“SO YOU THINK YOU CAN PUBLICISE?”

Parties, celebs, champers – that’s what PR’s all about, right? Well sometimes yes, and sometimes no.

But to organise the party and invite the celebrities and drink the magnums of champagne takes time, patience and a lot of hard work

Now this sounds obvious, but you’d be surprised by the number of interns (or more fondly known here as Zingterns), who walk through the door of our office expecting to be the belle of the ball in their second week.

This is where I come in. My name’s Kate and I’m an Account Executive here at Zing. I know all about interns, as I was one! A year and a half ago I started an internship here at Zing and I’ve been working at the company ever since.

I thought I’d share with all you potential Zingterns a little bit about what you can expect when you come and join the team here in Surry Hills.

We offer two types of internships at Zing – long-term and short-term ones.

Long-term internships are for those of you who can give up a month or two full-time to come in and work here. You’ll be doing the admin jobs in the office – answering the phone, packing media mailers, organising media and blogging databases etc but we’ll also put you on your own accounts and give you projects to work on.

You’ll be acting as your account’s account coordinator, and will have all the responsibilities that go along with the position.

Short-term internships run either full time for two to four weeks or a few (two or more) days a week for about two months. You will take on a more admin heavy role, helping with all the tasks we do here day in and day out.

You won’t be running the show and you will be doing some unglamorous jobs, all unpaid, but you will also be spending time in one of the top consumer PR agencies in the country – and getting on the job training that you will find essential when you finish your course.

You will get out of your internship what you put into it. Listen to everything that’s going on in the office, talk to people about what they do, ask questions, work hard and have fun. Internships are a great stepping-stone into the PR world.

The key here is that it’s not enough just to say you’re had work experience – it’s how you use it and what you do with it that counts. You will get out of your internship what you put into it

After spending time at Zing, you will have met 24 amazing people (not just PRs – we have events, experiential, design and video departments), read every magazine and newspaper there is, brainstormed huge campaigns for brands like Coca-Cola, LEGO and McDonald’s, familiarised yourself with the Australian media landscape and even had a glass of champers of two!

Interested? Send your CV and a bit of info about yourself to kateb@zing.net.au and I’ll see what I can offer you and if you are not convinced then check this out:

Look forward to hearing from you budding PRs,
Kate