Internship - Internal Communications & Engagement

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Internship – Internal Communications & Engagement (Supply Chain Sustainability)

“Creating engaging stories that connect people and bring sustainability to life across HEINEKEN’s operations.”

HEINEKEN is committed to driving sustainability and operational excellence across its global breweries. To support this ambition, we are looking for a creative and proactive intern to strengthen internal communications and employee engagement within our Global Sustainable Production team.

In this internship, you will help build and maintain clear, engaging communication channels by creating high-quality digital content, managing key internal platforms such as SharePoint and Workvivo, and supporting the communication agenda of strategic sustainability programs like Race to Reduce. You will work closely with the team to simplify complex topics, improve how we share information, and bring our sustainability impact to life through strong storytelling.

In this internship you will be responsible for:

• Supporting internal communications, employee engagement, and change management initiatives.
• Helping manage the communications calendar and maintaining key digital channels (Workvivo, SharePoint), ensuring content is timely, structured, and easy to navigate.
• Developing people-focused digital content, including visuals, short videos, and storytelling assets to showcase how Sustainable Production supports breweries in achieving sustainability goals.
• Assisting in the creation of communication materials for presentations, reports, and community webinars, ensuring alignment with HEINEKEN’s visual identity and tone of voice.
• Collaborating with Global Sustainable Production colleagues to ensure consistency, quality, and impact of communication outputs.

Focus areas

SharePoint – structure, usability, and content experience

• Support the project to update and improve our team SharePoint: propose a clearer structure, better navigation, and a more useful content experience for the audience.
• Help create a well-structured SharePoint page that enables easy access to key content, organized by topic/area and aligned with how users search for information.
• Bring ideas to make content more intuitive and easier to use.

Workvivo – engagement and communication rhythm

• Support our Workvivo channel by planning and publishing content, keeping a consistent rhythm, and improving engagement through strong storytelling and visuals.
• Create content formats that employees actually want to read and share.

Race to Reduce – storytelling and program communications

• Support the Race to Reduce communications agenda across channels (Workvivo, SharePoint, dashboards update).
• Strengthen internal storytelling around Race to Reduce to inform, inspire, and encourage participation.
• Help design a refreshed approach to sharing winner stories that drives motivation and participation.

During your internship

During your internship you will get the opportunity to get to know HEINEKEN as a company, also outside your department. We give you trust and freedom, so you can work like a real entrepreneur. We like to bring the outside world inside and therefore we embrace new, fresh ideas with enthusiasm. Of course, always with the guidance that is right for you.

The department

The Sustainable Production department (part of Global Production, Supply Chain) consists of a multidisciplinary team working on water and energy usage, decarbonization, wastewater management, and reporting. The team brings together professionals from different countries, expertise, and academic backgrounds — with one common goal: making our operations more sustainable.

The unique you!

• Enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, Marketing, or related fields.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills; comfortable with digital platforms (SharePoint, Workvivo).
• Experience with content creation tools; confident using AI tools for content simplification and creation.
• Bonus: familiarity with Power BI.
• Strong writing, editing, and communication skills.
• Proactive, organized, creative, and fluent in English.

Even if you feel you don’t meet all the criteria, we encourage you to apply. An internship is the perfect opportunity to learn and grow!

Conditions of HEINEKEN

• You are enrolled at an educational institution for the entire duration of your internship and can provide proof of enrollment for the current academic year during your onboarding.
• In the case of non-EU nationality, you must be registered as an intern with a Dutch educational institution.
• In case of EU nationality, you may also be registered as an intern at educational institutions outside the EU.
• You reside in the Netherlands for the entire duration of your internship.
• Please note that HEINEKEN does not provide housing.
• You are in possession of a valid citizen service number (BSN).

Bring your true self

We know AI is part of today’s world, and chances are, you might use it while preparing your application. That’s absolutely fine. Just remember, we’re genuinely curious about you. So feel free to use AI as a sparring partner, but make sure your application reflects your own ideas, personality and motivation. That’s what we value most and what helps you stand out.