AUT communications students and graduates are internationally recognised, having won the Sally Logan-Milne Young Practitioner of the Year award, CAANZ AXIS award, ORCA awards, Cannes International Advertising award and NZ Student Marketer of the Year award. Study communications at AUT and you have access to industry standard facilities and equipment, including a media centre, radio studio and fully equipped TV studio, journalism training newspaper Te Waha Nui, student radio station Static 88.1 fm and student-run PR agency Outside the Square. You also gain invaluable workplace experience before you graduate. Public relations communicators plan, develop and manage communication and media strategies for organisations and people, from businesses and communities to nations and celebrities. We have strong ties with the Public Relations Institute of New Zealand (PRINZ) and public relations consultancies like Porter Novelli, Acumen, Botica Butler Raudon PR, Mango, Network Communication, Professional Public Relations, and Spark activate. Career opportunities Corporate communication executive Public relations consultant Marketing communications executive Government communicator Internal communications advisor Media relations manager Community relations manager Social media manager