Intern, Los Angeles

Our Los Angeles office is seeking highly motivated, organized, and detail-oriented candidates for a full-time summer internship. As an intern in our office, you will have the opportunity to work on our global roster of clients across strategic, corporate, and financial communications engagement, and gain hands-on experience working alongside our teams of dedicated and creative communications professionals. FGS Global's Los Angeles office is uniquely positioned to closely collaborate with offices in San Francisco, New York and Asia, and may be a particularly good fit for students interested in media, technology, and finance.

This is a 10-week paid internship ($21/hour) beginning on June 2nd and ending August 6th, 2026. Our internship follows a hybrid schedule with an expectation of 4 days per week in the office (Monday – Thursday; Friday work can be performed remotely).

Depending on needs and performance, a full-time role after graduation may be available.

Responsibilities:

• Monitor news, conduct research, create media lists, and aid multiple account teams to help clients with mergers and acquisitions, profile raising, crisis, litigation support, etc.
• Learn about the many facets of what we do, including crisis and issues management, government affairs and policy, strategy and reputation, and financial communications (investor relations, M&A, VC and shareholder activism).
• Participate in an engaging internal training program covering various aspects of strategic communications, including mergers and acquisitions, crisis management, shareholder activism, government affairs, corporate profile raising, investor relations, financial communications and more.
• Monitor market-moving news, conduct research, create media lists and support FGS’ account teams as they help a global roster clients navigate strategic communications needs and challenges.
• Team up with fellow interns on a mock new business pitch, developing strategies and presenting ideas for a hypothetical client assignment.

Qualifications:

• Rising Senior in an undergraduate program.
• Eagerness and desire to learn.
• Strong writer and editor.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Interest in and enthusiasm for business, finance, communications and/or public relations
• Ability to manage multiple assignments and deadlines
• Excellent interpersonal skills

About FGS Global

FGS Global is the world’s leading stakeholder strategy firm, with approximately 1,400 professionals around the world, advising clients in navigating critical issues and reputational challenges. FGS was formed from the combination of Finsbury, The Glover Park Group, Hering Schuppener and Sard Verbinnen & Co to offer board-level and C-suite counsel in all aspects of stakeholder strategy — including corporate reputation, crisis management, and public affairs and is also the leading force in transaction and financial communications worldwide.

FGS offers seamless and integrated support with offices in the following locations: Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Beijing, Berlin, Boston, Brussels, Calgary, Chicago, Dubai, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Houston, Kingston, London, Los Angeles, Munich, Paris, Riyadh, San Francisco, Shanghai, Singapore, South Florida, The Hague, Tokyo, Toronto, Vancouver, Washington, D.C., and Zurich. The firm is headquartered in New York.

FGS is consistently ranked a Band 1 PR firm for Crisis & Risk Management and for Litigation Support by Chambers and Partners. For the second year, FGS was ranked #1 Global M&A PR firm by Deal Count and Value in 2024 by Mergermarket.