Role

Political and Media Intern

We are looking to recruit an intern for an initial three-month period. The role is well suited to a recent graduate or someone looking to embark on a career in political and media communications.

The role

Based in the City of London, Bridgehead Communications is composed of three divisions: Bridgehead Corporate focused on high profile entrepreneurs and their businesses; Bridgehead Education targeted at the apprenticeships, vocational skills and further education sectors; and Bridgehead Social Care working exclusively with care providers and their suppliers in the adult social care sector.

We are looking to recruit an intern to work across our three divisions for an initial three-month period. The role is well suited to a recent graduate or someone looking to embark on a career in political and media communications.

The successful candidate will have strong written and communication skills and a demonstrable interest in politics and the media. The successful candidate will work directly with the Managing Director, regularly engage with clients, develop an understanding of specialist policy areas, draft comment articles for publication in the national, online and trade media and contribute thoughts and ideas to client strategy discussions.

Responsibilities

The roles and responsibilities for the successful candidate will include:

  • Media monitoring.

  • Updating and maintaining client social media channels.

  • Tracking and collating political events for use in forward planning and client strategy.

  • Writing opinion pieces for publication in the media.

  • Editing client opinion pieces.

  • Drafting and issuing press releases and comments to the media.

  • Engaging with journalists and MPs’ offices.

  • Event planning and organising.

  • Contributing to and drafting briefing notes.

  • Helping to write proposals for prospective clients.

Salary

The pay for the position will be at the National Living Wage as of April 2024, age depending.

Closing Date

Ongoing.

Our approach

client focused

We are a 100% all-in team. Tenacious and highly experienced. Strategic. Ego-free.

We set the bar

For ourselves, for our clients, our ecosystem, even our competitors. Everything that goes out our door must be at world-class level. We expect the best of ourselves and of others who work with us.

Always learning

We are devoted to constant learning and growth – both company growth and personal growth – with an insatiable drive to fulfil our company mission and vision.

Self-determining

We know we can (and we do) construct solutions to every problem, no matter how challenging. This is our DNA in action, week to week, day to day, hour to hour.

Unique take

We see afresh what others take for granted. What others see linearly we see exponentially. We like to empower our solutions with our unique perspective, insights, and guidance.

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Our testimonials

Bridgehead were engaged to assist in the publication of my book Pugnare: Economic Success and Failure. I enjoyed working with Will very much and his team. They are professional, respond quickly, put the client at the centre of what they do and tell it as it is. Directly because of their work Pugnare was featured twice in the Financial Times and was referenced in publications such as MoneyWeek, City AM and others. In addition, Bridgehead generated strong traction in the US media. A significant part of the success of Pugnare can be attributed to Will and his team.
Dr. George Maher, author of Pugnare: Economic Success and Failure
I first retained Will in 2019 and we continue to work together to this day. He has an excellent understanding of both politics and the media and has helped to promote my work surrounding Birmingham Pride, but also as a successful entrepreneur and businessman. While we continue to work together today, I also count Will as a friend and often seek his strategic advice. I can't recommend him highly enough.
Lawrence Barton DL, Chief Executive, UK Skills
The team at Bridgehead Education have an expert knowledge and understanding of the education and skills landscape. They have delivered significant success in promoting awareness of the UTC programme through the media, both within the sector and among university and employer partners. I would be happy to recommend them to anyone in the sector.
Simon Connell, Chief Executive, Baker Dearing Educational Trust
I have worked with Will and his team for over four years. I continue to be impressed by the innovative ideas and techniques they have deployed to promote the core principles that drive ViewsHub. Will is highly responsive and knowledgeable of both politics and the media. I would have no hesitancy in recommending Bridgehead.
Ab Banerjee, Founder and Chief Executive, ViewsHub
Bridgehead Social Care have transformed our online presence by securing extensive coverage across the local, national, and trade media. Unlike other agencies they quantify their achievements. They regularly track the number of articles secured, size of audience reached, as well as benchmarking the coverage they achieve for each of our homes to the coverage secured for each of our key competitors' homes. They also suggest ideas for activities and events and regularly visit our homes in person. I enjoy working with Will and his team and couldn’t recommend them highly enough.
Kat Clayton, Marketing and Sales Director, Berkley Care Group
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