Corporate Communications Internship - Summer 2027

Auto-Owners Insurance; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 20,000 - 29,000; Part time

Job summary

Auto-Owners Insurance in Lansing, Michigan, invites a motivated student to join its Corporate Communications team for summer 2027. The internship focuses on writing, reviewing, editing, layout, and online management of materials used in several company publications and bulletins.

Duties include producing articles, coordinating with officials and staff to verify facts, managing deadlines, planning publication layouts, and distributing press releases to media.

Qualifications

• Above-average written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to resolve complex issues.
• Organize and interpret data.
• Ability to handle multiple assignments.
• Detail-oriented.

Responsibilities

• Writing, reviewing, editing, layout and online management of company publications and bulletins.
• Innovating digital presence and content via online platforms for distributing publications.
• Writing articles reflecting readership and publication viewpoints.
• Establishing and communicating deadlines with the department manager and authors.
• Preparing articles for publication using topic research and facts.

Skills

Excellent communication

Editing

Organize & interpret data

Multitask

Detail-oriented

Education

College student entering junior or senior year

Job description

A career at Auto-Owners is challenging and rewarding. Our group of caring associates create financial security by helping individuals and businesses make a new start when a loss occurs.

Job Description Auto-Owners Insurance, a top-rated insurance carrier, is seeking a motivated individual to join our Corporate Communications department for summer 2027.

Responsibilities include writing, reviewing, editing, layout and online management of materials used in several company publications and bulletins.

Duties

• Responsibility for the writing, editing, page design, photography, proofreading and overall quality of various company publications.
• Innovation of digital presence and content via online platforms for distributing company publications.
• Writing articles reflecting the viewpoint of the publication and the characteristics of readership.
• Establishing and communicating deadline schedules and status with the department manager, article authors and the printing resource in order to produce timely publications.
• Preparing articles for publication using knowledge of topic, study and research.
• Includes contacting officials, associates, agents and others when necessary to obtain items for publication and to verify facts within articles.
• Overseeing the procedures for printing and distribution of the publications.
• Researching, writing and distributing press releases to the media and other interested publications.

Qualifications

• Students should be currently enrolled and entering their junior or senior year in college
• Above-average communication skills (written and verbal)
• Ability to resolve complex issues
• Organize and interpret data
• Ability to handle multiple assignments
• Detail-oriented
• Rate of Pay
• Rate of pay starts at $18.00 per hour.

Equal Employment Opportunity Auto-Owners Insurance is an equal opportunity employer. The Company hires, transfers, and promotes on the basis of ability, without consideration of disability, age, sex, race, color, religion, height, weight, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin, or any factor contrary to federal, state or local law. Please note that the ability to work in the U.S. without current or future sponsorship is a requirement.

Auto-Owners Insurance is a mutual insurance company with a simple human sense approach to business. This means we answer the phone because it's ringing, we treat people like they're people, and we believe the right way is the human way.

Established in 1916 and headquartered in Lansing, Michigan, we currently operate in 26 states. We partner with independent agencies to sell our products to the communities we serve, and we are consistently acknowledged for our superior customer service. We are proud to have been ranked among the Fortune 500 every year since 2002.