Communications Intern

Job Description

JMT is a dynamic, 100% employee-owned consulting firm with more than 2,800 professionals, providing a full range of multidisciplinary engineering, architecture, information technology, and related services to public agencies and private clients throughout the United States. JMT is currently ranked #45 on Engineering News-Record’s list of the Top 500 Design Firms.

For more than 50 years, JMT has collaborated with federal, state, and local agencies to deliver professional infrastructure services that bring visions to life, benefiting our clients, communities, the environment, and our employee owners. JMT is committed to building long-lasting relationships with our clients and our internal teams. As an employee-owned firm, JMT empowers our team to learn, grow, and make meaningful contributions.

Position Summary: The Communications Intern serves as a communications generalist, supporting the department’s internal and external communications. The role requires flexibility, creativity, strong writing and editing skills, attention to detail, and a commitment to high-quality work. The intern will also learn about the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry and the firm’s culture, services, clients, projects, and people. Strong relationship building and responsiveness to internal and external clients are also important.

Compensation for this position is $20.00 - $23.00, commensurate with experience and education level. The provided range is a good faith estimate based on the requirements described within the job description.

Immigration sponsorship or support (e.g. H1B, F-1 CPT/OPT/STEM OPT) is not available for this position, except for qualified candidates eligible for the TN visa classification.

Essential Function and Responsibilities

• Contribute to internal and external communications content, such as intranet stories, news items, blogs, emails, and newsletters
• Support external channels, such as social media, by drafting posts, gathering content, and researching story opportunities
• Identify and develop employee, project, and community stories for internal and external channels
• Update and maintain intranet pages and other communications content
• Research projects, clients, industry topics, and business lines to support communications assignments
• Organize editorial calendars, content requests, communications schedules, and project trackers
• Develop and coordinate materials that support communications campaigns and major firm initiatives
• Maintain communications resources, templates, reference materials, and content libraries
• Provide general project support to the Communications team, including research, proofreading, quality checks, brand alignment, and other assignments as needed

Nonessential functions and responsibilities:

• Updated on the latest software versions