Corporate Communications Intern - Fall 2022
Fall 2022 Corporate Communications Internship
Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions is seeking a corporate communications intern with experience in public relations. The successful candidate will possess excellent time-management and organizational skills and will be able to apply critical thinking to provide solutions during everyday tasks. This position reports to the Director of Corporate Communications.
Responsibilities
The Corporate Communications intern will support activities that include public relations, thought leadership, and media relations efforts.
- Daily News Monitoring to share actionable items and opportunities in support of a media rapid response program.
- Research:
- Media list development
- Editorial calendar development and management
- Thought leadership opportunity discovery
- Writing:
- Contribute to media relations initiatives through the development of draft emails, media pitches, key messages, etc.
- Support internal communications activities.
- Propose new ideas to improve the process and implementation of process of key departmental projects.
- Must be able to anticipate project needs, discern work priorities and meet deadlines.
Qualifications
- This role is open to undergraduate students currently enrolled in a four-year degree program, majoring in marketing, business, communications, etc.
- Creative, strategic thinking and logical reasoning skills.
- Prior internship experience in a similar role ideal, but not required.
- Capable of taking direction and working independently on assigned tasks.
- Strong communication and organizational skills.
- Ability to collaborate with diverse team members as needed.
- Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
- Strong usage of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Team player
- Good time-management skills
- Positive attitude, detail, and customer-oriented with good multitasking and organizational ability
- Fluency in English
- Experience in public relations and media relations
About the Company:
Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions is a dynamic billion-dollar global company based in Research Triangle Park, NC, providing retail store solutions to your favorite brands. Have you ever been in a hurry and made use of the self-checkout at Lowe’s Foods, earned fuel rewards at Kroger, or just paid for purchases at retailers such as Walmart, Michaels, Carrefour, The Gap, Calvin Klein, Boots, Cencosud, BJ’s, or Costco? These are just a few examples of our in-store solutions and impressive customer base that made us the world's installed market share leader.
The nature of retail is changing quickly, so if you share our 'Together Commerce' vision of a seamless two-way, participatory shopping experience, let’s get together to drive the new economy.
EEO:
Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that evaluates qualified applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, religious creed, disability, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, national origin, race, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation or any other protected factor. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
Individuals who need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process should email benefits@toshibagcs.com to request an accommodation.