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Department Overview:
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The UW–Madison School of Nursing, established in 1924, is the leading nursing research institution in Wisconsin. Our mission is to develop leaders for the profession and society—we make discoveries, enhance systems, and improve health through research, education, and practice. Our vision is to be a world leader in nursing innovation that advances health for all.
The Strategic Communications Intern will be a team member on the School of Nursing’s Marketing and Communications team, contributing to messaging, storytelling, and strategic communications initiatives through journalistic and editorial writing for both web and print. |
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Anticipated Start Date:
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February 23, 2026 |
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Anticipated End Date (If Applicable):
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Remote Work Eligibility Detail:
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Not Remote
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Anticipated Hours Per Week:
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Minimum: 8 Maximum: 10 |
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Schedule:
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Flexible. The student intern’s work schedule will be set for each semester depending on availability around their class schedule. Hours worked will be between the hours of 8:30 am and 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday. Some summer hours may be available. |
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Salary/Wage Range/Lump Sum:
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Minimum: $15.00 |
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Number of Positions:
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1 |
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Qualifications:
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Applicants must be enrolled students or have proof of enrollment; We prefer at least a commitment through May 2026, with the opportunity to extend to additional semesters if applicable.
The ideal candidate will:
• Have strong writing, editing, interviewing, and subject matter research skills.
• Be capable of playing a key role in a recurring editorial cycle.
• Have experience with both short form and long form writing for profiles, human interest stories, biographical features, journalistic writing, and feature articles.
• Have enthusiasm for contributing to a creative team.
• Be a self-starter who possesses the ability to take initiative, think and work independently, and display excellent judgment and problem-solving skills.
• Have the ability to meet deadlines with minimal supervision.
• Be a creative, outside-of-the-box thinker.
• Be able to demonstrate a strong writing background.
• Be flexible, punctual, and reliable.
• Possess excellent attention to detail and a willingness to seek out answers and solutions to problems.
• Have the ability to communicate professionally and in a timely manner with varying constituents.
• Have some knowledge of working within brand guidelines for messaging, tone, voice, and design.
• Have a passion for doing great work and a willingness to learn new things.
• Have a desire to be effective, creative, and solution oriented.
• Have an aptitude for listening to and applying both oral and written instructions.
• Have the ability to quickly build rapport with others.
• Be able to accept constructive feedback with an open, growth-centered mindset. |
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Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
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Preferred skills:
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Some knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (i.e. Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, etc.)
• Able to work with people from all backgrounds, identities, and experiences.
• Strong attention to detail
• Grammar and proofreading skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines with minimal supervision.
• Eagerness to work in a team environment and to collaborate with colleagues, as well as take charge of initiatives to work independently when needed.
• Knowledge to create, edit, and format files in Microsoft Office applications
• Solid analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Self-starter
• Responsive and respectful
• Collaborative problem-solving skills
• Learning and growth mindset
• Able to adapt and be flexible
• Excellent time management skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Able to communicate effectively both in-person as well as virtually or through email/Teams
• Willingness to receive and give constructive feedback
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Position Summary/Job Duties:
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As the Strategic Communications Intern for the UW–Madison School of Nursing, you will work closely with the Communications and Media Relations Strategist, as well as the School of Nursing’s Marketing and Communications team, to utilize your creative storyteller and journalistic writing skills. You’ll play a role in our editorial cycle and will have the opportunity to weave together various stories, articles, and profiles to help show the broad impact of Badger nursing students, faculty, staff, and alumni. In addition, you will gain experience editing and proofreading articles, building biographical profiles, crafting human interest stories, and creating feature articles.
Overall, you will gain career-building, real-world experience working on various strategic communications efforts. The work you will do in this role will help you refine and build upon your existing skills, including writing, editing, interviewing, and subject matter research. This position will allow you to contribute to various strategic communications production processes from beginning to end so you can have portfolio-ready work samples to show future employers.
While this position will focus primarily on writing, you will have the opportunity to gain experience in additional areas of strategic communications to help bolster your skill sets. If you have an interest in learning about layout, graphic design, photography, or video capture/editing, we can integrate opportunities into your work assignments to help you refine those skills.
In this role, you will work both independently, as well as in a hybrid team setting, collaborating with a small creative team to develop cohesive content for web and print.
Want to pitch and plan new creative content and story ideas? In this role, interns who take initiative to develop unique, original content are highly encouraged to think outside of the box and take content to the next level.
You will be allowed opportunities to grow and expand your skill set, step outside of your comfort zone, and expand your comfortable limits. This position will be challenging, but rewarding, all while offering the chance to gain valuable experience working in a professional but fun work environment.
If this sounds like a position where you think you would grow and thrive, we encourage you to apply and look forward to reading your application!
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Physical Demands:
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Use of a PC computer/mouse/keyboard to type.
Sitting for long periods of time at a desk.
Ability to work on site at Signe Skott Cooper Hall – 701 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI, 53705.
Work is typically performed in an interior/office work environment, but working small events may be possible if it falls within the student’s scope of work.
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Institutional Statements:
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Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:
UW-Madison is an Equal Employment, Equal Access Employer committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce.
Institutional Statement on Diversity:
Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background-people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.
For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: diversity.wisc.edu
Accommodation Statement:
If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website:https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/
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