Communications Intern

Job description

Tasks

Learning Objective:

We value education and want to invite current students to work with us as they work towards their educational goals. Our main objective is to give students experience and real world issues organizations face each day. We believe in working with our interns on a work schedule that allows them to focus on school and homework. We also believe in paying our interns competitive wages. This position will allow the team member to gain insight to the workings of a business and the manufacturing process. This internship will expose the team member to all levels in the organization to assist in building a resume that will allow the team member to become competitive in the job market.

Job Overview:

The communications intern will assist the communications specialist and plant management team with planning and preparing internal and external communication activities and plant-wide projects for Mercedes-Benz Vans, LLC in the Charleston area.

Responsibilities:

• Contributes to professional internal communication tools, such as presentations to employees, internal letters, info boards, employee intranet sites and internal events (content writing and design development)

• Coordinates internal stakeholders and external resources to help produce professional publications for employees at Mercedes-Benz Vans, including verifying facts, clarifying information and gathering photos

• Supports planning and implementation of external communication activities including media events, sponsorships and donations and marketing and advertising related to recruiting and employer branding

• Supports activities of Office of the CEO with projects and administrative support as needed

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Communication, Public Relations, Multimedia, Marketing or related field

• Strong MS Office skills

• At least 20 hours per week during the school semester

• 1 previous internship or volunteer/extracurricular experience related to this position

• Multimedia capability including capturing and editing photos and video preferred

• Working knowledge of graphic design principles and programs and CMS interfaces for websites preferred

• Fluent or practicing German speaker preferred

From passenger cars to commercial vans, the Mercedes-Benz brand stands as one of Daimler AG’s many success stories. Behind Mercedes-Benz and our several other automotive brands are more than 280,000 employees worldwide who put into practice Daimler’s core values of Passion, Respect, Integrity and Discipline each day to accomplish our vision. As the inventor of the automobile, we believe it is our mission and our duty to shape the future of mobility in a safe and sustainable manner - with trendsetting technologies, outstanding products and made-to-measure services.

Here in Charleston, SC, Mercedes-Benz Vans, LLC is writing an exciting chapter in Daimler’s history as we add the first U.S. van assembly plant for the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, in addition to our existing reassembly operation for Sprinter and METRIS vans. Our slogan at Mercedes-Benz is “Vans. Born to Run.” We invite engaged, innovative job candidates to run the ramp up of our new facility with us!

Send your resume and cover letter to

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Location information

Mercedes-Benz Vans, LLC (“MBV”) is part of the division Mercedes-Benz Vans of Daimler AG, Germany. It is a plant in South Carolina that assembles Sprinter vans for the U.S. market under the brands Mercedes-Benz and Freightliner, with headquarters in Charleston, SC. The midsize Metris van was added to the assembly line in 2015.

Mercedes-Benz Vans announced in March 2015 that it will invest $500 million in construction of a new Sprinter production plant, in addition to an expansion of existing assembly operations. The new facility will be also located in Charleston, and will provide up to 1,300 jobs.

More than 130,000 Sprinter have been assembled in Charleston and delivered to destinations in the U.S. since 2006. The U.S. is now the third largest market for Sprinter vans, after Germany and the U.K.

Desired profile

Qualifications

Qualifications

· 
Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Communication, Public Relations, Multimedia, Marketing or related field

· 
Strong MS Office skills

· 
At least 20 hours per week during the school semester

· 
1 previous internship or volunteer/extracurricular experience related to this position

· 
Multimedia capability including capturing and editing photos and video preferred

· 
Working knowledge of graphic design principles and programs and CMS interfaces for websites preferred

· 
Fluent or practicing German speaker preferred