Corporate Communications Intern

Overview

Minerals Technologies Inc. (MTI) is a leading, technology-driven specialty minerals company that develops, produces, and markets a broad range of mineral and mineral-based products, related systems and services. MTI serves a wide range of consumer and industrial markets, including household and personal care, paper, foundry, steel, construction and environmental solutions around the world. The company reported global sales of $2.1 billion in 2022.MTI focuses on two major segments – Consumer & Specialties and Engineered Solutions. 

Our Consumer & Specialities segment offers technologically enhanced products to consumer-driven end markets plus specialty additives that become functional components in a variety of consumer and industrial goods. This segment includes our Household & Personal Care and Specialty Additives product lines. The Household & Personal Care product line provides mineral-to-market products that serve consumer-oriented end markets including Pet Care, Personal Care, Fabric Care, Edible Oil, and Renewable Fuel Purification. Our Specialty Additives product line provides mineral-based technologies serving Paper, Packaging, Sealants & Adhesives, Paint & Coatings, Ceramics, Plastics, Food & Pharmaceutical markets.

Our Engineered Solutions segment offers advanced process technologies and solutions that are designed to improve our customers’ manufacturing processes and projects. This segment includes our High-Temperature Technologies and Environmental & Infrastructure product lines. Our High-Temperature Technologies product line offers specially-formulated blends and technologies primarily for Foundry and Steelmaking industries. Our Environmental & Infrastructure product line provides waterproofing, water purification, remediation and other fluid management technologies for critical projects for Remediation, Water Purification, and Infrastructure.

MTI provides a business environment and promotes a culture that encourages all employees to contribute to our success. We have long been committed to the recruitment and advancement of the most talented and qualified people. We recognize that MTI’s ability to provide the highest caliber of products and services is enhanced by a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities and countries in which we work.

Are you looking to join a fast-paced, collaborative team in a global manufacturing organization? You will have an opportunity to work with an experienced group of professionals that will not only provide you with challenging work but will mentor and encourage you to learn and grow.

If you are a student looking for a challenging work experience, consider this paid internship opportunity!  You will not only have the chance to gain experience in your chosen career field, but also gain an invaluable overview of our career opportunities and diversified product lines.  Plus, you will have an opportunity to learn the business fundamentals and contribute a fresh, new perspective to us.

In addition to practical work experience, our internship programs include various activities all intended to enhance your personal and professional development.  We are interested in candidates who are highly motivated and have excellent interpersonal skills, recognized leadership experience and outstanding academic records. Generally, undergraduate students selected for the program have completed their sophomore year.  Summer internships are typically 11 weeks in length but can vary.

Responsibilities

• Assist with day-to-day corporate communications activities and ongoing projects.
• Review and gain exposure to communication processes and practices.
• Create tools and documents as appropriate to document new processes, procedures and tools.
• Develop content for internal and external communications, including intranet postings, email bulletins, internal campaigns and events, press releases, earnings speeches, external website, and other collateral pieces.
• Support content development and management of MTI’s social channels (LinkedIn) and website.
• Facilitate creation of editorial calendar for developing and publishing internal stories as well as communications for external stakeholders.
• Support corporate communications development of company Sustainability Report.
• Presentation development and planning / support for leadership meetings (i.e. Town Hall).
• Work closely with other internal teams on topics, such as diversity and inclusion, health and safety, sustainability, investor relations, and employee engagement, to support creation of communications materials.
• Develop multimedia elements as needed to complement communications projects.

Qualifications

The requirements listed in the sections that follow are representative of the knowledge, skills and/or abilities required to perform the duties of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions (primary duties) of the job.

Education: Actively enrolled in a bachelor’s program in a business field of study such as communications, public relations, journalism, marketing or human and organizational development.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: 

• Previous internship experience preferred
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, preferably experience developing business materials for a variety of stakeholders / audiences
• Excellent follow-up skills
• Must be able to work independently with minimal supervision as well as in teams
• Ability to prioritize tasks and handle multiple assignments simultaneously
• Self-starter and ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Capable of working with employees across various disciplines and experience levels
• Skilled in applying creative thinking to help produce and promote compelling stories
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, SharePoint familiarity and an understanding of other business and internet applications
• Familiarity with digital applications and social channels
• Ability to challenge the status quo, especially to improve and/or design new processes, tools and materials
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office software tools (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word and SharePoint)

Working Conditions: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is typically required to regularly conduct work in a controlled office environment, moving around the office as needed, sitting at a desk, using office equipment, including but not limited to a personal computer, fax machine, copier and telephone, read, write, listen, speak, and understand English, have the ability to work independently, be dependable and maintain confidential information, integrity and composure at all times.

Work Hours: As agreed upon, based on intern availability and business needs.

Safety Training: A new employee hired to perform the duties of this position is required to be provided New Employee Training by a qualified individual or through the online training system.  Additionally, an employee must be provided further training if a job duty/task has changes that will affect the health and safety aspects of that employee’s position.

Additional refresher safety training will be required as management deems appropriate or as dictated by government regulations.