Spotify: PR & Communications Internships Program 2022

Spotify: Invites Unemployed Graduates to Apply for the PR & Communications Internships Program 2022

Closing Date: 30 April 2022
Job Type: Internship
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa

Internships Description

We are looking for an outstanding Intern to join Spotify’s PR & Communications Team. The intern will support our media relations, speaking engagements, and internal communications activities across the company’s business in Africa.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with Spotify team in Africa to provide communications support that drives brand love and awareness across the country
• Ideate, drive, and implement communications strategies and messaging that support the underlying business goals in Africa to the local consumer, advertising/marketing, business and podcast industry press
• Provide support in securing speaking opportunities, creating talking points, and developing presentations for speakers
• Work closely with the Head of PR & Communications to create stories and take them to the local media and influencers
• Coordinate with the broader African team to tell industry success stories
• Support the management of our PR agency in Africa: provide briefings, direction and ongoing guidance to the agencies including project management and reporting 
• Work on daily and weekly media monitoring
• Execute against local internal communication strategy and drive internal communications activities in region(s)

Requirements:

• In possesion of or pursuing a degree in:
  • Marketing
  • Communications
  • Journalism

• Must be a local South African and have valid work authorization to work there that will extend from June to August 2022

Skills and Competencies:

You possess the following abilities:

• an expert communicator with strong writing skills and adept at synthesizing and communicating information to different levels of partners in Africa,
• a strong storyteller who can find stories in unexpected places and understands data and how to effectively apply insights,
• strong knowledge of influencers in the region,
• someone who is able to build relationships with external and internal partners while prioritizing the business goals of the organization
• You care about reading, writing and constant learning and exploring
• You have passion for the music and podcast industry and understanding of challenges and opportunities on the horizon

Where you’ll be based:

• For this role, it can be within Johannesburg, South Africa in which we have a work location
• For this role, you can choose to either work from home or from one of our office locations
• Working hours? We operate within Johannesburg time zone for collaboration