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Overview Come build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft with thousands of University interns from every corner of the world. This opportunity will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential—and excitement for the journey ahead.
Clear, effective communication plays a key role in helping employees stay informed, aligned, and engaged. As part of our Internal Communications team, you will support initiatives that bring organizational priorities to life across multiple channels, programs, and campaigns.
As a Communications Specialist Intern, you will contribute to the development, channel management, and execution of cross-org communications, working with various disciplines to support messaging, campaigns, and engagement initiatives. This opportunity will allow you to build foundational communications skills, gain hands-on cross-functional experience, and develop an understanding of how strategic messaging supports business goals.
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
Responsibilities
- You will execute tactics to support the overall communications strategy. This will involve creating a consistent voice across channels ensuring clarity, consistency, and alignment across channels and audiences.
- You will coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders and external agencies to produce communications materials and tactics, and ensure timely delivery of deliverables.
- You will use data and insights to support storytelling opportunities, and recommend and develop collateral materials for specific initiatives, campaigns and events.
- You will leverage your understanding and relationships with stakeholders to execute tasks and manage organization priorities. You’ll also help identify opportunities to enhance both employee and public perception of Microsoft.
- You will help monitor and manage content for communications channels and gather insights to identify opportunities to improve key performance indicators (KPIs) and strategy gaps, as well as messaging effectiveness and reach.
- You will contribute to social media and video-based storytelling efforts by supporting copywriting, editing, and brainstorming content ideas for internal and external digital platforms.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Finance, or a related field.
- Must have at least 3 full semesters of school remaining – graduation date Summer 2027 or after.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in business, Marketing, Communications, Finance, or related field AND 2+ years Communications, Social Media, Marketing Operations, Program Management, Project Management, or related experience
- OR equivalent experience
- 1+ year(s) experience creating high-impact social media content
- This student position is structured as a one-and-a-half-year role, concluding upon completion of the academic degree.
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
