Corporate Communications Internship (Spring and Summer 2027)

Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield; Des Moines (IA); Hybrid; USD 17,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid schedule

Office in Des Moines

Job summary

Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield is offering a 2027 Summer Internship Program in Des Moines, IA. The internship starts as a part-time spring 2027 role and transitions to a full-time hybrid schedule in May, working from our corporate office in Des Moines.

You will learn from industry experts, contribute to internal and external communications, and gain hands-on experience across channels including intranet, email, enewsletters, social media, and more.

Qualifications

• Current junior or senior pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Communications or related program.
• Excellent writing and content creation skills with experience using AP Style.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite
• Experience managing business and/or organization’s social media channels
• Ability to take initiative, prioritize and handle multiple tasks simultaneously
• Available to work 10-20 hours/week during the academic year, either hybrid or fully remote; 40 hours/week during the summer with in-office Tue–Thu

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with leaders and teams on how communications can help achieve objectives.
• Develop and publish communications including social posts, media pitches, news releases, and internal articles.
• Research new ideas to improve communications.
• Monitor earned and social media channels for news and information impacting Wellmark and health care.
• Interview subject matter experts and build content from insights.
• Collaborate with the corporate communications team to create holistic plans.
• Analyze performance metrics and generate insights-focused reports

Skills

AP Style

Writing

Social media management

Content creation

MS Office

Editing

Education

Communications degree or related

Job description

Why choose an internship with Wellmark?

We strive to offer meaningful work that assists in your professional development and provides value to the team. You will gain valuable experience within the health insurance industry and put the skills and knowledge you’ve acquired in school to practice this summer during our 2027 Summer Internship Program. You will have the opportunity to learn from subject matter experts and leaders within the industry, network with fellow internship program participants and gain practical, hands-on work experience.

If you’re eager to learn, collaborate with others, demonstrate your potential, develop customer-focused solutions and grow into an exciting career, we hope you’ll consider an internship with us!

Job Description

What’s Corporate Communication at Wellmark?

Corporate Communications serves as a strategic partner to build and protect Wellmark’s reputation through one, unified voice through both internal and external communications. We do this by leveraging data and insights to strategically identify when, how and to whom we communicate based on business and reputation impacts to our mission of making health care better.

What projects might I support?

As a member of the Corporate Communications team, you will partner in the planning, writing and implementation of internal and external communications across a variety of channels including intranet, email, enewsletters, social media and others. Your work will help inform and engage Wellmark employees as well as external audiences of key initiatives. You will help measure the performance of the communications for continuous improvement.

Key responsibilities include:

• Collaborate and partner with various leaders and teams on how communications can help achieve their objective
• Develop and publish or distribute communications including social media posts, media pitches, news releases and internal articles to create awareness and engagement across various channels
• Research new ideas to improve communications
• Monitor earned and social media channels (Cision, Talkwalker, Sprout Social, local and industry news sites) for news and information that mentions or impacts Wellmark and the health care industry.
• Interview subject matter experts and build content from their insights
• Collaborate with the corporate communications team to create holistic communications plans.
• Analyze communications performance metrics and create insights-focused reports

Ready to bring your strengths to Wellmark? Here’s what’s next!

Review the qualifications below.

This internship will start as a part-time position in the spring of 2027 then transition into our 2027 Summer Internship Program in May working a full-time hybrid schedule from our corporate office in Des Moines, Iowa.

Qualifications

• Current junior or senior pursing a bachelor’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Mass Communication, Advertising, Marketing Communications or related program
• Excellent writing and content creation skills with experience using AP Style.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills, with an attention to detail.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite
• Experience managing business and/or organization’s social media channels
• Ability to take initiative, prioritize and handle multiple tasks simultaneously
• Comfortable interacting with all levels of the organization
• Available to work 10-20 hours/week during the academic year, either hybrid or fully remote
• Available to work 40 hours/week during the summer; required in-office days of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday with additional days in office pending role requirements

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience in a corporate office setting

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

The policy of Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield is to recruit, hire, train and promote individuals in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation due to a disability at any stage of the employment application process should contact us at [e-mail]

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At this time, Wellmark is not considering applicants for this position that require any type of immigration sponsorship (additional work authorization or permanent work authorization) now or in the future to work in the United States. This includes, but IS NOT LIMITED TO: F1-OPT, F1-CPT, H-1B, TN, L-1, J-1, etc. For additional information around work authorization needs please refer to the following resources:Nonimmigrant Workers and Green Card for Employment-Based Immigrants

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