Employee Communications Intern

Black & Veatch Family of Companies • Olathe, KS

1d • Onsite

About The Position

As an intern on the Employee Communications team, you’ll gain hands-on experience supporting a dynamic group of strategists, storytellers, and content creators dedicated to informing, inspiring, and engaging employee-owners. In this role, you’ll work across all team workstreams—supporting writing, editing, content distribution, design, digital publishing, analytics, and planning—while contributing to meaningful internal communication initiatives that shape the employee-owner experience.

Requirements

• Current enrollment in Journalism, Communications, Marketing, Digital Marketing, Multimedia, Public Relations or a related degree program.
• All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.

Nice To Haves

• Minimum 3.0 GPA
• Junior or Senior pursuing Communications, Journalism, Marketing, Public Relations, or related field
• Excellent writing, editing, and proofing skills; knowledge of AP Style
• Ability to meet deadlines, multitask, and build strong internal relationships
• Familiarity with digital publishing tools or intranet platforms
• Basic design skills (Canva, Adobe Creative Cloud, or similar)
• Ability to analyze data and translate insights into clear summaries
• Organized, proactive, and comfortable managing multiple projects

Responsibilities

• Draft, edit, and proofread employee communications including articles, announcements, scripts, talking points, and campaign materials
• Support content publishing and updates on SharePoint and other internal channels
• Use digital communication platforms—including Divvy, Workshop, and Copilot AI tools—to support efficient content creation and optimization
• Perform administrative duties such as meeting coordination, document management, and tracking action items
• Assist with design and formatting of visual content (graphics, infographics, slides, templates)
• Help manage communication workflows, including scheduling posts and distributing content
• Develop communication plans for internal initiatives, events, and campaigns
• Gather data and produce reports on channel performance, readership, and engagement
• Conduct research and benchmarking to support storytelling and message development
• Support employee-owner events through logistics, messaging, and onsite assistance
• Collaborate across content, events, employer brand, and leadership communications workstreams

Benefits

• Our comprehensive benefits portfolio is a key component of this commitment and offers an array of health care benefits including but not limited to medical, dental and vision insurances along with disability and a robust wellness program.
• To support a healthy work-life balance, we offer flexible work schedules, paid vacation and holiday time, sick time, and dependent sick time.
• A variety of additional benefits are available to our professionals, including a company-matched 401k plan, adoption reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, vendor discounts, an employment referral program, AD&D insurance, pre-taxed accounts, voluntary legal plan and the B&V Credit Union.
• Professionals may also be eligible for a performance-based bonus program.
• We are proud to be a 100 percent ESOP-owned company. As employee-owners, our professionals are empowered to drive not only their personal growth, but the company's long-term achievements - and they share in the financial rewards of the success through stock ownership.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees