Communications Intern

Epic Games • Cary, NC

7d

About The Position

The Epic Communications team advances the company’s narrative and represents Epic products and the company vision to external and internal audiences globally. We create positive relationships and engagement strategies with a wide range of audiences, including media, investors, influencers, and policymakers. We're looking for a Communications Intern to join the Comms and Community team. Within this team, we keep press, players, developers, and the world informed and build strong reputations for the games, tools, and tech Epic Games makes. In this role, you will help prepare plans for new product and feature launches for the Fortnite ecosystem, Rocket League, as well as our developer platforms. As part of this, you would have the opportunity to develop messaging, research media, develop social media strategies, and report on results. You will also play a role in shaping the operations of the team including optimizing the way we store and save information, work in Slack, and track projects.

Requirements

• Interest in gaming, culture, technology, developer platforms
• Desire to learn media relations and social media strategy
• A quick, succinct, and creative writer
• Excellent verbal communication skills
• Analytical and data-driven research experience
• Experience supporting projects and organizing materials, timelines, and driving deliverables and outcomes
• Strong problem-solving skills and tenacious appetite to learn
• Academic study or previous experience in communications, PR, social media, journalism, writing
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the posting location for the duration of the internship.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of plans and materials for news moments, including: writing messaging for different audiences, helping anticipate potential reactions and prepare for reactive questions, organizing trackers and contacts for media outreach, contributing to social media planning, and reporting on coverage, audience reception, and media feedback
• Help track Epic's day-to-day media coverage, monitor social media sentiment and run analysis, bringing insights to the team

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed