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POSITION PURPOSE:

The role of the Communications and Events Intern is to work as part of the Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition Marketing and Communications teams to:

• Support engagement with external stakeholders, including industry and professional groups
• Create engaging digital content for paid, social and owned channels
• Work on the planning and execution of trade show engagements

We're seeking a candidate with the ability to liaise between communications and culinary excellence and who wants to champion a strong strategy that help deliver against business goals and enhance brand value of Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition, North America. 

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

Pursuing or recently obtained a bachelor's degree or above in public relations, communications, event planning, journalism, marketing, or science-based degree (e.g., nutrition, food science, biology, etc.), ideally with a previous internship or fellowship. 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

This internship is ideal for someone who finds themselves stopping friends and family from eating their meals until they can take a perfectly curated and styled photo. In addition to day-to-day logistics activities, you will work alongside our R&D and culinary team to put the beautiful recipes and dishes they create through a strategic lens (literally!) as you support content that will appear across all of our channels. The internship will include developing and executing a content strategy for two major industry events, ensuring we have real-time footage to share with employees and customers, in addition to industry and professional group engagement.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Fast paced food/bio-chemical/chemical manufacturing environment working inside and outside. This position may perform activities in an environment that contains hazardous elements and requires safety awareness and adherence to all safety policies and guidelines.  Work must be performed in a safe manner for personal protection and for the protection of other team members. All safety procedures, procedures described in SOPs, BPRs, and support the compliance of applicable ISO standards in all functional areas must be followed, enforced, and strictly complied with. 

INTERNSHIP LENGTH & COMMITMENT:

This internship with last three months (June – August) at 30 hours per week, with opportunity for full-time hire based on performance at the end of internship

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

This position requires communication with different US locations and some overseas locations with time differences (e.g., Tokyo).

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead content creation for internal and external audiences highlighting AHN’s Solution & Ingredients portfolio, culinary experiences, and recipes, along with featuring employee stories and company news
• Aide in coordination, execution, and success of events for both internal and external stakeholders through, but not limited to, coordinating logistics among and identifying compelling content strategies to ultimately position Ajinomoto as a leader of innovation and hospitality within the industry and as an employer of choice
• Support the development and execution of a content strategy around two major food industry trade shows
• Utilize Ajinomoto’s state-of-the-art in-house studio to create out of the box content, creating step-by-step guides and best practices for equipment
• Support business leaders with engagement of industry and professional groups (i.e. World Business Chicago) along with community engagement strategy development
• Partner with broader Innovation Marketing, R&D and Sales teams to craft the “sell in” stories for innovations to key customers
• Work with the team to identify content trends and create agile content in response
• Develop and update marketing materials for the Solutions & Ingredients portfolio to be utilized at industry events and customer engagements
• Other duties as assigned

Ajinomoto is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

The hiring process for successful candidates will include a pre-employment interview and background check. 

About Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition N.A.

At Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition, we are comprised of four business divisions and two subsidiaries that provide innovative solutions to meet various needs of North American consumers with better taste, nutrition, health, and wellness. Our divisions include Solutions & Ingredients, Amino Science, Medical Nutrition, and Wellness & Sports Nutrition. Our subsidiaries include Ajinomoto Cambrooke Inc. and More Than Gourmet, Inc. Each part of our business brings an unwavering commitment to the leading technologies, science, and innovation that Ajinomoto was founded on?over 110 years ago. As the North America subsidiary of The Ajinomoto Group, we’re backed by the global network of The Group companies. Through our international research, manufacturing, supply, and distribution system, we’re able to bring the highest-grade amino acid products and ingredient solutions to consumers in the US and around the world.

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