Intern, Healthy Living-Remote

Join the Healthy Living team as an intern to support public health initiatives.

AHA - American Heart Association

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Overview

Join the Healthy Living team as an intern to support public health initiatives.

You have:

  • Candidates who are seniors or graduate students pursuing a degree in nutrition science, journalism, communications, public relations, marketing or localization/translation with an interest in non-profit and health care communications.
  • Knowledge in the field of public health and health literacy.
  • Demonstrated skills in research such as market research, environmental scans, etc. With the ability to apply market research when creating consumer content.
  • Demonstrated skills in written communications, including ability to translate dense content into easy to read and understand versions and formats for various audience such as consumers or executive leadership.
  • Undergraduate course work in health promotion, nutrition, public health, content marketing, general marketing, and/or communications.
  • Fluent in Spanish a plus but not required.
  • Effective oral (one-on-one and group; virtual meetings; phone), written (consumer-facing educational resources, email) and presentation communication skills.
  • Ability to collaborate professionally in a corporate and non-profit environment and assume responsibility for guiding projects from inception through completion.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment managing multiple priorities involving multiple entities.
  • Must be familiar with software including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Canva.
  • Required Equipment: Reliable Wi-Fi connection.
  • Minimum availability of 20 hrs/wk, M-F between the hours of 9am-5pm.
  • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship, now or in the future.

Potential interview questions

Can you describe a research project you have worked on and what your role was? The interviewer wants to understand your experience in conducting research. Discuss a specific research project, your responsibilities, and the outcomes.
How do you handle tight deadlines when working on multiple projects? They are evaluating your time management and prioritization skills. Pro members can see the explanation.
What interests you about working in a non-profit health organization? Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
Can you give an example of how you effectively communicated complex information to a non-expert audience? Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
Describe a time when you collaborated with a team to achieve a goal. Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
How do you approach developing content for diverse audiences? Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
What software tools have you used for content creation or project management? Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
What are your career goals and how does this internship fit into them? Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
Added 25 days ago - Updated 1 day ago - Source: heart.org