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Spotify Hiring for Internship, PR & Communications (Africa) at Orissa Full Time
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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.
Location
Johannesburg or Remote EMEA
Job type
Internship
What you’ll do
- 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)
Who you are
- A current undergraduate or graduate student pursuing a degree in Marketing/Communications/Journalismgraduating in 2022
- You are a local South African and have valid work authorization to work there that will extend from June to August 2022
- You possess the following abilities: (1) an expert communicator with strong writing skills and adept at synthesizing and communicating information to different levels of partners in Africa, (2) a strong storyteller who can find stories in unexpected places and understands data and how to effectively apply insights, (3) strong knowledge of influencers in the region, (4) 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
- We are a distributed workforce enabling our band members to find a work mode that is best for them!
- Where in the world? 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
Our global benefits
Extensive learning opportunities, through our dedicated team, GreenHouse.
All The Feels, our employee assistance program and self-care hub.
Social events, everything from fikas and team outings to concerts, panels and talks.
Flexible public holidays, swap days off according to your values and beliefs.
Spotify Premium Account, listen without limits with a free employee account.
Swag, a Spotify welcome kit and official merch you can’t get anywhere else.
Learn about life at Spotify
Our paid internships last for 10-12 weeks and start at the beginning of June. The last day to apply is April 21, 2022 at 11:59 PM EDT.
Spotify is an equal opportunity employer. You are welcome at Spotify for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what’s playing in your headphones. Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all thrive, contribute, and be forward-thinking! So bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s in our differences that we will find the power to keep revolutionizing the way the world listens.
Spotify transformed music listening forever when we launched in 2008. Our mission is to unlock the potential of human creativity by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the chance to enjoy and be passionate about these creators. Everything we do is driven by our love for music and podcasting. Today, we are the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service.
Global COVID and Vaccination Disclosure
Spotify is committed to safety and well-being of our employees, vendors and clients. We are following regional guidelines mandating vaccination and testing requirements, including those requiring vaccinations and testing for in-person roles and event attendance. For the US, we have mandated that all employees and contractors be fully vaccinated in order to work in our offices and externally with any third-parties. For all other locations, we strongly encourage our employees to get vaccinated and also follow local COVID and safety protocols.