Communications Intern – Content and Engagement

ABB; Singapore; On-site; SGD 20,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

ABB Singapore offers a hands-on role in corporate communications, developing written, visual, and multimedia content. You will guide content from concept through production and publication, gaining exposure to leadership messaging, employer branding, and community partnerships.

You will support events, capture stories on-site, and coordinate with stakeholders to align local storytelling with ABB's global communications strategy.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a diploma or degree in communications, marketing, PR, journalism, or related field.
• Strong eye for visual storytelling and social/digital content.
• Ability to capture usable photography and video in live environments.

Responsibilities

• Maintain ABB Singapore’s content calendar and local storytelling opportunities.
• Adapt global content with local context for Singapore audiences.
• Create engaging content for social media, Viva Engage, and leadership communications.
• Plan, capture, and edit photography and video content from events and visits.
• Transform footage into short-form videos and digital content.

Skills

Visual storytelling

Social media content

Canva

CapCut

Adobe Suite

Photography & video

Education

Pursuing Diploma/Degree in Communications or related field

Tools

Adobe Premiere Pro

PowerPoint

SharePoint

Excel

Job description

At ABB, we help industries run leaner and cleaner—and every person here makes that happen. You’ll be empowered to lead, supported to grow, and proud of the impact we create together. Join us and help run what runs the world.

This position reports to:

Communications Manager and Local Spokesperson

Your Role And Responsibilities

In this role, you will have the opportunity to create a portfolio of written, visual, and multimedia content developed in a professional corporate environment. You will gain practical experience taking content from an initial idea through stakeholder coordination, production, approval, and publication. Exposure to communications across ABB's key business areas — Electrification, Automation, and Motion — complemented by hands‑on experience spanning industry communications, leadership messaging, employer branding, employee engagement, community partnerships, and events management.

The work model for the role is:

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Managing and maintaining ABB Singapore’s content calendar, identifying local storytelling opportunities, campaigns, events, and publishing priorities in collaboration with business divisions.
• Adapting to global and business-area content for Singapore audiences by adding relevant local context, insights, proof points, and stakeholder perspectives.
• Creating engaging content for social media, Viva Engage, employee communications, leadership communications, employer branding, and community partnership initiatives.
• Planning, capturing, and editing photography and video content from leadership visits, customer engagements, employee activities, and industry events.
• Transforming footage, interviews, and existing assets into short‑form videos and digital content, while supporting visual storytelling and asset management.
• Supporting the planning and execution of employee engagement activities, employer‑branding programs, community partnerships, and customer/stakeholder events, including logistics, vendors, timelines, and communications.
• Providing on‑site event support, capture post‑event stories and content, and contribute research and benchmarking for strategic initiatives such as the Customer Innovation Center.

Qualifications For The Role

• Currently pursuing a Diploma or Degree in Communications, Marketing, Public Relations, Journalism, Media Studies, Visual Communications, Business, or a related field.
• A good eye for visual storytelling, composition and content suited to social and digital channels.
• Clear written English, with the ability to produce concise captions, event communications and supporting copy for different audiences.
• Able to capture usable photography and video in event or other live environments using a camera or mobile device.
• Hands‑on experience creating social and digital content in Canva and editing short‑form videos in CapCut. Experience with Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe Premiere Pro or equivalent tools would be an advantage.
• Strong organizational skills, with the ability to manage deadlines, follow up on actions and flag issues early.
• Comfortable working with different stakeholders and asking the questions needed to understand a story or complete an assignment.
• Curious about how electrification, automation and digitalization are shaping industry and infrastructure, even if these subjects are new to you.
• Proactive, dependable and attentive to detail, with a willingness to contribute to both creative work and practical coordination.
• Proficient in Microsoft SharePoint, PowerPoint, Word and Excel.

What’s in it for you?

We want you to bring your full self to work—your ideas, your energy, your ambition. You’ll have the tools and freedom to grow your skills, shape your path, and take on challenges that matter. Here, your work creates impact you can see and feel, every day.

More About Us

ABB is a global technology leader in electrification and automation. We see our purpose as being to enable a more sustainable and resource‑efficient future. By connecting our engineering and digitalization expertise, we help industries run at high performance, while becoming more efficient, productive, and sustainable so they outperform. We call this: 'Engineered to Outrun.' We have around 110,000 employees worldwide and a history that stretches back more than 140 years.

Building a cleaner, smarter future takes all kinds of minds: the curious, the courageous, and the creative. That's why we welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences.

Ready to make an impact?