Marketing Internship - Pr & Communications

Carta Carta · Fintech · San Francisco, CA · Marketing

This is an internship role focused on Public Relations and Communications within the fintech company Carta. The intern will support the Communications team by drafting press releases, building media lists, participating in story brainstorming, and tracking coverage. The role involves collaborating with various internal teams and understanding the media landscape. While the company uses AI tools, the core function of this role is not AI/ML development.

What you'd actually do

  1. Support the Communications team with production work: draft/edit pitches and press releases, build targeted media lists, prep briefing docs/FAQs, and track/summarize coverage.
  2. Participate in story-mining and brainstorms—we want your read on the news cycle, timely angles, and data-driven ideas.
  3. Master core PR tools and tactics—media databases, monitoring/measurement, message houses, and briefing prep (we’ll teach you, but you should be ready to dive in).
  4. Collaborate with your manager and mentor to run tight announcement workflows: timelines, cross-functional approvals, embargoes, and reporter briefings

Skills

Required

  • Communications
  • Public Relations
  • English
  • media today
  • traditional journalists
  • podcasters
  • substacks
  • influencer relations
  • problem solver
  • proactive mindset
  • scanning the media landscape for opportunities and risks
  • crafting timely angles
  • moving from idea to pitch to placement
  • collaborate closely with comms, legal, data, and marketing
  • align on messaging
  • prep spokespeople
  • build briefings
  • coordinate embargoes
  • fact-check with precision
  • partnering with internal teams and reporters
  • deliver timely, accurate, on-message stories
  • positive, supportive culture
  • figure-it-out mentality
  • aren't afraid to ask questions
  • watch a tutorial to solve a problem

Nice to have

  • influencer relations
  • exploring new AI tools

What the JD emphasized

  • savvy with exploring new AI tools