About Pitchblend
Pitchblend is a creative communications agency built from the underground up, operating at the intersection of subculture and scale. We lead culture, innovation, and consumer communications for the world’s most influential global enterprise brands as a tight, independent team across sport, fashion, music, tech, and innovation.
About the Role
Pitchblend is seeking a motivated, curious, and culture-driven PR & Creative Comms Intern to support communications across our globally recognized clients. This is a hands‑on role designed to give you real exposure to how modern PR operates. You’ll create tangible work while learning the systems behind how modern PR operates. This semester‑based internship is designed to deliver meaningful, practical experience, with weekly training, ongoing mentorship, and strong potential for consideration for an entry‑level role upon completion.
Program Details
Timeline: June 2026 – August 2026
Commitment: ~20 hours/week
Location: NYC (hybrid: in‑person + remote)
Responsibilities
Research, build, and maintain targeted media lists across lifestyle, sports, fashion, tech, and culture verticals
Monitor emerging media, cultural trends, creator‑led outlets, and relevant news cycles
Support pitch development, press materials, and story framing
Assist with media outreach prep, tracking, and coverage reporting
Help execute product seeding (selects, packaging, tracking, follow‑ups)
Organize trackers, decks, and weekly status updates across accounts
Contribute ideas in brainstorms and internal strategy sessions
Publish weekly Media Alerts identifying new outlets, creators, and trends
Complete a final New Media Landscape project presented to senior leadership
Qualifications
College junior or senior enrolled in a degree program that offers academic credit for internships – your school's internship office or academic department must formally approve this role for credit prior to your start date
Deep interest in culture – sport, fashion, music, tech, and emerging media
Pursuing a degree in communications, PR, journalism, marketing, media studies, or a related field
Strong writing and communication skills
Highly organized, detail‑oriented, and able to manage multiple workstreams
Comfortable in Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Drive) and Slack
A proactive, positive attitude and eagerness to learn from a fast‑paced agency environment
What You’ll Receive
Direct exposure to how modern PR actually works
A portfolio of tangible work: pitches, media lists, trackers, strategy inputs
Weekly training sessions across media, storytelling, and agency operations
Ongoing mentorship + midpoint and final feedback
Consideration for full‑time roles based on performance
Compensation
Academic credit only. This internship does not provide monetary compensation. Candidates must confirm their ability to receive credit through their school prior to starting.
Physical Demands and Work Environment
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.
Equal Opportunity
Pitchblend is an equal opportunity employer, drug‑free workplace, and complies with ADA regulations as applicable. All applicants are considered for all positions without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, national origin, ancestry, physical/mental disability, medical condition, military/veteran status, genetic information, marital status, ethnicity, alienage or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. By completing this application, you are seeking to join a team of hardworking professionals dedicated to consistently delivering outstanding service to our customers and contributing to the financial success of the organization, its clients, and its employees. Equal access to programs, services, and employment is available to all qualified persons. Those applicants requiring accommodation to complete the application and/or interview process should contact a management representative.
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In Summary: Pitchblend is seeking a motivated, curious, and culture-driven PR & Creative Comms Intern to support communications across our globally recognized clients . This is a hands‑on role designed to give you real exposure to how modern PR operates . Responsibilities Research, build, and maintain targeted media lists across lifestyle, sports, fashion, tech, tech and culture verticals .
En Español:
Pitchblend es una agencia de comunicaciones creativas construida desde el subterráneo, que opera en la intersección de la subcultura y la escala. Lideramos cultura, innovación y comunicación al consumidor para las marcas empresariales globales más influyentes del mundo como un equipo estrecho e independiente a través de deportes, moda, música, tecnología e innovación. Esta pasantía basada en semestres está diseñada para ofrecer una experiencia práctica y significativa, con formación semanal, mentoring continuo y un fuerte potencial de consideración para un papel de nivel inicial al finalizarlo. Detalles del programa Tiempo: junio 2026 agosto 2026 Compromiso: ~20 horas/semana Ubicación: NYC (híbrido: in-person + remoto) Responsabilidades Investigación, construcción y mantenimiento de listas mediáticas dirigidas a través de estilos de vida, deportes, moda, tecnología y verticales cultura Monitorear los medios emergentes, las tendencias culturales, los outlets liderados por el creador y las noticias relevantes Asistir al desarrollo del pitch, materiales de prensa y la elaboración de historias Encuentraciones académicas, seguimiento e información sobre informes deportivos Presentación de datos de créditos completos (insumos, selección, seguimientos rápidos) Actuaciones directas Acercarse, construir y mantener una estrategia de trabajo interdisciplinaria basado en el medio ambiente de comunicación y la actualidad Medios Públicos y Comunicaciones Contemplativa Ayuda a desarrollar sus capacidades académica y su profesionales que trabajan durante varias sesiones de tiempo completo Equipajes de gestión de estudios intermedio, escritura y servicios de media o entrenamiento en línea Oficina de alta duración, así como una agencia profesional o una organización de trabajo en el ámbito de marketing, una nueva y una red social, una oficina de negocios, una empresa especializada en el área de relaciones públicas, una agencias sociales, una escuela de publicidad o una colectiva o una institución de comunicaciones, etc. Esta pasantía no proporciona una compensación monetaria. Los candidatos deben confirmar su capacidad para recibir crédito a través de su escuela antes de comenzar. Demandas físicas y entorno laboral Las demandas fisicas descritas aquí son representativas de las que debe cumplir un empleado para desempeñar con éxito las funciones esenciales de este puesto. Se pueden hacer ajustes razonables para permitir que los individuos con discapacidad realicen las funciones. Equal Opportunity Pitchblend es un empleador de igualdad de oportunidades, lugar de trabajo libre de drogas y cumple con la normativa ADA según sea aplicable. Todos los solicitantes se consideran para todos los puestos sin importar raza, religión, color, sexo, orientación sexual, embarazo, edad, origen nacional, condición física/mental, estado médico/veteranos, información genética, estatus matrimonial, etnicidad o cualquier otro profesional protegido, en conformidad con el proceso de presentación de solicitudes federales aplicables y las leyes estatales.