Intern - Communications Specialist

Montréal, QC

What we offer

Our company culture is focused on helping our employees enable innovation by building breakthroughs together. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from. Apply now!

About the SAP Internship Experience Program

The SAP Internship Experience Program is SAP’s paid internship program that provides university students with opportunities to find purpose in their careers.

Three reasons to intern at SAP

Culture of collaboration: meet with mentors, make new friends across the globe and create a thriving personal network.
Project-driven experience: gain cross-functional skills from our virtual and in-person learning sessions, diverse subject matter experts, and project deliverables.
Gain visibility: with SAP Internship Experience Program in your title, you’ll have a global network of SAP leaders, entrepreneurs and career development opportunities at your fingertips.

About the team

The Communications Specialist is responsible for providing top-notch internal and external communications for SAP Labs Canada. The ideal candidate must have a breadth of experience in communications and a passion for connecting people with information in new and creative ways. The ideal candidate is an independent worker, but effective at collaborating with others and flexible to take on new and varied tasks. While the role is based in Montreal, the communication specialist will have the opportunity to build relationships with stakeholders based in other locations.

What you’ll do

Position Title: SAP iXp Intern - Communications Specialist
Location: Montreal, Quebec (HYBRID)
Expected start date to end date: September 2022 – April 2023 (flexible)
Duration of Internship: 8 months

In this role, you’ll

Serve as the main internal communications support for SAP Labs Montreal and create compelling and engaging content
Create and manage events (in-person, virtual and hybrid)
Work with the Managing Director’s office, executive team and employee engagement groups to deliver communications that focus on regular, consistent and engaging messaging for employees
Create compelling and effective graphic designs and marketing collateral, including posters, digital signage and event branding
Channel your inner journalist to share great stories from SAP Labs Canada to share across Canada and around the world. Stories can be written or visual – we welcome your creativity!
Compile a weekly newsletter
Turn great news into social media shareables
Support in running annual marquee events (e.g. all-hands meetings, executive visits, holiday party, summer party) including marketing materials, meeting content, coordination and speaker preparation
Provide administrative support for Managing Director office as necessary: handling correspondence, receiving visitors, arranging conference calls, calendar scheduling and coordinating meeting logistics, etc.
Other communication/administration duties/projects as assigned

Who you are

We’re looking for someone who takes initiative, perseveres, and stays curious. You like to work on meaningful innovative projects and are energized by lifelong learning.

Demonstrates excellent communication skills including:

Fluent in both oral and written English
Business writing skills focused on employees
Excited about graphic design and experience with Adobe Illustrator or similar. Photoshop, InDesign and Premiere experience is a strong asset
Event coordination (online, in-person and hybrid)
Understands how to message across different lines of business and cultures
Able to turn ideas and concepts into visually relevant and effective material
Excellent Word and PowerPoint skills. Basic Excel skills
Ability to interact with and influence others
Shows initiative to solve challenges
Exercises mature judgement and handles situations with diplomacy and tact
Welcomes feedback and suggestions
Keeps private or sensitive information confidential
Is organized, detail-oriented and knows how to prioritize tasks
Demonstrates videography, editing and production skills
Has a bachelor’s degree in (or pursuit of) Communications, Marketing or equivalent
This role is best for someone in their second co-op term, or beyond
Past experience in the tech industry is an asset
Willing to commit for a full-time internship

We are SAP

SAP innovations help more than 400,000 customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with 200 million users and more than 100,000 employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, we build breakthroughs, together.

Our inclusion promise

SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better and more equitable world.

EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability:

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.

Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.