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Summer 2025 Intern Program: Colleague Communications & Engagement
National Grid
Marketing & Communications
Syracuse, NY, USA · Syracuse, NY, USA · New York, NY, USA
Posted on Jan 21, 2025
Find what makes you Superpowered. Become a Gridtern.
As we help clear the path to a greener future, we need to ensure our people continue to power our progress. The world of energy is changing faster than ever!
Our Gridtern Program provides current college students the ability to gain practical experience within the energy industry. Your summer will start with us on May 27, 2025, and will be filled with meaningful work experiences, professional development, networking, opportunities to get involved in your community and most importantly, have fun!
So, join National Grid and be a part of something bigger—where your unique skills and passions can make a real difference. Together, we are superpowered.
What You'll Do
Our Colleague Communications & Engagement team leads strategic, purpose-driven communication and engagement initiatives across our organization. Their efforts amplify National Grid’s cultural strengths, promote colleague advocacy, enhance business performance, and make National Grid a great place to work for everyone. By promoting awareness and understanding of our organization’s vision, values, and clean energy future, this team consistently develops innovative content and facilitates two-way dialogue with colleagues and the greater team.
As a Gridtern, you will collaborate with operational team leaders to ensure the voice of our field-based colleagues—their needs, successes, and perspectives—is central to our storytelling. You will work closely with both the New York Colleague Communications & Engagement and broader teams across the US and UK. This role will allow you to support program development and execution, creating content for internal communication channels such as the intranet and internal social media, and assisting in various social events. You will also write stories and produce short videos to highlight employee achievements and spotlight teams that embody our Values in Action.
You will be in Syracuse, NY working in a Hybrid structure for the summer. You must be located within a commutable distance to the identified work location for the summer.
What You'll Need
- Availability to start on program start date, May 27, 2025, and work full-time (40 hours a week) throughout your duration of the summer
- Registered in school as a full-time student and continuing education full-time for Fall 2025 Semester
- Pursuing a Bachelors, or Master's degree in Communications, Public Relations, Marketing, English, Journalism, Business Administration or related majors
- Accumulated 18 or more credits and be 18 years of age
- Work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States (including CPT & OPT)
- Valid US Driver’s license with a safe driving history that meets National Grid’s Safe Driver policy.
About Us
We keep people connected and society moving. But it’s so much more than that. We’re dreamers, big-thinkers, innovators, and builders.
We’re shaping the current, to change the future. We know that a clean, fair, and affordable energy future is in our hands. So, we explore with energy, with innovation and technology powering our progress, and helping us to find a better way to deliver energy to all.
National Grid supplies us with the environment to make it happen – inspiring us, giving us time to recharge and providing a safety net on tougher days.
But it’s our people that provide our true superpower. They drive and sustain our growth, their unique differences only making us stronger.
So join us, and power the future of energy. Find what makes you Superpowered.
More Information
Salary Range
$18.00 - $21.00 an hour (Undergraduate Student)
$25.00 an hour (Graduate Student)
Candidates will be assessed and provided offers based on major, degree type, and class year. Our Gridtern Program does not offer relocation, housing assistance, or public transportation reimbursement for Gridterns; however, we can provide a list of resources to utilize in making your arrangements.
Must reside within our existing footprint, which includes Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island, and Vermont. As a Gridtern, you should also reside within a reasonable, commutable distance to your assigned primary office.
Applications close on February 5, 2025.
National Grid utilizes an assessment that evaluates the job qualifications/characteristics using AI or statistically based scoring. For more information, please view NYC Local Law 144.
National Grid is an equal opportunity employer that values a broad diversity of talent, knowledge, experience, and expertise. We foster a culture of inclusion that drives employee engagement to deliver superior performance to the communities we serve. National Grid is proud to be an affirmative action employer. We encourage minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans to join the National Grid team.