St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is hiring: Strategic Communication Outreac

The Communication Strategy intern will gain relevant experience in understanding and developing communication plans, content strategy, and demand management in an academic medical center. During the internship, the selected student will assist in managing projects from conception to delivery, developing relationships with partner departments, providing strong customer service, and tracking internal processes relating to requests. The intern will have exposure to a variety of internal groups including clinical, research, and other administrative areas.

Qualifications

• Working toward an undergraduate degree from an accredited college or university with coursework in media, communications, journalism, digital media, marketing, public relations, English, or a similar field with a 3.0 GPA or above. Candidates must be entering sophomore, junior, or senior year to be considered.
• Experience and proficiency with Microsoft Office products, such as Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams, and Excel.
• Strong organizational, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
• Able to manage priorities and work autonomously as appropriate.
• Proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
• Ability to influence and engage a wide range of workgroups.
• Maintains confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating integrated communication project plans.
• Enhancing relationships with key partners across the institution.
• Collaborating with various internal departments to ensure that requests are fulfilled.
• Researching best practices, understanding audiences, and developing ideas to meet needs.
• Identifying customer service gaps within existing projects.
• Attending cross-functional meetings to better understand departmental and institutional goals.
• Brainstorming, participating in decision-making, researching, and presenting project information to various teams.
• Performing other duties as needed.

Deadline to Submit Cover Letter and Resume

Applications are now open. The deadline to submit is January 17, 2025.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has a diverse, global patient population and workforce, built on the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our founder Danny Thomas envisioned a hospital that would treat children of the world—regardless of race, religion, or a family’s ability to pay.

Today, we continue the mission to advance cures and means of prevention for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. As we accelerate this progress globally, we believe our legacy of diversity, equity, and inclusion is foundational to success. With the commitment of leaders at all levels of the organization, we strive to ensure the St. Jude culture, leadership approaches, and talent processes are equitable and culturally responsive.

St. Jude is an Equal Opportunity Employer