Intern, Corporate Communications

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.

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Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.