Press Office Intern – Public Relations & Communications

at  Polestar

THE OPPORTUNITY

We’re currently looking for a Press Office Intern. Someone to join our Public Relations and Communications team in order to play a key role in establishing our premium electric performance brand in the UK. Someone with a passion for electric mobility, an interest in technology, and a desire to create the change we know is needed.
The PR and Communications team work across external and internal communications on both a B2B and B2C basis, working in tandem with other departments in order to achieve success. This is a very exciting role where you will gain a great breadth of experience and knowledge, reporting directly into the Polestar UK PR Manager.
This position is located at Polestar UK Headquarters in Bicester, Oxfordshire three days a week with home working twice a week. Some UK-based travel for PR event work will be required. We believe in a hybrid model when it comes to remote and onsite work, knowing that both in-person collaboration and individual time to focus are needed. What matters most is that people get the time, and support, to do what needs to be done. And to enjoy doing it, of course.
This opportunity is a 54 week full time, fixed term contract, Intern position. Starting in June 2025.

In this role, you’ll be supporting the small PR team across a variety of projects where you can add real value and make a difference. You’ll be instrumental in driving coverage of Polestar in the UK and boosting brand awareness, ultimately resulting in sales. See below for a more thorough breakdown of the various tasks and areas you’ll be responsible for:

• Coverage collation: collate all Polestar-related coverage in the UK on a daily basis, reporting back to the PR team and creating reports for the wider business
• Press fleet management: managing our fleet of Polestars for media use, liaising with journalists every day, increasing utilisation of our cars and aiding brand awareness
• Supporting internal communications: working with the PR Manager on ways to keep up internal morale, weekly communications with the whole UK organisation, managing internal events

• Supporting event management: working with the PR team as well as external events agency to ideate, create and manage PR events such as first drives, range days and Polestar Space openingsSupporting editorial ideas and campaigns: working with the PR team as well as external PR agency to create editorial ideas for UK-based media to drive brand awareness of Polestar