Public Relations Internship - Fall 2021 at Merz North America Inc in Raleigh, North Carolina

Job Description:

Public Relations Internship

Merz Aesthetics, the world’s largest dedicated medical aesthetics business, is seeking a Fall 2021 intern for our PR & Communications team at our global headquarters located in Raleigh, N.C. Our college internship program is designed to provide outstanding PR and communications students with a valuable learning experience to supplement their education. You will gain hands-on experience in a professional setting as well as benefit from team coaching on how to best advance your future career.

As an intern you will be paid $18.00 an hour. Your internship will run from September through November (10 weeks).  This opportunity will require a commitment of at least 15-20 hours a week. Hours will be flexible based on availability but you will be required to work from the Raleigh office a minimum of one full day a week. 

Intern responsibilities will vary but include supporting all aspects of best-in-class, traditional/non-traditional PR programs including research projects, writing content of all kinds, media outreach, celebrity and influencer engagement, social media, executive visibility programs and community relations.

We are looking for:

• Undergraduates in their junior or senior year


• Majors include public relations, communications/marketing, journalism or related


• Candidates must be authorized to work in the US

"Preferences":

• Interest in the consumer lifestyle, beauty and or health/wellness fields


• Detail-oriented with strong writing skills


• Creative thinkers


• Familiarity with Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, etc.


• Proven multi-tasker and able to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment

About Merz Aesthetics
Merz Aesthetics is a medical aesthetics business with a long history of empowering health care professionals, patients and employees to live every day with confidence. We aim to help people around the world look, feel and live like the best versions of themselves — however they define it. Clinically proven, our product portfolio includes injectables, devices and skin care treatments designed to meet each patient’s needs with the highest standards of safety and efficacy.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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