2023 Canon Insights Summer Internship – Public Relations & Social Media

Overview

Canon is an innovative global digital imaging leader that uses technology to dissolve the barriers we face in the connections we build, the experiences we create, and even the lives we live.

We are looking for passionate and experienced students to join the Canon USA team for our 2023 Canon Insights Summer Internship Program, a paid 10-week experience based in our Melville, New York Headquarters. The program will be held from June 5, 2023 - August 11, 2023.

What You’ll Do:

- You will have the opportunity to gain hands-on work experience by participating in significant work projects that help you learn, develop business skills, and provide a meaningful contribution to Canon's business and goals.

- You’ll come into the office 4 out of 5 days a week (Monday – Thursday) on a full-time (9 AM – 5 PM) schedule based on a 35-hour work week. Fridays are reserved for off-site activities or remote work.

- You will be exposed to world-class teams and our business, marketing, and strategy initiatives through training, meetings, presentations, and other activities.

- You’ll gain marketable skills and knowledge that you’ll need in transitioning into the workforce.

Who You Are:

- A current student pursuing a Bachelor’s degree as of the Summer 2023, enrolled in a related major in the department of interest.

- Have excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong computer skills, including MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

- Team player and work independently.

Perks & Benefits:

- A beautiful Headquarters facility, which has consistently received awards for its many modern amenities on a 52-acre campus

- Free morning coffee

- “Dress for Your Day” attire program – Casual dress (including jeans!) is permitted

- Access to the on-site fitness center with locker rooms

- A dedicated peer buddy who will serve as a mentor during your internship experience

- Extensive learning and professional development opportunities

- Engaging team-building events exclusively for interns

- Opportunity to network with top-level Canon business leaders

- Collaborative lunch and learns with our top talent

- Exclusive training with industry leaders on Canon equipment

- Volunteer opportunities serving our local community

- Opportunity to participate in exclusive focus groups

- A chance to be featured on Canon’s social media sites

- Swag! A Canon welcome kit and official merch you can’t get anywhere else

Award-Winning Culture:

Recognized as one of Fortune Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies in 2022, Canon has a unique culture and is committed to our core values of integrity, mutual respect, fairness, and communication.

Our corporate philosophy is Kyosei - which we define as "all people, regardless of race, religion, or culture, harmoniously living and working together into the future." This is reflected in our welcoming, respectful, and family-oriented atmosphere with a strong focus on diversity & inclusion, work-life balance, and community and environmental initiatives.

Responsibilities

The 2023 Canon Insights Summer Internship – Public Relations & Social Media Intern would rotate between Public Relations and Social Media, responsibilities would include but not limited to:

Public Relations:

- Participate in media tracking and curating interesting content for different platforms for all the Canon business units.

- Identify new media outlets, contacts, platforms to enable Public Relations to build media lists.

- Craft pitches – edit and review press releases, media alerts, etc.

Social Media:

- Collaborate with Social Media Operations team and B2B stakeholders on sourcing and development for social platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Canon Community and others as needed.

- Bolster the social media department’s ability to meet content and strategy demand by working with corporate and business group contacts to identify and/or adapt existing and net-new content to be social-media ready. 

- Provide additional checks and balances with the department by entering and scheduling content into our SMMS tool, Sprout.

- Ideate, curate and execute content for the Insights Program, assist in analytics prevalent to social media campaigns running within the department, and brainstorm sessions on trending topic ideas.

- Attend standing public relations and social media meetings (virtual and in-person) with extended social and Public Relations team as well as stakeholders.

Qualifications

A current student pursuing a Bachelor’s degree as of the Summer 2023, enrolled in a related major in the department of interest. Have excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong computer skills, including MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Team player and work independently.

- Public Relations, Communications, Journalism or related major preferred.

- Critical thinking and dynamic mindset while performing media monitoring for the team a plus.

- Proactive learner a plus.

- Excellent writing and communications skills. 

Company Overview

About our Company - Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions to the United States and to Latin America and the Caribbean markets. With approximately $30.4 billion in global revenue, its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ), ranks third overall in U.S. patents granted in 2020† and is one of Fortune Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies in 2020. Canon U.S.A. is dedicated to its Kyosei philosophy of social and environmental responsibility. To keep apprised of the latest news from Canon U.S.A., sign up for the Company's RSS news feed by visiting www.usa.canon.com/rss and follow us on Twitter @CanonUSA.

†Based on weekly patent counts issued by United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Canon U.S.A., Inc. offers a competitive compensation package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) Savings Plan, discretionary profit sharing, discretionary success sharing, educational assistance, recognition programs, vacation, and much more. A more comprehensive list of what we have to offer is available at https://www.usa.canon.com/about-us/life-at-canon/benefits-and-compensation

We comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations, orders and mandates, including those we may be required to follow as a federal government contractor/subcontractor.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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