Public Relations Intern

**Description**:
**Funding Societies | Modalku** is the largest SME digital financing platform in Southeast Asia. We are licensed in Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, and registered in Malaysia. We are backed by Sequoia India and Softbank Ventures Asia Corp amongst many others and provides business financing to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which is crowdfunded by individual and institutional investors. And here at Funding Societies | Modalku we live by our core values:

- **Grow Relentlessly**: Striving to become our best, most authentic selves.
- **Enable Teamwork, Disable Politics**: Only by forging togetherness, can we help each other succeed.
- **Test | Measure | Act**: Staying curious and reinventing ourselves, through innovation and experimentation.
- **Focus on Impact**: Creating impact through bias for action and tangible results.
- **Serve with Obsession**: Building win-win relationships for the long-term by having a customer obsession.

Are you interested in working in FinTech? We are looking for a self-motivated, quick-thinking, and capable PR Intern to support the PR and Communications function at Funding Societies. The **PR Intern** will be given exposure to a broad spectrum of integrated communications capabilities and develop skills that are required to be competitive in today’s business environment, and produce value-added services and results for Funding Societies. This role is based in Singapore.

The Intern will also be collaborating cross-functionally with the immediate Marketing Communications teams (SME Marketing, Investor Marketing, Brand, Content, and Social Media), as well as Operations, Tech, and our Captains.

**What you will do**:

- Monitor and prepare summary of a variety of news and communication formats (traditional media, blogs, online outlets, etc.)
- Conduct secondary research for the purpose of PR campaigns with guidance
- Support the draft of written material intended to represent the brand’s key messaging and point of view (Press releases, interview pointers, company or product fact sheets etc.)
- Assist with media event planning and support (including logistics, onsite support and development of collaterals)
- Support media pitching and media follow up activities
- Work closely with the Regional Communications team on cross-market initiatives which may span across multiple channels regionally
- Excellent attention to detail and ability to proof-read and fact-check written material
- When required, assist with any other ad hoc tasks assigned

**Requirements**:
**What we are looking for**:

- Have an interest in public relations and communications
- Have some knowledge of the Financial Technology industry
- Have passion or curiosity in the art of reputation management and crafting narratives to persuade public opinion
- Be an organised and meticulous multi-tasker who is able to work independently in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
- Possess an excellent command of spoken and written English
- Undergraduates/fresh graduates with a University degree or Polytechnic diploma, preferably in Mass Communications, Media Studies, Journalism, Business, Marketing or any communications-related field
- Strong interpersonal communication skills and a collaborative team player in a cross-cultural and cross-functional environment
- Able to commit to the internship period: 5 working days for a minimum of 3 months (maximum 6 months)
- Previous internship experience in a comms-related role is a plus

**Benefits**:

- **Time off**:

- We would love you to take time off to rest and rejuvenate. We offer flexible paid vacations as well as many other observed holidays by country. We also like to have our people take a day off for special days like birthdays and work anniversaries.
- **Flexible Working** - We believe in giving back the control of work & life to our people. We trust our people and love to provide the space to accommodate each and everyone's working style and personal life.
- **Medical Benefits** - We offer health insurance coverage for our employees and dependents. Our people focus on our mission knowing we have their back for their loved ones too.
- **Mental Health and Wellness** - We understand that our team productivity is directly linked to our mental and physical health. Hence we have Wellness Wednesdays and we engage partners to provide well-being coaching. And we have our Great FSMK Workout sessions too to keep everyone healthy and fit
- **Learning & Development** - We believe learning should never end and we support everyone with self-learning L&D allowances.
- **Tech Support** - We provide a company laptop for our employees and the best possible support for the right equipment/tools to enable high productivity