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Corporate Communications Intern

The Epic Games communications team is looking for a smart, creative corporate communications Intern to join them this spring.

What we do

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.

What you’ll do

Epic is looking for a recent college graduate to join the global communications team. You’ll be tasked with ensuring our team and key internal stakeholders are kept abreast of media trends across our business and related industries, while building and maintaining key processes and projects for the communications team. If you believe in what we’re building and want to be part of a growing communications team that’s on the frontlines of everything we do at Epic while acquiring core communication skills on the job, this is the role for you.

Responsibilities:

• Conducting media monitoring for news about Epic and related industries including daily clips and coverage of key announcements across traditional and social media
• Building and maintaining media lists, including proactively identifying reporters who are interested in Epic’s news and stories
• Supporting announcements large and small, from crafting pitches and talking points to building workback plans to keep us accountable
• Managing the CMS for the Epic Games Newsroom
• Building and iterating upon processes that will keep the communications team organized, from team folders and templates to maintaining a team-wide announcement calendar.

Qualifications:

• BA in communications or a related field
• Relevant internship experience on a communications team and/or at a PR firm
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Someone who moves fast, is focused on delivering results and is able to work collaboratively
• Someone who is keyed into what matters to the media and what resonates on social

What Success Looks Like:

• Proven track record executing coverage reports independently and expediently for key stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to identify reporters that matter to our team; a go to resource for media list building and reporter intel
• A reliable member of the communications team who is organized and consistently delivers projects that meet expectations of quality and timeliness
• Self sufficiency running the Epic Newsroom CMS
• Execution of key processes and projects on behalf of the comms team (to be agreed upon at the start of the internship - likely will include team calendar, folders, templates, etc)
• Bonus: One identified passion project of the intern’s choosing

This is going to be Epic!

Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy here.