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Remote Corporate Communications Intern (5-10 hrs/week)

Role overview

Qualifications

  • A student at junior or senior level working toward a degree in Public Relations, Marketing, Communications, Advertising, Multimedia Design or related major
  • Excellent written/verbal communication skills
  • Ability to work independently
  • Strong time management and organizational skills; detail-oriented

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to writing, editing and proofing internal + external employee communications
  • Help maintain internal corporate blog (secure content, draft stories, post weekly updates to intranet)
  • Create designed content for the company’s digital communications boards
  • Collaborate on creating engaging content for the company’s Facebook and LinkedIn pages

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Writing
  • Editing
  • Microsoft Office
  • Communication
  • Time Management
  • Detail Oriented

About the company

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Koppers

  • Chemicals & Materials
  • Large
  • 1,001–5,000
Koppers, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a global wood preservation technology company that creates safe and environmentally responsible solutions to solve our customer’s most important challenges. Our products and services are used in a variety of niche applications in a diverse range of end-markets including railroad, specialty chemical, utility, residential lumber, agriculture, aluminum, steel, rubber and construction industries. With more than 2,100 employees, we maintain a global manufacturing and distribution network, with facilities in North America, South America, Australasia, China and Europe. Koppers is committed to living a culture of Zero Harm that places the care of our people, our environment and our communities first at all times. The company is also a member of the American Chemistry Council and dedicated to adopting its Responsible Care® initiative at all of our locations worldwide.

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Job description

Job Responsibilities

  • Contribute to writing, editing and proofing internal + external employee communications
  • Help maintain internal corporate blog (secure content, draft stories, post weekly updates to intranet)
  • Create designed content for the company’s digital communications boards
  • Collaborate on creating engaging content for the company’s Facebook and LinkedIn pages
  • Support the organization and management of Koppers digital media library

Qualifications


  • A student at junior or senior level who is working toward a degree in Public Relations, Marketing, Communications, Advertising, Multimedia Design or related major
  • Excellent written/verbal communication skills
  • Ability to work independently
  • Comfort initiating outreach and engagement with employees at all levels of the organization
  • Strong time management and organizational skills; detail-oriented
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
  • Knowledge of Canva, Adobe Premiere, Photoshop, InDesign a plus

Additional Considerations

Strong candidates may be considered for Koppers summer internship program with expanded duties; 25-30 hours per week in person at our Pittsburgh office.


Koppers Inc. and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other category or characteristic protected by federal law, state or local law.


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