Copywriting Intern (Bilingual - English/Spanish)

Fingerpaint Marketing • Cedar Knolls, NJ

35d • Hybrid

About The Position

Launch your career in pharmaceutical and healthcare marketing with Fingerpaint Group's Paint the Way Program. This unique internship experience is designed to integrate you deeply into our teams, delivering real-world impact. This dynamic program offers rising participants an opportunity to contribute meaningfully to client solutions through hands-on and direct team involvement.
As a Paint the Way intern, you'll collaborate directly with industry experts, gaining invaluable practical knowledge while contributing to active client projects. We believe in empowering our interns; your ideas and unique perspective will be valued as an integral part of the team.
This paid opportunity is open to rising juniors and above, recent graduates, veterans, and those seeking a career change.
Duration: 10 weeks, 30 hours per week
Schedule: June 10th - August 19th
Location: Primarily remote, with occasional travel required to our Cedar Knolls, NJ office for purposeful engagement. Candidates should be within driving distance of the Cedar Knolls, New Jersey Office
What does the creative team do?
The creative team develops compelling, patient-focused communications for leading pharmaceutical and healthcare brands. This team specializes in direct-to-patient copywriting, translating complex medical information into clear, culturally relevant messaging that connects with real people.
You’ll work across departments to help develop thoughtful, on-brand creative that is both emotionally resonant and compliant with regulatory standards.
Overview of the copywriting internship:
This internship is ideal for someone passionate about writing and interested in the pharmaceutical advertising world, particularly patient-facing communications in both English and Spanish.

Requirements

• Strong writing experience with demonstrated skill in both English and Spanish
• Ability to write clearly, accurately, and empathetically for patient audiences
• Portfolio and/or writing samples required
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Comfort working within regulatory restrictions and understanding that every word matters in healthcare communications
• Ability to ensure translations are culturally and contextually accurate, not just literal

Nice To Haves

• genuinely passionate about this work
• excited by the intersection of creativity, healthcare, and culture
• willing to dig deeper, ask questions, and grow
• dreams in two languages
• care, cultural awareness, and a deep and respect for the responsibility of patient communication
• a wordsmith who has an eye for detail and is ready to learn, contribute, and build a foundation in pharmaceutical copywriting

Responsibilities

• Shadow senior copywriters and creative leads to learn the pharmaceutical marketing process
• Assist in developing project copy for patient-facing materials
• Support translation and adaptation of messaging from English to Spanish with attention to nuance and regulatory accuracy
• Contribute ideas during brainstorms and creative review

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed