Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Location/Division Specific Information

Open to interns in Waltham, Mass.

Discover Impactful Work:

The Global Communications internship position provides an opportunity for students who are currently pursuing a communications, journalism, English or marketing degree to get hands on experience working with communications professionals in a fast-paced corporate environment. The intern will contribute to writing, editing, video and other communications content projects for internal and external audiences. The paid position starts in May, working 40 hours per week through August.

A day in the Life:Collaborating with partners to research, write and edit stories and other content that can be used for our internal or external channelsWriting, editing and developing materials for various communications projects, including change communications, organizational announcements, executive messages, newsletters, videos, social media posts, podcasts, etc.Supporting communication leaders, business leaders and their teams to prepare materials for town halls and other employees events.Assisting with building out content on our corporate intranet (called “iConnect”)Assisting with compiling regular measurement reports for communications programsAssisting with handling requests for change communications support.Assisting with mass email distribution tool (Poppulo)Supporting other Global Communications projects as neededKeys to Success:EducationHigh school diploma or equivalent required.ExperienceJournalism, public relations and/or corporate communications majorMicrosoft Office 365 experience, including SharePoint and Viva EngageFamiliarity with AP StyleGraphic design editing and PowerPoint skills a plusKnowledge, Skills, AbilitiesExcellent writing skillsSelf-starter, meticulous, proactiveAbility to work independently and as a member of a cross-functional teamAbility to analyze and quickly grasp complex technical subject matter and translate it into messages that are easily understoodAn interest in scienceAble to work effectively under pressure and tight deadlinesStrong organizational and time management skillsWillingness to learn, be mentored, and improveExceptional customer service focus

To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status.