Internship Corporate Communication (Paid) - February 2027

L'Oréal; Hoofddorp; On-site; EUR 10,000 - 12,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

€1000 monthly gross salary

Daily commute reimbursement

6 paid holidays

Laptop provided from day one

Access to internal online learning

1 day per week work from home

Accommodation support from Belgium

Job summary

L’Oréal in Hoofddorp, NL, offers a 6-month paid internship in Corporate Communications starting February 2027. You’ll own real projects from day one and contribute to both internal and external communications.

The role requires a final-year student fluent in English and Dutch or French, with strong writing and event coordination skills, and the ability to balance creative work with daily tasks. Daily commute is reimbursed and you can work from home one day per week.

Qualifications

• Final-year university student fluent in English and either Dutch or French.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; strong relationship building.
• Ability to manage local events with speed, precision, and detail.

Responsibilities

• Engage internal community through impactful internal communications.
• Shape external image by monitoring media coverage and strategies.
• Bring events to life by planning and executing corporate events.

Skills

Communication skills

Project ownership

Event coordination

Digital media basics

Agility

Education

Final-year student

Job description

Internship Corporate Communication (Paid) - February 2027

6-month internship - Hoofddorp, NL - Paid (1000/month) - full time - per February 2027

Kickstart your career

An internship is your best gateway to a career with us, where you'll drive real impact and experience accelerated growth. We invest in interns who bring learning agility, true potential, and a hunger to challenge. No bench-warming here, you'll own real projects from day one, contribute work the team relies on, learn fast, and develop your skills.

More than having a cool line on your CV that makes your profile stand out, you’ll gain confidence and skills that will serve you for many years. Also, around 70% of our junior jobs are filled from our youth programme pool e.g. interns and apprentices.

What does being an intern here mean?

• Consider this your best entry point to a career with us.
  We're not just looking for interns, we're scouting for future leaders. Show us what you've got, we're taking notes.
• Forget fetching coffee.
  Here, "empowerment" means real autonomy, meaningful projects, and a team that expects your ideas, in addition to your questions.
• We're not looking for beauty experts,
  we're looking for challengers with learning agility and a fresh perspective. Your job is to push boundaries, not just blend in.
• Your work here won't just fill an internship report.
  You'll work on actual business challenges, the kind that keep us ahead in the game.

A Day in the Life

Reporting to a Corporate Communications Manager at our Benelux HQ in Hoofddorp (just outside Amsterdam), you will join our team for a 6-month, full-time internship starting in February. In this highly diverse role, you will take real project ownership to shape our corporate narrative and engage our audiences through several key missions:

• Engage Our Internal Community: Keep our employees informed and inspired with impactful internal communications, company news, and local events.
• Shape Our External Image: Monitor media coverage, identify press trends, and contribute to strategies that maintain a positive corporate brand image.
• Bring Events to Life: Support the planning and execution of key corporate events, from volunteering initiatives.

We Are Looking For

You are a final-year student at a university, fluent in English and either Dutch or French (non-thesis) who demonstrates:

• Natural Connectors: You are genuinely energized by daily human interaction, possess excellent written and verbal communication skills, and easily build trust across the organization.
• Communications & Engagement Generalist: Creating inspiring stories and content tailored to different internal and external audiences.
• Project Ownership: Organizing local events and executing key activities with high speed, precision, and detail.
• Brand, Social Media, Advocacy & Influence: Basic understanding of digital media landscapes to build corporate brand image.
• Agility: Easily balancing creative drafting with daily operational and administrative execution.

What's In It For You

• A place for you to leave your comfort zone and grow beyond your potential (here, you’ll be encouraged to try new things and take risks!)
• Real responsibility from day 1, there’s no sitting on the sidelines at L’Oréal
• A place where you can contribute to something bigger! Many of our brands have societal /environmental causes to make concrete difference

What We Offer

Connect with a vibrant community of fellow interns through monthly events, onboarding sessions, and exclusive L'Oréal product discounts, all while receiving dedicated daily guidance from your manager and continuous support from the HR team to develop your skills.

Plus, you will benefit from other great perks:

• Monthly gross salary of €1000
• Full reimbursement for your daily commute to the office
• 6 paid holidays to recharge
• A professional laptop provided from day one
• Access to internal online learning platforms
• One day a week working from home
• If needed, up to 1 month of temporary accommodation for interns coming from Belgium

Who We Are

Join our global Corporate Affairs & Engagement community and lead storytelling for the world’s #1 Beauty Company. We showcase the group’s thought leadership on some of the world’s biggest stages and use the power of our scale to influence positive change for good.