External Communications Intern
As an External Communications Intern at Honeywell Aerospace, you will help to tell our story. You will play a key role in content creation and editorial support, while collaborating with wider marketing, internal and social media teams to leverage our news across our company channels.
Key Responsibilities
- Draft and edit content including press releases, briefing materials, messaging documents, articles, social media content, presentation decks and communication assets.
- Support media engagement activities at industry events, trade shows and customer events.
- Support responses to media enquiries under guidance from the external communications team.
- Help prepare briefing materials, agendas and assist with media monitoring to create post-event summaries.
- Help maintain editorial calendars and communications tracker.
- Coordinate approvals and stakeholder reviews.
- Conduct research on industry trends, stakeholders, emerging topics and opportunities to strengthen brand awareness and thought leadership.
- Collaborate with internal, marketing and social media teams to leverage news across company channels.
- Support content updates for external channels, including social media and company websites.
YOU MUST HAVE
- Pursuing or have a Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Communications, Journalism, English, Public Relations or a related field.
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment and to confidently engage with peers and business stakeholders.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills with attention to details.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
WE VALUE
- A passion for the aerospace industry and an interest in new and emerging technologies
- An eagerness to learn, take on new challenges and contribute to team outcomes
- The ability to translate complex technologies and ideas into storytelling for a general audience
- Some experience in external communications or media relations
- Excellent planning and project-management skills
Skills Required
- Pursuing or holding a Bachelor's degree or higher in Communications, Journalism, English, Public Relations, or a related field
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment and engage confidently with peers and business stakeholders
- Excellent organizational and time management skills with attention to detail
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Passion for the aerospace industry and interest in emerging technologies
- Eagerness to learn, take on challenges, and contribute to team outcomes
- Ability to translate complex technologies and ideas into storytelling for general audiences
- Some experience in external communications or media relations
- Excellent planning and project-management skills
The Aerospace Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about The Aerospace Corporation and has not been reviewed or approved by The Aerospace Corporation.
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Retirement Support — The 401(k) plan provides a company‑paid contribution of 8–12% based on years of service with immediate eligibility and vesting, and eligible employees can access retiree medical benefits.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off includes 15 vacation days (rising to 20 after five years), nine paid holidays, and unlimited sick time for exempt employees with accruals for non‑exempt staff.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible work models include a 9/80 schedule with alternating Fridays off, supported by backup care services, an EAP, relocation assistance, and home‑office stipends where applicable.
The Aerospace Corporation Insights
What We Do
The space enterprise has been transformed by rapid change and growth. New vehicles for national security space, a more rapid launch cadence, proliferated satellite constellations, the pursuit of interplanetary exploration, and thriving commercial ventures are changing the nature of the space industry. The Aerospace Corporation (Aerospace) is a leading architect for U.S. space programs, shaping efforts to outpace threats to our national security while cultivating the technologies needed to further this new era of space commercialization and exploration. Aerospace works across the space enterprise in service of the public interest. In addition to supporting the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community, our customers include NASA, NOAA, numerous federal agencies, and commercial space — all of whom benefit from our deep technical knowledge. We only pursue business related to the space mission and complementary fields, operating as the nation’s trusted partner to solve the toughest challenges and develop reliable and innovative technologies. Innovation in space occurs when people have the freedom to imagine and do. At Aerospace, we take pride in our readiness to solve some of the most complex challenges in the space enterprise.
Why Work With Us
We are a non-profit corporation chartered by the government to work on the hardest problems in space. We employ technical experts in every discipline of space-related science and engineering who touch every part of the US space program. Come join us as we make an impact bigger than ourselves.
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