Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce

Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce

• an independent, non-profit, member-funded organization that is not part of any government
• representing 4,000+ member companies employing 700,000+ workers in the 28-county region
• operated by a staff of more than 80, with more than 3,000 volunteers
• our Board of Directors and Board of Advisors are drawn from among
  Atlanta 's top leaders

What does the Chamber do?

• We bring the region's leaders together to tackle the big issues that matter most – quality jobs and quality of life.
• Quality Jobs: The Chamber markets Atlanta as a business location, attracting companies that create quality jobs. We are particularly focused on attracting headquarters, expanding global commerce and attracting jobs in the high-tech and logistics industry clusters.
• Quality of Life: We work with business and civic leaders to tackle quality-of-life issues such as traffic congestion, education, air and water quality and land use.

Economic Development
The Chamber is a powerful force in economic development. Areas of focus include

• headquarters recruitment & general marketing : Proactively marketing metro Atlanta as a business location, attracting company headquarters and creating quality jobs.
• logistics industry development: Positioning metro Atlanta as a global logistics center of innovation and growing and attracting logistics companies and jobs.
• technology cluster development: Shaping Atlanta as a center of technology and innovation by attracting and growing companies in the IT, software, biotech and telecom industries.
• international economic development: Developing metro Atlanta into an international business center and attracting foreign direct investment, companies and jobs – while assisting metro Atlanta companies who do business abroad.

Current events

On Monday, Dec. 10, the Chamber along with the Atlanta Regional Commission, the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District and GE Water & Process Technologies will host an all-day forum to discuss the state's water crisis and look at some possible resolutions for the issue. Below is information about both events.

Title: Communications Internship Position

Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce -

The Chamber Communications team seeks interns on a semester basis to provide year-round support.

Responsibilities include media outreach, writing news releases, assembling weekly news clips,

photography, coordinating media interviews, editing Chamber publications, developing Web site

content, media list databases and other assigned communication duties.

Internship requires a regular schedule of at least 25 hours per week. Applicants must be of junior or senior status with major coursework toward a degree in Public Relations, Communications, Journalism or English. Intern benefits include exposure to high-profile national and international public relations campaign development and execution, meeting key Georgia business contacts and working closely with high level PR executives. Candidates must have strong writing and organizational skills, knowledge of AP style and ability to work independently on a variety of projects simultaneously. Internships can be performed for class credit. Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and resume to Chanta Waller at cwaller@macoc.com . For more information, please visit www.metroatlantachamber.com.