Digital Communications Intern

Bio-Techne • Minneapolis, MN

2d • $17 - $23

About The Position

By joining Bio-Techne, you’ll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne, and all of its brands, provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide. All internship positions are designed to give college students an opportunity to apply techniques learned in an academic setting while obtaining new skills. This is a paid internship offering full-time hours during the summer months. All interns are required to conclude the program by giving a formal presentation on their work. Please note that no relocation assistance or sponsorship is provided for the internship program at this time. Position Summary: The digital communications intern will support an initiative to redesign our global intranet and strengthen our long-term governance practices. Working closely with Communications, IT, HR, and other cross-functional teams, the intern will help audit existing content, redesign key pages, and help establish governance capabilities that will improve consistency, usability, and employee experience across departments and regions. This role offers hands-on experience in digital workplace strategy, content management, and user-centered design within a global organization, as well as other corporate communication opportunities.

Requirements

• Must be a currently enrolled student pursuing a bachelor's degree in a field relevant to the internship
• Must have completed (at minimum) the sophomore year of college
• Must be able to work full-time during the duration of the internship program
• Currently pursing a degree in Communications, UX Design, Information Systems, Digital Media or a related field.
• Strong writing, organization, and communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with SharePoint or other intranet/content management platforms would be a plus.
• Design or UX skills would be a plus.
• Interest in digital workplace tools, employee experience, and internal communications

Responsibilities

• Conduct intranet content audits to assess accuracy, usability, and alignment with organizational needs.
• Support the redesign of key intranet pages through research, content structuring, and basic design work.
• Assist in developing intranet governance policies and strategies, such as workflows, roles and responsibilities, editorial calendars, and more.
• Gather user insights by conducting interviews, surveys, and feedback sessions with global teams.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across departments to document requirements and support change management activities.
• Help create training materials, contributor guides, templates, and onboarding resources for intranet content owners.
• Support design iterations.

Benefits

• We offer competitive insurance benefits starting on day one: medical, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, long-term disability, pet, and legal and ID shield.
• We invest in our employees’ financial futures through 401k plans, an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), Health Saving Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), and Dependent Care FSA.
• We empower our employees develop their careers through mentorship, promotional opportunities, training and development, tuition reimbursement, internship programs, and more.
• We offer employee resource groups, volunteer paid time off, employee events, and charity drives to build a culture of caring and belonging.
• We offer an accrued leave policy with paid holidays, paid time off, and paid parental leave.
• We foster a culture of empowerment and innovation, where employees feel valued and encouraged to bring their new ideas to the table.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern