Project Assistant APCO Worldwide

APCO Worldwide, an independently owned global public affairs and strategic communication consulting firm headquartered in Washington, D.C., with offices throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa, is looking for an intern to join its team in Brussels for 6 months.

Responsibilities:
The following are specific duties assigned to interns and are performed on a daily basis.

• • Conduct industry and/or client research
• • Conducting audits and mappings
• • Support with media relations
• • Assist Project Consultants with tasks including but not limited to:
  - Monitoring - Media, institutional calendar, regulation & legislation updates
  - Research and drafting reports on EU policies
  - Support to client work and new business opportunities
  - Draft client materials
  - Event coordination
  - Mailings
  - Translations

Requirements:
The successful candidate should possess the following:

• Degree and/or post-graduate degree in European law, European studies or politics, or media/communication
• Language skills: perfect command of English, French and another EU Member State's language is a plus
• Relevant work experience, for instance a stage in the European Institutions or in a public relations/communication environment (corporate communication, media relations)
• Keen interest in EU affairs, policies and communication (interest or experience in EU trade, energy and healthcare as well as information society and social media a plus)
• Good team player, research and organizational skills a definite must, keen to learn, proactive attitude
• Computer skills: MS Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and Excel
• Social Media and Blogs

The internship is paid with a possible start date of 15th February. Due to the high number of applications we receive, we will only be contacting successful candidates.

If you should be interested in applying for this role, please use our online applications tools:
http://www.apcoworldwide.com/content/careers/internship_opportunities.aspx
(Job Title: Paris, Project Assistant -Full-Time Intern)

For any additional information please contact Miss Alipranti: malipranti@apcoworldwide.com