Communications & PR Intern (Fall 2025)

Job description

**Date Posted:**

2025-08-28
**Country:**

United States of America
**Location:**

OTDC1: NPW - DC Worker Remote Location, Remote City, DC, 06032 USA
Communications & PR Intern for U.S. and Canada

Job Description:

Internships at Otis are rewarding and challenging, providing you with the opportunity to learn, grow,

and develop through meaningful projects that drive our business and engage our teams.

You’ll be

immersed in the Otis culture where we collaborate to best serve our customers; and where we

empower and inspire each other through support, autonomy, and trust.

Role Overview:
The Otis U.S. & Canada Communications team, supporting our Internal and External Communications and our Corporate Brand Centers of Excellence, is seeking an intern to join the team.

This internship provides valuable exposure to the structure and multi-disciplinary approach of our communications organization while providing hands-on involvement in our work through a variety projects and touchpoints with business leaders.

Ultimately, we aim to inform, inspire and engage our stakeholders at every touchpoint.

You will report to the Communications Director who will provide you with access to mentorship, training growth and development opportunities across our highly resilient world changing business.

On a typical day you will:

**Lead storytelling for our various internal customers including our sales teams, mechanics, functions and executive leadership teams.**

**Create weekly content for Viva Engage (internal social media) to showcase our wins through the colleague and customer voice.**

**Create a monthly internal email newsletter with a roundup of shared content, highlighted in a fun, light-hearted and informal tone.**

**Support the corporate brand team on a number of projects that support our internal customers including email campaigns, social media and internal SharePoint sites.**

**Look for ways to keep colleagues engaged and inspired through timely and consistent communications.**

**Develop and manage an editorial calendar to organize employee communications content for the company intranet, and other necessary platforms.**

What You Will Need to be Successful:

**Undergraduate students working toward a BS degree in Communications or similar field of study**

**Excellent communication skills and curiosity that leads to strong writing/storytelling**

**Adept project management skills, flexibility and adaptability**

**Ability to build relationships and work effectively whether remote or onsite**

**Experience and skills using Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint and/or OneNote**

**Proficiency with design programs such as Canva, Adobe or Illustrator is a strong plus**

**Additionally, candidates should be self-starters and be able to work independently.

They should be**

**able to communicate a clear understanding of their subject matter, work in cross-functional teams,**

**respect individual differences and welcome diverse thinking, and offer informed suggestions to**

**improve processes.**

Local Benefits or Selling Statement

This position is fully remote

This global team allows you to appreciate how a robust communications team runs within a FORTUNE 500 company.

From the variety of internal, external, social impact and executive communications, you'll learn how to become a generalist in this world and begin to navigate which area you want to further pursue.

Apply today to join us and build what’s next!

If you live in a city, chances are we will give you a lift or play a role in keeping you moving every day.

Otis is the world’s leading elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation, and service company.

We move 2 billion people every day and maintain approximately 2.2 million customer units worldwide, the industry's largest Service portfolio.

You may recognize our products in some of the world’s most famous landmarks including the Eiffel Tower, Empire State Building, Burj Khalifa and the Petronas Twin Towers! We are 69,000 people strong, including engineers, digital technology experts, sales, and functional specialists, as well as factory and field technicians, all committed to meeting the diverse needs of our customers and passengers in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide.

We are proud to be a diverse, global team with a proven legacy of innovation that continues to be the bedrock of a fast-moving, high-performance company.

When you join Otis, you become part of an innovative global industry leader with a resilient business model.

You’ll belong to a diverse, trusted, and caring community where your contributions, and the skills and capabilities you’ll gain working alongside the best and brightest, keep us connected and on the cutting edge.



We provide opportunities, training, and resources, that build leadership and capabilities in Sales, Field, Engineering and Major Projects and our Employee Scholar Program is a notable point of pride, through which Otis sponsors colleagues to pursue degrees or certification programs.

Today, our focus more than ever is on people.

As a global, people-powered company, we put people – passengers, customers, and colleagues – at the center of everything we do.

We are guided by our values that we call our Three Absolutes – prioritizing Safety, Ethics, Quality in all that we do.

If you would like to learn more about environmental, social and governance (ESG) at Otis click here (https://www.otis.com/en/us/our-company/esg) .

Become a part of the Otis team and help us #Buildwhatsnext!

_Otis is An Equal Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age, or any other protected class according to applicable law.

To request an accommodation in completing an employment application due to a special need or a disability, please contact us at careers@otis.com._

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We go to great lengths to hire and develop the best people, and offer a supportive environment where employees are motivated and empowered to perform at their full potential.

Today, we continue pushing the boundaries of what's possible to thrive in a taller, faster, smarter world.

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