Intern, Lobbying - Roma, Italia - APCO Worldwide

APCO Worldwide

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Roma, Italia

3 settimane fa

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Piero Bianchi

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Descrizione

Founded in 1984, APCO Worldwide is an award-winning, independently owned global communication and business strategy firm with offices in major cities throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

APCO combines a global perspective with local expertise to help clients around the world manage challenges, opportunities, perceptions and reputations.

APCO clients include corporations and governments; industry associations and nonprofit organizations; and many of the top companies on the Fortune 500.

The firm is a majority women-owned business.

About APCO in Italy

APCO's multilingual team helps clients navigate the complex policy, regulatory and media landscape in Italy, one of the largest European markets, which is currently developing a number of ambitious economic and institutional reforms to re-launch the local economy.

Our Italy team, with offices in Rome and Milan, is fully integrated with APCO's global operations and offers clients cross-sector services, empowered by an in-depth knowledge of the national landscape and a strong network of media and institutional contacts.

Responsibilities:

The following are specific duties performed on a daily basis:

Provide general research and intelligence to the office (eg. monitoring media, institutional developments, policy and legislative updates)
Develop understanding of different client/ industry issues through research and monitoring across a wide range of relevant issues
Draft client materials (eg. monitoring, policy and stakeholder mappings, etc.)
Actively support new business opportunities by contributing to brainstorms, conducting research, compiling bios and preparing decks
Support event coordination and logistics organization
Any other task deemed reasonable

Qualifications & Desired Skills:

Degree and/or postgraduate degree in International Relations, Political Science or equivalent;
Language skills: proficiency in English and Italian, command of another language is considered a plus;
Prior experience working in the European institutions, inhouse, consultancy or within a trade association is a plus;
Knowledge and interest in public affairs, politics and communication
Computer skills: MS Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and Excel
Strong research and analytical skills
Excellent communication & writing skills
Ability to multitask, prioritize and perform under tight deadlines
Initiative and enthusiasm
Eligible to work in the EU

Location:
Piazza dei Caprettari 70, Roma

How To Apply

What is your approach to working on several projects in parallel? How do you address competing priorities or deadlines? (250 words maximum)
Describe a time you were given a project and the assignment was completely new to you and something that you had never done before. How did you tackle it? (250 words maximum)
What has your biggest achievement been to date? What results that you produced are you most proud of? (achievements can cover projects you undertook during your education, your personal time or your career words maximum)

- imagine that a Client asks you to sum up the current political scenario in Italy: please elaborate a brief review of the hot topics that are shaping the political agenda and debate. (250 words maximum)

APCO was awarded Best Agency to Work for: EMEA Network in 2017 and 2019 and EMEA Corporate Consultancy of the year, 2019 by the PRovoke Media.