Intern, Corporate Communications; Durham, NC

Position: Intern, Corporate Communications (Durham, NC)
COMPANY:

At Bio Cryst, we share a deep commitment to improving the lives of people living with complement-mediated and other rare diseases. For over three decades we've been guided by our passion for not settling for "ordinary" in our quest to develop novel medicines. We leverage our expertise in structure-guided drug design to develop first-in-class or best-in-class oral small-molecule and protein therapeutics, led by the efforts of our team of expert scientists in our Discovery Center of Excellence in Birmingham, Alabama.

Our global headquarters is in Durham, North Carolina and our employees span the globe across sites in multiple countries. We are proud of our culture of engagement and accountability that rewards people for innovative thinking and achievement of key objectives. For more information, please visit our website at  or follow us on Linked In and Instagram.

SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

The Bio Cryst Internship Program is more than just an internship, it's a launchpad for your future career. We believe the best learning happens through hands-on experience, meaningful connections, and ownership of your summer projects. During your 12-week internship, you'll dive into biotech projects firsthand and see the impact your work has on patient lives.

Program Highlights

Hands-On Work:
Participate in projects that have real impact on the team and company.

Hybrid Flexibility:
Balance remote work with at least three days per week in our Durham/RTP office, at the Frontier RTP campus, providing access to resources, mentorship, and the full internship experience.

Note:

this is not a fully remote internship.

Onboarding & Orientation:
Kick off the summer with an in-person orientation at our headquarters to meet fellow interns and leaders.

Professional Growth:
Attend workshops, networking sessions, and join the Career Connections Program to sharpen your skills and explore career paths.

Community & Culture:
Join social events, team-building activities, and volunteer opportunities to build relationships and give back.

Intern Showcase:
Share your work and impact at our in-person Summer Intern Showcase.

Access to Leaders:
Gain insights directly from company leaders and innovators shaping the future of biotech.

JOB SUMMARY

This is an exciting opportunity to obtain hands-on communications experience at a fast-growing biotech company. As a Corporate Communications Intern, you will support the Bio Cryst Corporate Communications Team across a variety of activities, including employee/internal communications, external communications and event planning and execution. This is a unique chance for you to garner a breadth of experience across the corporate communications spectrum while gaining valuable biotechnology industry experience.

The ideal candidate will be ready to roll up their sleeves and bring their passion for communications into a fast-paced, innovative learning environment. This individual should bring energy every day and be eager to work collaboratively as we work toward our objective of bringing innovative treatments to patients with complement-mediated and other rare diseases.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

* Develop content (e.g., news articles, department pages, program updates, etc.) for our global intranet platform and support development of biweekly employee newsletter.

* Oversee company-wide mass email coordination calendar.

* Partner with other departments and individuals across diverse locations to ensure the global employee perspective is properly reflected in internal communications.

* Maintain and organize internal platforms, including photo and video library.

* Support weekly traditional monitoring efforts to track and share company and relevant industry news.

* Build and maintain trackers (e.g., media touchpoint tracker).

* Conduct ad hoc research to inform various communications activities.

* Support coordination of all-employee meetings and ad hoc internal events, including pre-meeting set-up and post-meeting communications. Contribute to agenda development, slide creation and speaker prep.

* Bring a keen eye to the department's communications by proofreading documents and editing content for…