Shipt - Corporate Communications Intern, application via RippleMatch

This role is with Shipt. Shipt uses RippleMatch to find top talent.

Shipt is a retail tech company that connects people to reliable, high-quality delivery with a personal touch. Shipt connects customers to the things they want from the stores they love, retail businesses to more satisfied customers, and workers to new earning opportunities.

Your Impact

The Legal and Public Affairs Team at Shipt is looking for a Corporate Communications intern to join us this summer! This team helps build, bring to life, and protect Shipt’s corporate reputation through creative positioning strategies to demonstrate to the public Shipt’s values and business practices. 

You will gain practical experience supporting teams across many functions within the company to help tell the stories of their work, and ensure that stakeholders are aware and can champion the work being done across Shipt.  

How You’ll Spend Your Summer:

• Support with storytelling Shipt’s social impact and food security work through newsroom content, social media, and internal communications channels

• Assist with media relations by writing first-draft newsroom stories, building media lists, and helping with local media pitches 

• Partner with the Government and Public Affairs teams to coordinate grassroots efforts for social impact work and develop compelling collateral for shopper stories 

• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to identify and understand opportunities to amplify work

• Work alongside our PR and Public Affairs agency to help manage projects, build out deliverables, and develop strategy 

• Support with internal storytelling by drafting content for the company intranet and enterprise-level messaging (Slack) 

• Monitor key industry news and media updates, flagging key coverage and mining story ideas 

• Collaborate with shopper facing operations teams to draft messaging, Q&As and real-time incident support

What You’ll Need to be Successful:

• Pursuing a degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Advertising, etc. (or related)

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 

• Strong project management skills with comfort and experience in being nimble as things arise 

• Attention to detail, especially when it comes to grammar, voice, and tone

• Experience collaborating professionally with strong interpersonal skills

 

Work Arrangement

This is a full-time hybrid Summer 2025 Internship. Our program will run for 10 weeks, beginning on Monday, June 2, 2025, and ending on Friday, August 8, 2025. All interns will maintain a consistent, full-time work schedule and participate fully in program activities. 

Shipt considers candidates located near a Shipt office or workspace in Birmingham, San Francisco, or Minneapolis to be hybrid, which means that they have the flexibility to work from home (with leader approval) or at a Shipt office in order to facilitate the ability to innovate, collaborate, and spark team connections. In-office expectations will vary by role and leader. 

About Shipt

At Shipt, we aim to put our team first to boost a sense of belonging, spark opportunities for growth, provide unique benefits, and commit to giving back to our communities in ways that make life better, both personally and professionally. We understand that our service, our culture, and our connection to our communities are only made better by every single person who shows up to work here every day.  Learn More.

Shipt is an independently operated, wholly owned subsidiary of Target Corporation and available in more than 5,000 U.S. cities. Shipt was founded and is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. For more information, please visit Shipt’s company site at Shipt.com.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnicity, religion or religious belief, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, military or veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Please inform your recruiting contact upon initial connection if you need any accommodations.