Modern Currency PR
PR Internship - Hospitality & Tourism
Summer/Remote/College Credit
Company:
Modern Currency PR, an award-winning, boutique luxury hospitality & marketing public relations agency based in Los Angeles, CA, seeks super savvy internship candidates with a deep interest in hospitality to join our growing team in Summer 2026 (June – August 2026). Candidates must possess a passion for luxury travel, restaurants, food culture/lifestyle (think recipes, food trends), and wanderlust for international travel/tourism to work intimately alongside a team of seasoned senior-level media industry professionals within an engaging boutique agency environment. The unpaid internship will be virtual and remote (ideally, at least 3 days per week) between 9am – 5:30pm PST. All candidates must be enrolled in college and eligible to receive academic credit. Ideal candidates will possess previous internship/professional experience.
Skills Required:
Strong organizational and time management skills
Be self-motivated, take initiative, and demonstrate appropriate follow-through
Ability to multi-task and prioritize with attention to detail: proofreading, grammar, fact-checking
Ability to take direction and constructive feedback and move forward productively
Proactive knowledge sharing
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Supply your own laptop for use on the job
What You’ll Gain:
Creative Writing + Press materials: press releases, media alerts, editorial story angles, and unique pitch creation.
Event coordination: media-attended events and the hospitality/tourism industry.
Client Service: creative brainstorming for client pitches, events, and programming, curation of client clip reports, briefing and memos, media profiles/backgrounds, and other documents.
Business development: responding to RFPs, new business pitching, agency capabilities presentation.
Immersion into all varieties of media (print, digital, broadcast, and social) as it pertains to both the team’s practice and targeted client markets.
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