Public Relations Intern Jobs in USA with Visa Sponsorship
Public relations intern roles in the U.S. can come with H-1B visa or OPT sponsorship, but competition is real and most openings require a degree in communications, PR, or a related field. International applicants on F-1 visas can start on OPT before pursuing employer sponsorship. For detailed occupation requirements, see the O*NET profile.
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Power Digital is an AI-Native Growth Firm built at the intersection of world-class talent and proprietary technology. We help leading and emerging brands grow by combining deep vertical expertise, strategic thinking, and enterprise intelligence to drive measurable business outcomes. For more than a decade, we have built our business around one belief: the best technology makes great people better. Our teams of strategists, creatives, analysts, and technologists use Omega, our AI operating system, to surface opportunities faster, investigate what is driving performance, and execute approved work with greater speed and precision. Behind Omega is Iris, our proprietary intelligence layer, built on years of real performance data, strategic frameworks, testing, and learnings from across our client portfolio. AI expands the capacity of our people to think, create, solve harder problems, and make better decisions. Human judgment, creativity, and accountability remain central to how we work. As a people-first firm, we value diversity in backgrounds and experiences. We strongly believe our people and culture are key to our success. We partner closely with our clients as an extension of their teams, working across strategy, execution, and measurement to identify what is truly blocking growth and determine what to do next. Our culture is built on people who are curious, ambitious, accountable, and committed to delivering meaningful results for our clients and for one another. At Power Digital, we believe the future belongs to teams that combine the best talent with the best technology. We are building that future today.
This is a remote opportunity open to current college students enrolling in an internship course for college credit in NYC.
Position Title: Public Relations Intern, NYC Office Hybrid Internship
Internship Term: Spring 2027
Compensation: College credit [MUST be enrolled in college course]
Desired Fields of Study: Public Relations, Communications, Journalism, or related fields
Hours Desired: 15-20/week (We are looking for the NYC intern to come to office 2 days per week)
A Day In The Life
As a Public Relations Intern at Power Digital's NYC office, you'll assist in sample coordination, beauty closet organization, client status updates, media tracking, and coverage reporting. This hybrid internship requires previous PR or influencer relations experience, strong attention to detail, and excellent organizational skills. You'll work two days per week in the office, contributing to media and influencer lists, and social media monitoring for clients.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate sample sends out of the NYC office
- Organize the beauty closet for product send outs/mailers
- Create labels for various product sendouts for clients
- Keep client status grids up to date
- Media tracking and clipping, as well as updating client coverage books
- Monitor press coverage for different clients as well as flagging competitor coverage
- Assist with coverage PA’s/SMA’s and monthly reports
- Update and maintain media and influencer lists for clients
- Flag any media coverage on social media for clients
Role Requirements
- Previous internship and/or professional experience (PR and/or Influencer specific experience is a plus!)
- Understanding of media relations and the PR industry
- Extreme attention to detail
- Inherently organized and able to juggle multiple projects flawlessly
- Proactive and team-oriented
- Positive, can-do attitude
- An eagerness to learn and develop overall communications skills
- Familiarity with PR processes
- Exceptional communication skills
- Sound understanding of AP Style and GSP in writing
- Strong writing skills
Benefits & Perks
- Monthly & quarterly team bonding activities
- Fun, savvy, and hard-working team(s)
- Full-remote flexibility
Power Digital’s people and culture are at the core of our success, which is why diversity in our team’s backgrounds and experiences are paramount. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and our employees are people with different strengths, experiences, and backgrounds, who strive to make an impact inside and outside of the workplace. Diversity not only includes race and gender identity, but also age, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, religion and many other parts of one’s identity. All of our employees' points of view are key to our success, and inclusion is everyone's responsibility.
Please be aware of fictitious job openings, consulting engagements, solicitations, or employment offers from suspicious sources. These engagements may be an attempt to obtain private information, or to induce you to pay a fee for services related to recruitment or training. Power Digital does NOT charge any application, processing, or training fee at any stage of the recruitment or hiring process. All genuine job openings will be posted on our careers page. If you have any doubts about the authenticity of any messaging on behalf of Power Digital, please send us an email at recruiting@powerdigital.com before taking any further action in relation to the correspondence.
Who We Are
Power Digital is an AI-Native Growth Firm built at the intersection of world-class talent and proprietary technology. We help leading and emerging brands grow by combining deep vertical expertise, strategic thinking, and enterprise intelligence to drive measurable business outcomes. For more than a decade, we have built our business around one belief: the best technology makes great people better. Our teams of strategists, creatives, analysts, and technologists use Omega, our AI operating system, to surface opportunities faster, investigate what is driving performance, and execute approved work with greater speed and precision. Behind Omega is Iris, our proprietary intelligence layer, built on years of real performance data, strategic frameworks, testing, and learnings from across our client portfolio. AI expands the capacity of our people to think, create, solve harder problems, and make better decisions. Human judgment, creativity, and accountability remain central to how we work. As a people-first firm, we value diversity in backgrounds and experiences. We strongly believe our people and culture are key to our success. We partner closely with our clients as an extension of their teams, working across strategy, execution, and measurement to identify what is truly blocking growth and determine what to do next. Our culture is built on people who are curious, ambitious, accountable, and committed to delivering meaningful results for our clients and for one another. At Power Digital, we believe the future belongs to teams that combine the best talent with the best technology. We are building that future today.
This is a remote opportunity open to current college students enrolling in an internship course for college credit in NYC.
Position Title: Public Relations Intern, NYC Office Hybrid Internship
Internship Term: Spring 2027
Compensation: College credit [MUST be enrolled in college course]
Desired Fields of Study: Public Relations, Communications, Journalism, or related fields
Hours Desired: 15-20/week (We are looking for the NYC intern to come to office 2 days per week)
A Day In The Life
As a Public Relations Intern at Power Digital's NYC office, you'll assist in sample coordination, beauty closet organization, client status updates, media tracking, and coverage reporting. This hybrid internship requires previous PR or influencer relations experience, strong attention to detail, and excellent organizational skills. You'll work two days per week in the office, contributing to media and influencer lists, and social media monitoring for clients.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate sample sends out of the NYC office
- Organize the beauty closet for product send outs/mailers
- Create labels for various product sendouts for clients
- Keep client status grids up to date
- Media tracking and clipping, as well as updating client coverage books
- Monitor press coverage for different clients as well as flagging competitor coverage
- Assist with coverage PA’s/SMA’s and monthly reports
- Update and maintain media and influencer lists for clients
- Flag any media coverage on social media for clients
Role Requirements
- Previous internship and/or professional experience (PR and/or Influencer specific experience is a plus!)
- Understanding of media relations and the PR industry
- Extreme attention to detail
- Inherently organized and able to juggle multiple projects flawlessly
- Proactive and team-oriented
- Positive, can-do attitude
- An eagerness to learn and develop overall communications skills
- Familiarity with PR processes
- Exceptional communication skills
- Sound understanding of AP Style and GSP in writing
- Strong writing skills
Benefits & Perks
- Monthly & quarterly team bonding activities
- Fun, savvy, and hard-working team(s)
- Full-remote flexibility
Power Digital’s people and culture are at the core of our success, which is why diversity in our team’s backgrounds and experiences are paramount. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and our employees are people with different strengths, experiences, and backgrounds, who strive to make an impact inside and outside of the workplace. Diversity not only includes race and gender identity, but also age, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, religion and many other parts of one’s identity. All of our employees' points of view are key to our success, and inclusion is everyone's responsibility.
Please be aware of fictitious job openings, consulting engagements, solicitations, or employment offers from suspicious sources. These engagements may be an attempt to obtain private information, or to induce you to pay a fee for services related to recruitment or training. Power Digital does NOT charge any application, processing, or training fee at any stage of the recruitment or hiring process. All genuine job openings will be posted on our careers page. If you have any doubts about the authenticity of any messaging on behalf of Power Digital, please send us an email at recruiting@powerdigital.com before taking any further action in relation to the correspondence.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Visa Sponsorship as a Public Relations Intern
Target agencies over in-house teams
PR agencies hire interns in larger cohorts and are more experienced navigating visa paperwork than most in-house corporate teams. Agencies with international clients are especially accustomed to sponsoring foreign national employees at the intern and entry level.
Lead with your OPT timeline upfront
Employers need to know how much runway they have before sponsorship becomes necessary. Being transparent about your OPT end date early in conversations prevents wasted time and signals that you've thought through the logistics on their behalf.
Highlight bilingual and multicultural skills
PR firms serving international clients or multilingual markets actively value interns who speak more than one language. Positioning your cultural fluency as a competitive asset makes sponsorship feel like an investment rather than an administrative burden for the employer.
Look for internships that convert to full-time roles
Sponsorship at the intern stage is rare. The more viable path is landing an internship that leads to a full-time offer, at which point the employer sponsors your H-1B. Ask hiring managers explicitly about conversion rates before accepting an offer.
Confirm your degree qualifies as a specialty occupation
H-1B eligibility requires the role to be a specialty occupation tied to a specific degree field. A PR internship supported by a communications, journalism, or marketing degree is a strong fit. A mismatch between your degree and the role weakens sponsorship eligibility significantly.
Use Migrate Mate to find sponsorship-open internships
Not every internship posting discloses visa sponsorship availability. Migrate Mate filters specifically for roles open to international applicants, saving you the effort of applying to positions that will reject you at the sponsorship conversation before an offer is made.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can a public relations internship sponsor an H-1B visa?
Yes, but it's uncommon at the intern level. Most H-1B visa sponsorship for PR roles happens when an internship converts to a full-time position. The role must qualify as a specialty occupation, which requires a direct connection between the job duties and a specific degree field like communications, public relations, or journalism. Larger PR agencies are most likely to have the infrastructure to sponsor.
Does a public relations intern role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
Generally yes, if the internship requires a bachelor's degree in communications, PR, marketing, or a closely related field. The qualifying pattern USCIS looks for is a theoretical and practical application of a body of specialized knowledge. Generic internships that accept any degree regardless of field are harder to support. Your employer's immigration attorney will assess the specific job description before filing.
Can I work as a public relations intern on OPT or CPT?
Yes. F-1 students can work as PR interns through Curricular Practical Training during their degree or through Optional Practical Training after graduation. CPT requires the internship to be directly tied to your program of study. OPT gives you up to 12 months of post-graduation work authorization, extendable to 36 months for STEM fields, though PR itself is not a STEM designation.
What degree do I need to get visa sponsorship for a PR internship?
A bachelor's degree in public relations, communications, journalism, or marketing is the strongest foundation for sponsorship eligibility. Some employers also accept degrees in English or business with a concentration relevant to PR. If your degree is in an unrelated field, three years of documented work experience can substitute for one year of education, though this is harder to apply at the intern level.
Where can I find public relations internships open to international applicants?
Migrate Mate lists internships and entry-level PR roles specifically filtered for visa sponsorship openness, so you're not wasting applications on positions that won't consider international candidates. PR agencies with global clients, entertainment companies, and large consumer brands tend to appear most frequently as sponsorship-willing employers in this category.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Public Relations Intern jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.