Corporate Affairs Intern

Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Northwest Bank is seeking a creative, motivated, and detail-oriented corporate affairs intern to join our team for Summer 2026. This internship offers hands-on experience in a collaborative environment, supporting a wide range of corporate affairs activities including media relations in support of quarterly earnings, financial center openings in Columbus, and commercial and consumer bank initiatives, and community affairs activities related to the bank's growth plans in the Columbus market.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS :

• Assist in the development of corporate communications and community affairs-related materials for planned and opportunistic strategic pr and communications activities and issues management.
• Conduct media and other key audience research to support strategic planning and ad hoc opportunities, and media pitch development.
• Help create executive briefing materials prior to executive leadership team and regional leader interviews.
• Support business and community affairs event planning, including financial center openings and local events and organization sponsorship-related activations
• Monitor and report on media and social media using analytics tools, including Meltwater and Sprinklr.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Internal Communications, Marketing, Investor Relations, Legal, Commercial Banking, and Regional Consumer Banking Leadership.

WHAT YOU'LL GAIN :

QUALIFICATIONS :

Northwest is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.