Corporate Communications Intern

About the Role:

If you are looking for an opportunity to work alongside a diverse team with deep expertise, have a curious and driven mindset, and a passion for helping patients, then join our Tarsus team as a summer intern and help build our unique culture!

Let’s talk about some of the key responsibilities of the role:

• Manage employee storytelling efforts; creatively sourcing and developing stories from fellow Tarsans to help connect our team members to one another, to our business, and to our customers.
• Create a process for collecting employee stories that can be shared via internal/external communications and social media.
• Help facilitate employee engagement in partnership with the Corporate Communications team, supporting norm setting for employee engagement via internal communications platforms and social media.
• Create a program to encourage employee engagement within the Tarsus intranet.
• Support the development of a social media ambassador program to encourage employees to interact with and share Tarsus social media content.
• Research communications best practices and track performance metrics to make recommendations for improvement and provide ongoing insights.
• Support our internal communications by tracking employee communications metrics across the weekly internal newsletter, company-wide emails, and intranet.
• Support our social media by conducting an audit of Tarsus social media platforms. Create and deliver a social media trends report for content and platforms, benchmarking Tarsus against similar and aspirational companies.
• Participate in communications team meetings and agency partner meetings.
• Partner with Human Resources team to support the employee experience and talent strategy through communications.

Factors for Success:

• Current undergraduate student majoring in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, Marketing or a related field with an interest in pharmaceuticals and healthcare.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Knowledge of social media channels and trends
• Experience with graphic design (such as Canva) and/or video editing a plus, but not required
• A willingness to voice thoughts, opinions, considerations, and concerns.
• Organized and able to manage and plan out day/tasks.
• An appetite to listen and learn from our customers to form a deep appreciation of the key insights that will drive execution excellence.
• Team player willing to collaborate within the function, cross-functionally, and with external partners.

A Few Other Details Worth Mentioning:

• The position will be based in our beautiful Irvine office, complete with a courtyard, table tennis, snacks and drinks, and occasional catered meals. We provide a hybrid work environment.
• We are passionate about our culture! Our Tarsans live our values of commitment to patients, empowerment to champion innovation, and teamwork to amplify impact.
• Your ten-week summer internship at Tarsus will consist of a variety of activities to enhance your experience such as lunch and learns, development opportunities, offsite volunteering, company-wide social events, and more!
• This position reports directly to our Assoc Dir, Internal Communications.
• The expected hourly pay for this position is $26/hour for an undergraduate student.