Who We Are
Vermeer equips customers doing important work around the world. We are global, driven by innovation and growing. The equipment we make manages natural resources, connects people and feeds and fuels communities. We live out a caring culture, we demonstrate agility, we keep a focus on customers and are stewards of our resources. These beliefs drive our culture, determine how we treat others and steer our business.
Work Shift
1 - First ShiftJob Summary
The Communications Intern helps with the creative development and refinement of new and existing communication channels; internal creative services, company meeting and employee event planning, and general communication responsibilities. This position will include writing, editing, design and layout management, research, and measurement of employee-facing and key stakeholder communication.Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
1. Demonstrate the Vermeer characteristics of caring culture, demonstrating agility, customer focused, and stewardship, and model the associated behaviors.
2. Help with the creation and development of quality communication messages that incorporate graphics, photography, audio visual, and web design artwork that helps advance the organization’s communication goals. Coordinate with Vermeer Creative Services to execute creative work when work cannot be executed within the communication department.
3. Work collaboratively with business segments and support functions. Support an ongoing cadence of communication with employees to support an engaged workforce.
4. Plan, develop, and edit communication (oral, written, visual) for organization initiatives to enhance stakeholder knowledge of the brand, products, business priorities, operating environment, while also enhancing the employee experience. Identify story ideas and collect information through internal and external sources to obtain editorial material for use in organization’s communication mediums.
5. Maintain communication graphics, photograph, and audio visual files.
Education and/or Experience
- High School diploma required.
- Current student pursing a Bachelors’ degree in Public Relations, Journalism, Communications or Marketing.
- Previous internship is a plus.
Other Skills and Abilities
- Strong writing skills.
- Ability to work well both independently and in a team setting.
- Basic computer skills, but knowledge or willingness to work with design software is helpful.
- Flexibility and ability to balance multiple tasks.
Work Location
ONSITE: A team member’s day-to-day work is best done on a Vermeer campus. If work content can be occasionally completed at an offsite location, discuss potential arrangements with your manager.Equal Opportunity Employer
At Vermeer Corporation, we believe in the value of your unique identity, background, and experiences. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status or any other status protected by the law. Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation due to a disability at any stage of the employment application process should contact Team Member Solutions at (641) 621-8767 or at [email protected].
Interested? We’d love to get to know you.
Skills Required
- High school diploma
- Currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in public relations, journalism, communications, or marketing
- Strong writing skills
- Ability to work independently and in a team setting
- Basic computer skills
- Flexibility and ability to balance multiple tasks
- Previous internship experience
- Knowledge of or willingness to work with design software
What We Do
Do More At Work, In Life, For Others As a leading manufacturer of agricultural and industrial equipment, Vermeer relies on a team of more than 3,500 strong making a real impact. Around the world, Vermeer team members are rolling up their sleeves to design, build and support tough yellow iron built for customers feeding and fueling their communities, managing natural resources and connecting people to the necessities of life. Headquartered in Pella, Iowa, U.S.A., Vermeer employs team members around the world, with regional offices in Brazil, the Netherlands and Singapore; additional manufacturing facilities in South Dakota and Tianjin; and more than 600 dealers located around the world. We’re not just proud of what we do, we’re proud of how we do it: we put others first, we build the best and we give back. Built upon a legacy of innovation and grit, Vermeer has continued to listen to and meet the needs of customers across the globe for more than 70 years. We are rooted in our 4P Philosophy – Principles, People, Product and Profit – and these are the core values that drive our culture, determine how we treat others and steer our business. Proud to be a family-owned and -operated company, Vermeer serves as a leading example of successful family business. Since 1948, Vermeer has built a strong foundation grounded in values and led by those in pursuit of progress and a heart for others. Our influence is real and felt around the world. Vermeer machines are made to equip our customers to do more across a diverse group of important markets including underground construction, surface mining, tree care, environmental and agricultural industries. The equipment we design, build and support helps make our world go. And our people are doing the same thing – moving their communities, industries and causes forward.
