What you'll do

H&R Block, the world's leader in tax preparation services, is looking for exceptional students in the Marketing (Brand Management, Client Experience, Social Media) spaces for EMBARK, our 2024 Summer Internship Program. As an intern, you will work at our corporate headquarters in the premier downtown Power & Light District of Kansas City, where everything is either steps or a streetcar ride away.

Our office offers an onsite fitness gym and Starbucks, an awesome company dining room, free parking, and more. At H&R Block, we provide college students real-life work experience that directly correlates to their field of study while making a valuable contribution to our organization.

Embark is an 11 week paid internship experience from May 20, 2024 - August 2, 2024.

• A housing stipend is provided for those whose permanent address is more that 50 miles from the KC Metro
• Compensation is $25/hour
• Paid PTO from July 1st - July 5th for H&R Block's Annual Reboot Week

Day to day you'll

Throughout the 11 week internship, under the guidance of a leader, some of the internship responsibilities will include:

• Research, gather and organize data to provide information for special projects or reports.
• Own the user experience from end to end.
• Think systematically about enterprise capabilities and solutions.
• Participate in design thinking exercises.
• Create journey flows and interactive prototypes.
• Leverage Block Design System and contribute to its maturity.
• Work with our research and data science teams to ask the right questions.
• Generate future facing ideas and help bring them to life.
• Identify design problems and advocate for the user.

Throughout the 11 week internship, as a part of the Embark program, interns will also participate in workshops and events that align with the program's four pillars:

• Professional Development: includes the basics for a professional role, everything from using Microsoft Office to setting up a Teams meeting and giving a presentation.
• Giveback: involves participating in Make Every Block Better community service events. The goal is to teach the importance of community, make an impact, and provide bonding time for teams.
• Networking: entails meeting various executives with offices at H&R Block's headquarters, having lunch with directors and vice presidents, spending time with a mentor and getting to know people beyond their assigned department.
• Social: is meant to be fun and teach the importance of working hard and playing hard. H&R Block might take the interns to a Kansas City Royals game or facilitate other competitions meant to be fun or instill teamwork.

About H&R Block

H&R Block's purpose is simple: To provide help and inspire confidence in our clients and communities everywhere. We've been true to that purpose since brothers Henry and Richard Bloch founded our company in 1955. Since then, we've grown to have approximately 12,000 offices throughout the United States and around the world.

We are a people company first and a tax company second. People who join H&R Block say it feels like being part of something bigger. A place with an amazing and storied history, but with a strong and urgent focus on the future. Maybe it's how determined, forward thinking and innovative we are, or how accessible our leadership is. We believe it's all those things, and much more.

H&R Block is committed to diversity and inclusion and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We consider qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class. All qualified applicants are welcomed and encouraged to apply.

What you'll bring to the team

Education:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Seeking to obtain a degree in Marketing, or some similar discipline with a GPA of 3.0 or above
• Ability to work as part of a diverse team and independently
• Highly motivated, organized, reliable, and detail-oriented
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Quick learner and not afraid to work with new computer-based programs and databases
• Ability to be effective and contribute in a fast-paced corporate environment

Work Experience:

• No previous work experience necessary.