Intern, Healthy Living-Remote

American Heart Association • Dallas, TX

5d • Remote

About The Position

The American Heart Association’s Internship Program provides college students an opportunity for hands-on experience in various facets for individuals interested in gaining work experience with a non-profit, voluntary health organization. The Healthy Living team is integral to the mission of the American Heart Association, striving to ensure that all with cardiovascular conditions or risk factors have the care, resources and support to survive and thrive. This team leads organizational strategy to improve the diagnosis, treatment, condition management, and quality of life for patients living with cardiovascular disease, stroke, or a risk factor. The Healthy Living team is seeking an intern with an interest in public health including program development, implementation, and evaluation. Ideal candidates will possess strong skills in program and project management and consumer message testing/consumer insights research and/or nutrition. The Association offers many resources to help you maintain work-life harmonization through your changing needs and life situations. To help you be successful, you will have access to Heart U, our award-winning corporate university, as well as training and support locally and through our National Center. #TheAHALife is more than a company culture; it is our way of life. It embodies our commitment to work-life harmonization and is guided by our core values where our employees can thrive both personally and professionally. Discover why you will Be Seen. Be Heard. Be Valued at the American Heart Association by following us on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, X, and at heart.jobs.

Requirements

• Candidates who are seniors or graduate students pursuing a degree in nutrition science, journalism, communications, public relations, marketing or localization/translation with an interest in non-profit and health care communications.
• Knowledge in the field of public health and health literacy.
• Demonstrated skills in research such as market research, environmental scans, etc. With the ability to apply market research when creating consumer content.
• Demonstrated skills in written communications, including ability to translate dense content into easy to read and understand versions and formats for various audience such as consumers or executive leadership.
• Undergraduate course work in health promotion, nutrition, public health, content marketing, general marketing, and/or communications.
• Effective oral (one-on-one and group; virtual meetings; phone), written (consumer-facing educational resources, email) and presentation communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate professionally in a corporate and non-profit environment and assume responsibility for guiding projects from inception through completion.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment managing multiple priorities involving multiple entities.
• Must be familiar with software including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Canva.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills are required, including professional interaction with colleagues.
• Reliable Wi-Fi connection
• Minimum availability of 20 hrs/wk, M-F between the hours of 9am-5pm.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship, now or in the future. For any roles working remotely, the work must also be performed inside the United States, not in a foreign country.

Nice To Haves

• Fluent in Spanish a plus but not required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct online research to identify external content.
• Participate in our consumer research process to develop messaging and create slides to convey and communicate research results to various internal and external stakeholders.
• Create slides summarizing ROI for sponsors.
• Develop promotional resources for various aspects of our business.
• Edit materials (e.g., slide decks, one-pagers, etc.) and coordinate review with internal stakeholders.
• Help translate and trans create the organization’s Healthy Living content to support engagement with multicultural audiences.
• Develop materials for meetings (e.g., agenda, compile notes, gather exhibits, etc.)

Benefits

• Ongoing professional development and training
• Access to Heart U, our award-winning corporate university
• Training and support locally and through our National Center
• Access to many resources to help you maintain work-life harmonization
• Opportunity to participate in our Teladoc General Medical and Behavioral Health programs
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) at no cost

What This Job Offers

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