2025 Intern – Corporate Communications & External Relations

Introduction
Uncover and transform insights into creative experiences that matter to your customers. Make every touchpoint an opportunity to engage. As a Marketing Professional at IBM you will create stories that cut through noise and have an impact on your audience. IBM is trailblazing the Agile Marketing approach allowing you to work with speed adaptability and creativity to uncover insights and deliver experiences that matter to your customers.

Your Role and Responsibilities
Start and end dates for this internship are during Summer 2025.

At IBM we believe technology shapes the world and we are a catalyst for innovation and creativity. We are at the forefront of groundbreaking change – improving businesses society and the human condition. As a leader in Hybrid Cloud and AI we are leading the charge in a worldwide digital transformation.

Our Marketing Communications & Corporate Social Responsibility (MCC) team tells this story and is responsible for positioning IBM in the market. We define and optimize IBM’s brand capture the market’s attention and articulate our point of view for clients partners the media and even other IBMers. As part of our team you’ll be surrounded by bright minds and keen collaborators – always willing to help and be helped – as you apply passion to work that will compel our audience to choose IBM’s products and services.

When you join IBM you join a culture of openness collaboration and trust. You join a team of IBMers who are helping technology support a positive global transformation. So join us and experience a place where you can co-create your learning and opportunities. A place where teamwork and unique ideas are treasured. A place where you can bring innovation to life.

As an IBM Corporate Communications Intern you’ll work collaboratively driving work that addresses a strategic IBM Marketing business challenge. In addition to your project work the internship includes educational networking and social activities. Between project work and intern programming you’ll get to touch a variety of areas within Marketing and Communications. At the end of program you’ll have the opportunity to showcase your final outcomes to a large audience of Business Leaders and Practitioners across the organization. This is a highly visible intern program with leadership exposure and mentorship throughout the summer.

As Corporate Communications & External Relations professionals our mission is to accelerate IBM’s growth by advancing and defending IBM’s reputation persuading external and internal audiences and driving brand consideration. We do this by illustrating IBM’s strategy innovation and industry leadership wit h clients investors media analysts employees policy influencers and other key stakeholders. As a Corporate Communications & External Relations intern you may:

• Support corporate-level media relations and thought leadership efforts on behalf of finance CSR HR and sports and entertainment
• Drive the story around IBM offerings services and capabilities using strategic communications tactics tied to key market moments and events market trends and client needs
• Develop messaging and fact-based-arguments that differentiate IBM’s products and business to drive greater awareness and consideration

This role may be based in New York NY or Austin TX.

IBM will not be providing Visa sponsorship for these positions now or in the future. Therefore to be considered for this position you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future Visa sponsorship.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Currently enrolled in an accredited University
• Available for an internship in Summer 2025
• Rising senior for the 2025-2026 school year
• Passionate about Marketing Communications Journalism Writing or a related field
• Fluent in English; strong written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Basic knowledge of communications media relations public relations crisis communications or related field
• Basic knowledge of problem-solving and analytical skills
• Basic storytelling writing or journalism skills
• A strategic consultative data-driven mindset