Summer Internship - Communications and Marketing
About The Position
Versant Health is one of the nation's leading administrators of managed vision care, serving over 35 million of our clients' members across the United States. Our purpose is to make healthy vision a reality for everyone by improving access to care and education in the communities we serve. Fueled by our mission to improve members' lives with easy-to-use vision solutions rooted in choice value, and care, we believe that everyone has the power to become anything they set their sights on. The Summer Internship Development Program at Versant Health is designed to help you explore your career, learn our business, and develop as a young professional. Throughout the course of this 8-week summer internship opportunity, you will engage in professional and career development workshops, attend fireside chat series with Versant Health’s senior leaders and complete a capstone project. See how you can make a difference with the support of strong leadership and a team environment. Versant Health: Making Healthy Vision a Reality for Everyone Scope and Purpose of Position: During the Summer Internship program, the intern will have the opportunity to work closely with the head of strategic communications to create, design, and produce internal content that helps further executive priorities and enhance the employee experience. Location Requirements: Virtual work assignment – open to any location, but if the candidate is in the metro Detroit area, there would be an opportunity for: Occasional in-person sessions and coaching with direct management A potential travel opportunity to support an internal networking event, contingent on event timing
Requirements
- Must be currently enrolled in an Undergraduate degree program
- Master’s degree candidates also accepted
- Required undergrad school classifications: Current Juniors and Seniors only
- Required GPA: 3.0 and above
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office or similar programs/applications (i.e., familiarity with SharePoint, Outlook, PowerPoint, and OneDrive or similar programs/applications such as Google Drive)
- Strong writing skills
- Experience in publishing content (i.e., articles, blogs, newsletters, etc.)
- Basic knowledge of design software/programs, especially Canva
- Familiarity with virtual environments
- All Associates must comply with the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) as it pertains to disclosures of protected health information (PHI) as described in the Notice of Privacy Practices and HIPAA Privacy Policies and Procedures. As a component of job roles and responsibilities, Associates may have access to covered information, cardholder data or other confidential customer information which must be protected at all times. As a result, Associates must explicitly adhere to all data security guidelines established within the Company’s Privacy & Security Training Program.
Nice To Haves
- Adobe Creative Suite is a bonus
- Strong comfort level with web content management systems
Responsibilities
- Under the direction of the head of strategic communications, create content extending key messages across Versant Health’s internal channels
- Manage content for ongoing initiatives and make updates to improve engagement on companywide intranet platform
- Draft initial content and campaign outlines, inclusive of design concepts, to present to team and stakeholders for refinement and publication
- Maintain and organize shared communications resources such as messaging documents, story libraries, graphics libraries, resources, and announcements
- Support cohesive design and narrative integration across internal and external channels
- Provide production support for 2nd quarter virtual companywide quarterly Town Hall
- Collaboratively work through communication review cycles with business owners and senior leaders
- Support the marketing and communications team in daily administrative tasks.
