Intern - Corporate Communications - San Francisco, California
9 hours ago
Job description
Job Description:
Rakuten International is a division of Rakuten Group, Inc., a Japanese global technology leader in services that empower individuals, communities, businesses and society. Headquartered in San Mateo, California with more than 4,000 employees worldwide, the Rakuten International business portfolio includes market leaders in e-commerce, digital marketing, advertising, communications and entertainment. We create products and services that provide exceptional value by aligning members and the businesses that want to engage them in a shared community.Job Summary:
As a Corporate Communications Intern, you will gain hands-on exposure to how a global technology company manages reputation, narrative development, and cross-functional communications. You will support Rakuten International's External Communications team across media relations, executive communications, owned media, and strategic storytelling initiatives.
The Intern Experience: Rakuten is committed to providing our interns with mentorship, meaningful work that supports real company priorities, and exposure to senior leaders. You can also expect curated events to build your professional development, including workshops, regular interactions with Rakuten leadership, and relationship building opportunities with other interns and professionals. Visit our company website and profile on The Muse to learn more about Rakuten's culture and values, as well as hear from last year's interns.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide support for various projects, including development of communications materials like press releases, media lists, executive briefs, and more.
- Monitor and analyze media coverage, corporate owned media channel performance, and industry trends.
- Assist in developing content for the company's blog and social media channels.
- Conduct research on industry trends, competitors, and relevant topics to support corporate narrative priorities.
- Participate in meetings with teams from multiple Rakuten businesses.
Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Willingness to learn and excellent attention to detail.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Ability to work effectively independently, as well as part of a highly collaborative, geographically dispersed team.
- Act with discretion when handling sensitive and confidential company information.
- Ability to manage multiple assignments under guidance from the team.
- A blend of curiosity, analytical thinking, creativity, flexibility, adaptability, and follow-through.
- Commitment to providing timely, high-quality work – sometimes under pressure.
- Experience building or drafting content and using social media programs strongly preferred.
Minimum Requirements:
- Degree in progress in Communications, Journalism, English, Media Studies or comparable liberal arts major.
At the time of posting, Rakuten expects the hourly rate for this role will be between $20-$25 per hour. Individual compensation will vary based on job-related factors, including the skills, qualifications, and experience of the successful candidate as well as business need and geographic location.
Five Principles for Success
Our worldwide practices describe specific behaviors that make Rakuten unique and united across the world. We expect Rakuten employees to model these 5 Shugi Principles of Success.
Always improve, Always Advance - Only be satisfied with complete success - Kaizen
Passionately Professional - Take an uncompromising approach to your work and be determined to be the best
Hypothesize - Practice - Validate – Shikumika - Use the Rakuten Cycle to succeed in unknown territory
Maximize Customer Satisfaction - The greatest satisfaction for our teams is seeing their customers smile
Speed Speed Speed - Always be conscious of time - take charge, set clear goals, and engage your team
Rakuten provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. Rakuten considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, provincial or local laws.
Similar jobs
+The Corporate Communications team sits within DoorDash's broader Communications organization and helps tell the story of how DoorDash empowers local economies in more than 40 countries around the world. · +Help tell the story of how DoorDash empowers local economies by supportin ...
4 weeks ago
Rakuten International is a division of Rakuten Group, Inc., a Japanese global technology leader in services that empower individuals, communities, businesses and society. We create products and services that provide exceptional value by aligning members and the businesses that wa ...
5 days ago
We're seeking a Corporate Communications IC to support the strategy and execution of corporate announcements and executive communications programs for senior leadership at Anthropic. · Develop and execute communications strategies to elevate Anthropic's brand and effectively comm ...
1 month ago
Job summary · We are looking for a proven corporate communications professional to help shape and drive the story of how Uber makes money, · ... ...
4 weeks ago
The Corporate Communications team sits within DoorDash's broader Communications organization. · The Corporate Communications Associate will play a key role in shaping and sharing DoorDash's corporate story through media relations storytelling digital-first content operational exc ...
1 month ago
We are looking for an ambitious Corporate Communications Lead who wants to do more than just write press releases. You will be the architect of our external narrative and build a media powerhouse that drives the conversation on the labor economy. · Build the CNBC of Main Street: ...
1 week ago
We are looking for an ambitious Corporate Communications Lead who wants to create the "CNBC of Main Street" by turning Workwhile into the "Pulse of Labor." · The successful candidate will be responsible for developing a content strategy that positions Workwhile as the primary sou ...
14 hours ago
We are seeking a Communications Manager to help shape how Scale shows up across the industry with a focus on telling our data and research story. You will partner closely with researchers and product leaders as well as teams across communications social marketing and go-to-market ...
3 weeks ago
We are looking for a proven corporate communications professional to help shape and drive the story of how Uber makes money, translating our strategy, business milestones, and growth priorities into clear narratives for business, financial, and enterprise audiences. · We are seek ...
2 weeks ago
Rakuten International is a division of Rakuten Group, Inc., a Japanese global technology leader in services that empower individuals, communities, businesses and society. The Corporate Communications Manager plays a pivotal role in shaping and executing external communications st ...
5 days ago
As VP of Customer Communications & Marketing you will own the strategy and execution of all customer-facing communications and post-sale marketing—ensuring our customers clearly understand adopt and realize value from our platform. · ...
4 weeks ago
As VP of Customer Communications & Marketing you will own the strategy and execution of all customer-facing communications and post-sale marketing ensuring our customers clearly understand adopt and realize value from our platform. · 10+ years of experience in B2B SaaS marketing ...
4 weeks ago
The Senior Specialist, Corporate Communications plays a critical role in leading issues and crisis management activities to protect the company's reputation. · ...
1 month ago
The Head of Global Corporate Communications will lead the Company's global communications strategy and execution. · ...
2 weeks ago
This is a hands-on role with a mix of strategy and execution where you will lead issues and crisis management activities to protect the company's reputation and develop communications programs that promote the company's brand and reputation. · ...
1 month ago
We are training and deploying frontier models for developers and enterprises who are building AI systems to power magical experiences like content generation, semantic search, RAG, · and agents. · We believe that our work is instrumental to the widespread adoption of AI. · Each o ...
2 weeks ago
This role provides an outstanding opportunity to showcase Adobe's world-class innovation and drive our mission forward. You will determine and successfully implement strategies that highlight Adobe's strong financial performance and AI advancements. · ...
4 days ago
We're looking for a meticulous and strategic communicator with proven experience shaping narratives and driving strong media relations efforts for world-class brands. · Developing and leading communications strategies to drive Canva's corporate communications goals including our ...
2 days ago
The Director of Corporate Communications for Cloud will act as the lead business partner for central functions like finance and HR, own the executive comms function for several c-level executives, and be responsible for organization wide communication channels and meetings. · ...
1 month ago
We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization, · and we know the next big idea could be yours · The Opportunity · Adobe seeks a dedicated Sr. Comms Manager to join our ambitious marketing team.BUILD AND ORCHESTRATE IMPACTFUL FINANCIAL COMMUNICATIONS STRA ...
1 month ago