Intern Communications

Ahold Delhaize USA; Salisbury (NC); Hybrid; USD 25,000 - 47,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid internship

Mentorship

Leadership sessions

Networking

Job summary

Ahold Delhaize USA is offering a paid internship with the Communications team to gain hands-on experience in internal and external communications, media relations, and storytelling across brands. The role emphasizes collaboration, leadership exposure, and practical project work in a dynamic grocery retail environment.

Interns will develop leadership skills, receive mentorship, and present project work to company leaders, while supporting a proactive communications strategy for top brands like

Qualifications

• Pursuing a degree in Communications, Public Relations, Digital Media or related field.
• Experience in collaborative group settings.
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent oral and written skills with newswriting experience and AP Style knowledge.
• Ability to multi-task and manage several initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Join the Communications team for a hands-on, paid internship experience.
• Develop content, storytelling, and media/communication materials.
• Support internal and external communications and social media initiatives.
• Participate in mentoring, leadership sessions, and projects with visibility to company leaders.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Analytical thinking

Newswriting

AP Style

Multi-tasking

Detail oriented

Energetic self-starter

Education

Pursuing degree in Communications/PR/Digital Media

Job description

Category/Area of Expertise: Internship

Job Requisition: 547324

Address: USA-NC-Salisbury-2110 Executive Drive

Store Code: Communications (2760831)

Ahold Delhaize USA, a division of global food retailer Ahold Delhaize, is part of the U.S. family of brands, which includes five leading omnichannel grocery brands - Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop. Our associates support the brands with a wide range of services, including Finance, Legal, Sustainability, Commercial, Digital and E-commerce, Technology and more.

Internship Overview

Get an insider view of the fast-changing grocery retail industry while developing relevant business, technical and leadership skills geared toward enhancing your career. This paid internship experience is an opportunity to help drive business results in an environment designed to promote and reward diversity, innovation and leadership. Our mission is to create impactful early talent programs that provide interns with meaningful project work, learning and development sessions, and mentorship opportunities.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and be available from May 24, 2027, through August 13, 2027. We have a hybrid work environment that requires a minimum of three days a week in the office.

• Approximate 12-week internship session with competitive pay
• Impactful project work to develop your skills/knowledge
• Career assistance and mentoring in obtaining full-time positions within Ahold Delhaize USA
• Leadership speaker sessions and development activities
• One-on-one mentoring in your area of interest
• Involvement in group community service events
• Networking and professional-engagement opportunities
• Access to online career-development tools and resources
• Opportunity to present project work to company leaders and gain executive visibility

Department/Position Description

Join the Ahold Delhaize USA Communications team for a hands-on, paid summer internship experience! Ahold Delhaize USA is the parent company of leading grocery retail brands, which together make up the largest grocery retail group on the East Coast: Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop. Our team shares a common motivation to drive change, take ownership and enable the clients we support to better care for their customers. We thrive on supporting great local grocery brands and their strategies. For more information, visit https://www.adusa.com .

The Communications team is responsible for internal (employee communications - including daily updates, feature stories and major project strategic communications planning and counsel) and external communications (media relations, crisis communication support, social media), community relations and more for Ahold Delhaize USA and our partners.

The team partners with all Ahold Delhaize USA departments and other brands and support companies to function as a leading communications center of excellence, providing customer service support for all Ahold Delhaize USA brands through a variety of channels, including traditional and online platforms.

Our interns will have the opportunity for hands-on experience by joining our highly skilled communications team to find and curate content, serve as storytellers in writing, sound and video, and bring new, creative ideas to support our associates and tell our story.

You’ll get an insider view of the fast-changing grocery retail industry while developing leadership skills and business knowledge to enhance your communications career.

Qualifications

• Working toward a degree in Communications, Public Relations, Digital Media or related field
• Experience working in a collaborative group setting
• Experience using analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Excellent oral and written skills - including newswriting experience (minimum newswriting coursework) and strong AP Style knowledge
• Ability to multi-task and work on several initiatives at once
• Detail oriented
• Energetic self-starter

Individual cohort pay rates vary based on location, academic year, and position.

IL/MA/MD Salary Range: $20.00 - $37.80

ME/NC/PA/SC Salary Range: $18.10 - $34.20

At Ahold Delhaize USA, we provide services to one of the largest portfolios of grocery companies in the nation, and we're actively seeking top talent.

Our team shares a common motivation to drive change, take ownership and enable our brands to better care for their customers. We thrive on supporting great local grocery brands and their strategies.

Our associates are the heartbeat of our organization. We are committed to offering a welcoming work environment where all associates can succeed and thrive. Guided by our values of courage, care, teamwork, integrity (and even a little humor), we are dedicated to being a great place to work.

We believe in collaboration, curiosity, and continuous learning in all that we think, create and do. While building a culture where personal and professional growth are just as important as business growth, we invest in our people, empowering them to learn, grow and deliver at all levels of the business.