SSPR burns you out, then spits you out - Avis employé Employé (anonyme) Next PR

The company culture is genuinely supportive and collaborative, making it easy to grow both personally and professionally. I was trusted with meaningful projects that helped me sharpen my PR and media relations skills while learning from experienced professionals who were always willing to help.

Honestly, not many. As an intern, I occasionally wished for even more cross-office collaboration, but the Chicago team did a great job keeping me engaged and involved.

Next PR is a great learning ground for anyone interested about PR. Each intern is assigned different clients to work directly with alongside their preexisting team at Next PR. All the clients I worked with were in different industries which made for opportunities to come up with diverse ideas. I loved being able to join client calls quickly into my internship and was already assigned projects my first week in. And if you ever need more work to do, just ask for it! The team is happy to put you on different projects within the company to make sure you are getting the most out of your experience. It was great to be with such a flexible company that not only has no-meeting summer Fridays (interns are off completely) but also with flex-hours. The team is also so easy to get along with and always willing to lend a helping hand. This was the perfect place for me to dip my toes in the world of PR.

Occasionally, client work felt restricted as clients were not always seeking larger projects or open to pushing forward on other projects. It would have been a great learning experience to work on a large-scale campaign for a client, but it just didn't align during my time at Next PR.