces with little required oversight across a range of formats, including pitches to journalists, digital and social media content, press releases and articlesAssisted with general office operations and any other tasks with which team members required help

Part-time support role working on a number of projects for a boutique consulting and marketing firm, helping tech companies bring high value solutions to new markets.Performed preliminary research for campaigns; helped identify organisations and relevant contacts to whom the solutions might appeal to build databases for intelligently targeted marketing. Also proof-read various case studies and other marketing and PR material.Initiated a program ‘Client Technology Showcase’ on the company website, which will feature short pieces promoting clients’ tech.

Worked in Fuller's pubs in the summers of 2020 & 2021, developing my teamwork and customer relations skillsWorked long shifts, sometimes as much as 12 hours and ending after midnight, where I was constantly on my feet and moving, balancing tasks serving a number of tables with those needed to keep running behind the scenesLearned the importance of effective communication when working as part of a team to deliver consistently high standards even under the pressure of rush hours

Assisted various departments with support tasks, including data gathering, market research and outreach.Attended lectures by in-house and guest speakers on a range of topics, expanding my understanding of economics and politics.Took on extra responsibility for office operations during a brief period of the Operations Officer’s absence, taking the lead in managing the other interns’ workloads and in the delivery of events, including a meeting of the board of trustees and an externally-commissioned conference.

I volunteered for a year at a busy Oxfam store in London, helping both in the back on jobs such as stock sorting & checking and also in direct contact with the customers.