DxI Human Intelligence is looking for an energetic, self-motivated, eager-to-learn and team players to join our internship program. All DXI’s Interns will build the foundational skills that can further them in a career in data analysis, public relations, or marketing measurement. If you have an endless curiosity and have a can-do attitude, come join us!
About the Internship
This is a full-time internship program for a period of 6 months.
What you'll be doing
- Gain exposure to different types of clients and marketing communications work.
- Learn how integrated communications creates value for brands.
- Get hands-on experience in editorial and creative content development – for earned media, owned channels and social media.
- Understand how to best conduct research and generate insights for marcomm strategies.
- Manage physical and virtual client events.
- Witness how data and intelligence can drive omni-channel communications.
- Have a dedicated coach that can help you get the most out of your internship experience.
- Meet passionate communicators who are willing to share their knowledge and expertise.
- Get to know our fun and welcoming Edelman culture.
Your responsibilities
- Participate in project co-ordination – independently or with support, depending on size and complexity of projects.
- Support research design and data collection, quality control, production, and analysis of research materials and documents.
- Primary research efforts will include:
- Support the planning, coordination and execution of assigned research projects, including questionnaire preparation, fieldwork set up, data collection, analysis plan, insights generation and report writing.
- Liaise with internal teams and counterparts to ensure projects run smoothly on time and within budget.
- Secondary research efforts will include:
- Participate in media monitoring projects on ad-hoc and continuous basis.
- Prioritize and organize media content into monitoring reports using both third-party and proprietary software.
- Assist project teams with general desk research.
- Assist with the set up and configuration of our proprietary online media monitoring tool for clients (training provided).
- Analyze news and social media coverage for metrics, such as sentiments, influencers, spokespeople, messages communicated, outlet type, and topic.
What is required of you
- Quick learner with the ability to work both independently and collaboratively.
- Ability to multi-task and work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills.
- Competent in Microsoft Office.
- Communication and writing skills.
- Data and statistical knowledge.
- Experience in collecting and analyzing data.
- Familiarity with SPSS or other statistical software is not required, but would be a significant plus.
Basic Qualifications
- You must have an interest in communications and/or research and possess good interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work effectively with others.
Nice to have, but not a requirement
- Degree in social sciences (Psychology, Sociology, Economics, Political Science), Communications, Business and statistics or related area of study.
- Ability to learn and master new concepts quickly.
- Excellent reading, writing, editing, data interpretation, and data storytelling skills.
- Familiarity with qualitative and quantitative research and analysis is highly preferred.
Edelman Data & Intelligence (DXI) is a global, multidisciplinary research, analytics and data consultancy with a distinctly human mission.
We use data and intelligence to help businesses and organizations build trusting relationships with people: making communications more authentic, engagement more exciting and connections more meaningful.
DXI brings together and integrates the necessary people-based PR, communications, social, research and exogenous data, as well as the technology infrastructure to create, collect, store and manage first-party data and identity resolution. DXI is comprised of over 350 research specialists, business scientists, data engineers, behavioral and machine-learning experts, and data strategy consultants based in 15 markets around the world.
We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t perfectly align with every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
