Summer Internship, Communications

About Eurasia Group and GZERO Media  

Eurasia Group is the world's leading global research and advisory firm. We help clients understand, anticipate, and respond to instability and opportunities everywhere they do business. 

Together with GZERO Media—the go-to source of first insight into geopolitics—and our full-fledged events team, the Eurasia Group umbrella provides a complete political risk solution.

Headquartered in New York, we have offices in Washington, London, São Paulo, Brasilia, Tokyo, Singapore, and San Francisco, as well as on-the-ground experts in more than a hundred countries in every region of the world.

We are committed to analysis that is free of political bias and the influence of private interests. 

Visit us: eurasiagroup.net | gzeromedia.com

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Position Overview

Fascinated by the fast-moving world of communications and media, with a global, geopolitical focus? The Communications team is seeking an intern to support the team in achieving its goals of promoting Eurasia Group’s political risk analysis in both traditional and digital media and communicating important updates internally across the firm. The intern will be responsible for monitoring media mentions and tracking trends in coverage, maintaining the press contact database, helping draft pitch emails and press releases, and creating detailed media lists by key sectors and geographies.

This internship will provide opportunities to learn about the geopolitical risk field, develop competencies applicable to the work in communications and public relations, develop solid contexts in journalism, gain experience in traditional and digital communications, and explore the intersection of business, government, the public sector, and the media. Applicants should be undergraduate students or actively enrolled in a graduate academic institution.

Candidates who bring passion to their day-to-day, don’t take themselves too seriously, and fit our unique and irreverent company culture are highly encouraged to apply. If you are interested in journalism, communications, PR, and how these worlds intersect with geopolitics, this is the internship for you.

Responsibilities

• Monitoring media mentions and producing a weekly firmwide internal email, EG in the News
• Updating and consolidating the press contact database
• Creating detailed press lists organized by key sectors and geographies
• Attending the occasional in-person media interviews or tapings
• Drafting pitch emails and press releases ahead of thought leadership events or products
• Assist in preparing press kits or media one-pagers around EG events
• Support in proactive communications campaigns
• Drafting copy for and scheduling social media content
• Executing data collection and analysis on media mentions for the Q3 report
• Tracking analyst speaking opportunities at events and conferences
• Helping the Communications team launch whitepapers and promote client events, including press outreach, social media content, and planning press roundtable(s)
• Close coordination with OOP (Office of the President) and OOM (Office of Management) at Eurasia Group
• Attending weekly meetings, including a daily firmwide morning meeting

Qualifications

• Must be enrolled in academic institution, graduate-level enrolment a plus
• Keen understanding of the US and international media landscape
• Strong writing skills, organizational skills, and attention to detail
• Intellectual curiosity, creativity, and a team-oriented mindset
• Academic background in political science, international relations, communications, or journalism
• Some professional experience (including internships/fellowships) in media, government, NGO, philanthropic or consulting institutions is a plus
• Full business proficiency in the English language; additional language skills are a plus
• Must be able to work from the NY office 3 days per week
• Must be available during the full duration of the program

Timing:

·         01 June 2026 - 31 July 2026

Location:
·         New York
        

Compensation

·         $17 per hour

At Eurasia Group, our mission is to provide the tools and understanding needed in a world where politics drives disruption. We put politics first for our clients, and we aspire to be the leading place people come to find out about the world. This requires us to maintain a company culture that puts people first. We are committed to fostering an environment that is empowering and globally minded. We firmly believe that bringing people with a variety of ideas and perspectives to the table makes our analysis stronger for our clients and creates a better workplace. Our leadership team is dedicated to embedding this approach into everything we do and how we lead because we care deeply about our work and our people.