This is a full time, remote Summer Internship that can be based anywhere in the United States or Canada.
Calix is looking for a Summer Intern to join our Brand Marketing team. In this role, you will be part of a unique and award-winning internship program within the company. The program provides the opportunity to learn new skills through training and on the job learning. The duration of the program is expected to be 90 days.
As part of this internship, youâll work closely with the brand marketing team to help tell Calixâs story from internal updates to awards strategy and creating social content that elevates our brand, culture, and leadership in innovation in the telecommunications industry. This role is ideal for a communications, marketing, journalism, or business student who is passionate about storytelling, brand building, and creating meaningful employee and audience engagement.
This is a handsâon opportunity to gain realâworld experience inside a fastâpaced, missionâdriven technology company recognized for its awardâwinning internship program and peopleâfirst culture.
Responsibilities and Duties:
Internal Communications Support
- Assistwith producing and publishing internal newsletters
- Helpmaintaininternal editorial calendars and content trackers
- Organize and archive internal communications assets and content
Awards Strategy â
- âAssistwith researching andidentifyingaward submissions across marketing, culture, leadership, and innovation categories
- Help track award deadlines, submissions, and results using internal trackers
- Support internal and external amplification plans for award wins, including coordination with social, web, and internal channelsÂ
Social Media Coordination
- Assistwith creating content for LinkedIn and our employee advocacy tool, Hootsuite Amplify that is tied to brand initiatives and customer success
- Support content calendars, publishing workflows, and post scheduling across corporate channels in HootsuiteÂ
- Assistwith monitoring community sentiment/engagement toidentifytrends and learningsÂ
- Help track social performance and reporting Â
Emerging AI + Productivity Tools
- Support the Brand Marketing teamâs use ofagentic AI experiences, including helping prototype and test lightweight AI agents to support content planning, research, and social amplification.
- UseMicrosoft Copilot routinelyto accelerate writing, research, drafting, synthesis, and reportingâwhile applying strong editorial judgment to ensure quality, accuracy, and brand voice.
- Experiment with AIâpowered workflows to improve efficiency across newsletters, awards tracking, social content, and internal communications.
Qualifications:
- Currently pursuing a degree in Communications, Marketing, Journalism, English, Business, or a related field with a preference for Juniors and Seniors with prior internship experience
- Strong writer who enjoys crafting clear, engaging content and pays close attention to detailâespecially when working with recognition, storytelling, and brand messaging
- Organized and proactive, with the ability to manage multiple projects, track details (like deadlines and approvals), and follow through on tasks from start to finish
- Curious by nature and enjoy researching, synthesizing information, and spotting patterns, whetherthatâsidentifyingaward opportunities, pulling together proof points, or analyzing social content performance
- Comfortable working in collaborative, crossâfunctional environments and communicating with a variety of stakeholders
- Familiar with social media platforms and/or Social Media Management systemsâespecially LinkedInâand understand how content, tone, and visuals work together to tell a compelling story
- Able to work for the complete summer break (May â August or June â September)Â
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The base pay range for this position varies based on the geographic location. More information about the pay range specific to candidate location and other factors will be shared during the recruitment process. Individual pay is determined based on location of residence and multiple factors, including job-related knowledge, skills and experience.
San Francisco Bay Area:
21.85 - 28.75 USD Hourly
Select US Metros and States:
19.00 - 25.00 USD Hourly
Other US Locations:
17.10 - 22.50 USD Hourly
For information on our benefits click here.