Talent Development Intern

Ameritas; Oklahoma; Hybrid; USD 13,000 - 20,000; Full time

Job summary

Ameritas Life Insurance Corp invites applications for a Talent Development Intern. The role blends in-office and remote work, starting in May 2027, with responsibilities spanning engagement, learning, and change management.

You will promote strengths-based culture and assist in planning recognition events and LMS tasks. Ideal candidates are pursuing a degree in communications, HR, PR, or business, with at least one year of college completed and strong time management and communication skills.

Qualifications

• At least 1 year of college completed.
• Enrolled in a degree program in communications, human resources, public relations, business, or related area.
• Gallup Strengths coaching experience preferred.
• Superior time management, project planning, situational adaptability, and communication skills.
• Interest in learning new software applications for eLearning development and analytics.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support the Talent Development team regarding engagement, learning, and enterprise change management.
• Serve as a Gallup Strengths ambassador and promote a culture of strengths.
• Assist in planning and implementation of engagement events and recognition programs.
• Support learning and development functions, including LMS administration and training metrics.
• Collaborate to facilitate the annual engagement survey and create education/tools for managers and associates.
• Support enterprise committees with alignment, communication, budgets, and activity.
• Create internal HR communications for newsletters, intranet, and other channels.

Skills

Time management

Project planning

Communication skills

Office software

Excel

eLearning development

Education

Some college completed

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

Job description

Ameritas Life Insurance Corp is looking for a Talent Development Intern to help the business by facilitating internal engagement and associate development activities. This is a hybrid role working partially in-office and partially from home starting in May 2027.

At Ameritas, our mission is Fulfilling Life. We do that in many ways, but especially by helping people invest in themselves by offering trusted financial products and advice. Because we believe everyone should be happy, healthy, and financially secure, we work hard to provide trusted financial products and valued guidance, including individual life and disability insurance, employee benefits, retirement planning, investments, and wealth management services.

What you do:

• Support the Talent Development team regarding various parts of associate engagement, communication, learning & development, and enterprise change management.
• Serve as a Gallup Strengths ambassador and help promote a culture of strengths within the organization.
• Assist in planning and implementation of associate/company engagement and achievement recognition events at Ameritas.
• Support the Talent Development team with learning and development functions such as learning management system administration, assist with tasks related to training activity and preparing learning metrics.
• Collaborate with the team to facilitate the annual engagement survey. Create branding and year-long promotion of the survey. Create education and tools to support managers and all associates about engagement.
• Support enterprise committees through alignment, creating communication, promotion, budgets to support committee activity.
• Create internal human resource communication to be put in newsletters, the intranet, and other communication vehicles.

What you bring:

• A minimum of 1 year college completed.
• Able to commit to a 1-year internship and work part-time during the school year (16-20 hours/week) and full-time in the summer (30-40 hours/week).
• Enrolled in a college/university program to obtain a degree in communications, human resources, public relations, business, or related area
• Gallup Strengths coaching experience preferred.
• Superior time management, project planning, situational adaptability, and communication skills.
• The ideal candidate will have professional office technology skills with an interest in learning new software applications for eLearning development and analytics.
• Experience with the Microsoft Office suite of products with advanced Microsoft Excel skills preferred.
• Understanding of the Ameritas' mission, vision, core values, philosophy, and brand, in addition to industry trends.

What we offer:

• Our company motto is "Fulfilling Life" and we take that job seriously, with a heavy commitment to volunteering and community support, employee well-being, and providing quality products and services that help our customers create a brighter future.
• Being a mutual-based organization, the return on our investment goes back into the company, to benefit our members/customers.
• We’re committed to professional development, opportunity, inclusion, and diversity. Team building and collaboration are also priorities.

This internship is benefits ineligible.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Ameritas has a reputation as a company that cares, and because everyone should feel safe bringing their authentic, whole self to work, we’re committed to an inclusive culture and diverse workplace, enriched by our individual differences. We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer that hires based on qualifications, positive attitude, and exemplary work ethic, regardless of sex, race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Application Deadline

This position will be open for a minimum of 3 business days or until filled.

This position is not open to individuals who are temporarily authorized to work in the U.S.