Intern, Corporate Communications (Durham, NC)

COMPANY:

At BioCryst, we share a deep commitment to improving the lives of people living with complement-mediated and other rare diseases. For over three decades we've been guided by our passion for not settling for "ordinary" in our quest to develop novel medicines. We leverage our expertise in structure-guided drug design to develop first-in-class or best-in-class oral small-molecule and protein therapeutics, led by the efforts of our team of expert scientists in our Discovery Center of Excellence in Birmingham, Alabama. Our global headquarters is in Durham, North Carolina, our European headquarters is in Dublin, Ireland and our employees span the globe across sites in multiple countries. We are proud of our culture of engagement and accountability that rewards people for innovative thinking and achievement of key objectives. For more information, please visit our website at www.biocryst.com or follow uson LinkedIn and Instagram.

SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

The BioCryst Internship Program is your ticket to getting a head start on your career! As an intern, you will gain hands-on, real-world work experience. Our internship program includes:

• 11-12 weeks of full-time, PAID work experience
• Access to our office in RTP, Frontier Campus
• Summer Internship Orientation
• Professional development workshops and access to LinkedIn Learning
• Expand your professional network through our career connections series
• Social and volunteer activities
• Summer Intern Showcase
• Opportunities to connect with company leaders and MORE!

JOB SUMMARY

This is an exciting opportunity to obtain hands-on communications experience at a fast-growing biotech company. As a Corporate Communications Intern, you will support the BioCryst Corporate Communications Team across a variety of activities, including employee/internal communications, external communications and event planning and execution. This is a unique chance for you to garner a breadth of experience across the corporate communications spectrum while gaining valuable biotechnology industry experience. The ideal candidate will be ready to roll up their sleeves and bring their passion for communications into a fast-paced, innovative learning environment. This individual should bring energy every day and be eager to work collaboratively as we work toward our objective of bringing innovative treatments to patients with complement-mediated and other rare diseases.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop content (e.g., news articles, department pages, program updates, etc.) for our global intranet platform and support development of biweekly employee newsletter.
• Oversee company-wide mass email coordination calendar.
• Partner with other departments and individuals across diverse locations to ensure the global employee perspective is properly reflected in internal communications.
• Maintain and organize internal platforms, including photo and video library.
• Lead weekly traditional media monitoring efforts to track and share company and relevant industry news.
• Build and maintain trackers (e.g., media touchpoint tracker).
• Conduct ad hoc research to inform various communications activities.
• Support coordination of all-employee meetings and ad hoc internal events, including pre-meeting set-up and post-meeting communications. Contribute to agenda development, slide creation and speaker prep.

• Bring a keen eye to the department's communications by proofreading documents and editing content for audience and platform.

EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS

• Working towards a bachelor's degree in Communications or related discipline with a minimum 3.0 GPA
• Exceptional written and verbal communicator
• Self-starter who can work independently
• Ability to be flexible and adjust quickly as priorities change
• Team player who is willing to flex outside the prescribed role
• Passionate about communications
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
• Must be available to work 30-40 hours/week during the period of the summer internship
• Must be in proximity to the Durham, NC office

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

• Resume
• Submit at least three writing samples. These items may be from a previous internship and/or from your coursework. Examples of writing samples include:
• Press release
• News article
• Communications plan
• Website copy
• Social media post
• Video script
• Media monitoring report
• References (2-3)

The statements in this position description are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. The manager may assign additional responsibilities and assignments from time to time.

BioCryst is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities without regard to age, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, Veterans status, disability and/or other protected class characteristics. Additionally, BioCryst is committed to achieving its business objectives in compliance with all federal, state and local law.