Job title: Internship: ESG and Public Affairs Communications

Start date: May 2025

Duration: 6 months minimum

Type: Internship

Weekly presence: 32-40 hours

Inspire, engage, and empower colleagues and stakeholders to contribute to improving the lives of 2.5 billion people per year by 2030! This is your opportunity to have a positive, communications impact and inspire people all over the world. Working in the External Relations department, you’ll be at the heart of our worldwide company.

Your role:

• Support communication planning : collaborate with relevant stakeholders to support the development of integrated communication plans and briefings

• Communication design and development : develop communication content/campaigns in support of key communication objectives and across a range of communications channels and touchpoints (e.g. intranet, internal social networking and social media etc.).

• Stakeholder management : utilize strong interpersonal skills to collaborate with stakeholders (i.e. in the External Relations and Comms & Brand function), influencing decisions and advocating for effective communication strategies.

• Drive ROI in everything you do: monitor the effectiveness and impact of communications across our channels for continuous improvement of our communications.

You're the right fit if:

• You are currently studying towards your Master's or Bachelor's degree in Communications or Marketing & Communications

• You are creative, have strong written and verbal communication skills and are fluent in oral and written English

• You are passionate about/ interested or educated in ESG, sustainability and Human Rights. Interest and experience in global politics and Public Affairs and/or employee communications is a plus.

• You are organized and able to manage multiple projects in a timely manner

• You are resilient, have a positive, growth-mindset and you're able handle pressure and deadlines.

In return, we offer you

• Monthly full-time allowance between €500 - €700 gross, depending on educational level and if you would need to relocate to The Netherlands. If you will perform a part-time internship you will receive the allowance pro-rata.

• Housing compensation, in case of relocating to the vicinity of the office, €300,- net if location is in the vicinity of Amsterdam, €255,- net for all other Philips locations. You need to provide a rental contract of the land lord, and your normal home-work travel distance need to be more than 50 km or travel time (one way trip) need to be more than 1.5 hours.

• Travel compensation, if you are not eligible for a free public transport card; you will receive max. €192,- net

• Paid holidays per internship term.

• The opportunity to buy Philips equipment at our Philips shop

IMPORTANT:

Part of our selection procedure is a HireVue online assessment. We are not able to share the outcome of this HireVue assessment, but will use this as extra selection criteria.

How we work together

We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week.

Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities.

Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations. This role is an office role.

About Philips

We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help the lives of others.

• Learn more about our business.

• Discover our rich and exciting history.

• Learn more about our purpose.

If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion here.