Internship in Marketing & Communication in SIS Innovation and Research

Job description

·  Job facts

Solution Integration and Services (SIS) is the business area at Roche Diagnostics that enables the physical and virtual integration of all kinds of diagnostic testing from large lab systems to hand-held mobile devices for hospitals, laboratories and healthcare practitioners, nurses and patients. These solutions help healthcare leaders overcome the many challenges in today's healthcare environment. While these challenges vary from country to country, they arise from diverse trends such as aging populations, cost pressure on healthcare systems, and increasing demand for smarter, more efficient and effective diagnostic solutions and services.

Innovation and Research (I&R) is the innovation engine for SIS, with the aim to expand our capability, across all dimensions of innovation, technology, user needs and market viability. While we focus to innovate our current portfolio, our goal is to equally focus on strategic innovation acceleration for all SIS, in order to create new products, services and solutions.

The Marketing & Communication Intern in SIS I&R ensures that the I&R activities are presented in a professional way and in alignment with Roche marketing and communications guidelines.

Your main tasks include:

·  passionately work on and conduct our I&R branding and communication strategy
·  actively communicate our value proposition and achievements using various channels like intranet pages, a newsletter, a Google+ community
·  prepare and support presentations for the Head of I&R and the leadership team
·  keep and update official presentations, our standard slide deck and templates
·  organize and monitor activities for our events (budget, scope and implementation)
·  manage collaboration as well as work with marketing agencies when appropriate to optimize outcomes and ensure delivery

Ideally, you fulfill the following criteria:

·  advanced student or recent graduate in marketing, communication, economics or similar field, preferably with practical work experiences
·  excellent written and verbal communication skills in english (must) and in german (as a plus)
·  project management and organizing skills, engaged team player, customer-focused and outcome driven with the ability to effectively manage changing priorities and deal with ambiguity
·  passionate about the healthcare industry, have the ambition to explore and design what patients need next with us and inform about these changes in a professional way
·  worked with the latest communication tools and practical experience as a blog, article or book author and/or the development of key messages

Start date:December 2019

Workload: 80-100%

Duration: 6 to 12 month

·  Who we are

Roche Diagnostics International Ltd in Rotkreuz is one of the world's leading providers of diagnostic system solutions for clinics, laboratories and doctors' offices. The company employs over 2200 people in Rotkreuz and is one of Roche Diagnostics' main sites. Read more .

Roche is an equal opportunity employer.