Intern, Corporate Events

Position: Intern, Corporate Events

Location: Waltham, MA

Job description: We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Corporate Events Intern to join our dynamic Corporate Events team for the summer of 2025. This internship offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in planning and executing corporate events within a biopharmaceutical environment and reports to the Associate Director, Corporate Events. This position will be located in our Waltham office. 

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Key Responsibilities:

• Assist in the planning, coordination, and execution of corporate events, including conferences and in-office programs.
• Support logistics management, including venue review, catering arrangements, and registration coordination and more.
• Collaborate with internal teams to develop event agendas, promotional materials, and attendee communications.
• Manage event registration processes and track attendee feedback as needed.
• Provide local on-site support during event setup, execution, and teardown phases, ensuring all aspects run smoothly.
• Conduct research to identify potential event opportunities and industry trends.
• Assist with administrative tasks, including budget tracking, files and vendor communications.

Basic Qualifications:

• Rising Junior or Senior in 4-year undergraduate program pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Event Management, Hospitality or a related field
• Comfort using Microsoft Office tools (Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel)
• Relevant coursework in Hospitality and/or Communications
• Strong presentation and collaboration skills
• Prior experience in event planning or coordination is a plus but not required

Skills:

• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail.
• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize tasks effectively in a dynamic environment.
• A proactive attitude with a willingness to learn and contribute to team success.

Working at Alkermes:

• Part-time schedule: 3 days/week in Waltham office (Tues – Thurs)
• This is a part-time, paid internship position for the summer of 2025 beginning approximately June 10th for 8-12 weeks
• The internship will provide exposure to various aspects of corporate event management within the biopharmaceutical industry.

Why join Team Alkermes?

Alkermes applies its deep neuroscience expertise to develop medicines designed to help people living with complex and difficult-to-treat psychiatric and neurological disorders. A fully-integrated, global biopharmaceutical company, headquartered in Ireland with U.S. locations in Massachusetts and Ohio, we are committed to pursuing great science, driven by deep compassion to make a real impact in the lives of patients. Alkermes has a portfolio of proprietary commercial products for the treatment of alcohol dependence, opioid dependence, schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder, and a pipeline of clinical and preclinical candidates in development for various neurological disorders, including narcolepsy.

Beyond our important mission of developing medicines to address unmet patient needs, we actively seek to foster a culture of diversity, inclusion and belonging throughout our business. We strive to ensure that all voices are respected and valued, recognizing that our diversity of thought, background and perspective makes us stronger. We are proud to have been recognized as an employer of choice by many national organizations, including being certified as a Great Place to Work in the U.S. in 2024, honored as a Healthiest Employer in both Ohio and Massachusetts in 2023, a Best Place for Working Parents in 2023, and to have received the Bell Seal at the Platinum level for Workplace Mental Health by Mental Health America for three consecutive years (2021-2023). 

Alkermes, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any qualified applicant or employee because of race, creed, color, age, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression and identity, disability, genetic information, veteran status, military status, application for military service or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal law.  Alkermes also complies with all work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA.  Alkermes is an E-Verify employer.