2025 Summer Internship Program

2025 Summer Internship Program

H/Advisors Abernathy, a leading strategic communications advisor, is providing paid summer internship opportunities in our New York, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. offices. This 10-week summer program is focused on providing insight into the world of strategic communications through introductions to our key practice areas, the opportunity to work with client teams on intricate, business critical issues and training on the advanced tools and practices that power our business. An H/Advisors Abernathy internship will provide participants with the skills, insights and knowledge to understand the highly complex, dynamic and interconnected world we live in.

We are looking for diverse backgrounds and skillsets, but with interests in strategic communications, the media, business/finance, politics and regulatory affairs, law, strategy, and problem-solving. Strong candidates will be skilled writers and analytical thinkers who are interested in learning how we help our clients achieve business goals across the various sectors and industries in which we practice. 

The program will begin June 2, 2025 and continue through August 8, 2025. Over the course of the summer, interns will be exposed to our firm and industry through practical trainings, performing complex research, getting plugged into client teams and through participating in seminars.

Responsibilities may include:

• Creating media lists and editorial calendars;
• Tracking the firm’s clients in the media;
• Researching prospective clients, current clients and client competitors;
• Proofreading and editing press releases, memos, presentations and other documents created for clients;
• Monitoring and analyzing breaking news and changes in stock prices of particular companies;
• Collecting and summarizing SEC filings and analyst reports;
• Helping to organize logistical aspects of corporate announcements;
• Taking part in strategy and brainstorm sessions as well as trainings;
• Working as a group with intern colleagues to complete a research project on a timely subject, presenting findings to the entire firm;
• Supporting all colleagues, regardless of title or function.

Salary: $18 per hour

To Apply: 

The application period will open November 1, 2024 and applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Please submit both a cover letter and your resume via Handshake or via email to internships-abernathy@h-advisors.global, specifying the office(s) in which you are interested. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered. Those selected for a preliminary interview will be contacted by a representative from the Human Resources department. Please note that candidates must have completed at least the junior year of their bachelor’s degree by the start of the program.

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. H/Advisors Abernathy participates in the E-Verify program. For more information about the program, please see our website’s Join Us page (https://abernathy.h-advisors.global/join-us/). Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas.

About H/Advisors Abernathy

H/Advisors Abernathy is a leading strategic communications advisor providing communications, engagement and advocacy expertise that helps clients build and preserve value, seize opportunities and solve problems in today’s highly complex, dynamic and interconnected world. Since 1984, the firm specializes in advising CEOs, board directors and senior executives on effective stakeholder communications and engagement. H/Advisors Abernathy operates from offices in New York, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and Washington, D.C. The firm is a founding member of H/Advisors, the leading global strategic advisory group for cross-border communications.

We serve our clients in the following areas: transaction communications; shareholder activism defense; crisis management; alternative investment communications and private equity; public affairs; corporate reputation and positioning; and investor relations. We are consistently ranked as a leader within these disciplines. We underpin all of our offerings with robust digital expertise, rigorous research and insights and creative services.

H/Advisors Abernathy is an equal opportunity employer. We value and welcome employees of diverse backgrounds, beliefs and viewpoints, including race, religion, national origin, gender identity and sexual orientation. We believe this diversity contributes meaningfully to the quality of the counsel we provide and enriches the culture of our firm.