Intern, Corporate Communications

Position Summary

As an intern in the Corporate Affairs Department, you will work closely and collaboratively across the team to support global communications initiatives at Mirum, gaining broad experience and exposure to the world of corporate communications and the biopharmaceutical industry. The summer internship details are as follows:

• This will be an 8-week assignment, 40 hours/week, paid internship.


• Housing costs will not be reimbursed.


• Required to be onsite 5 days a week in Foster City, CA

The Mirum intern will walk away from their internship with familiarity of the biotech/pharmaceutical industry, corporate operations, and importantly, new skills across the communications discipline. They will have the opportunity to work on high-visibility projects and work with employees across numerous functions at the company. The Mirum Corporate Affairs team works hard, has many responsibilities, and is engaged in many exciting projects; the team is eager to provide the intern with a summer of fun and rewarding experiences that they hope will inspire a future career in biopharmaceutical communications.  

Responsibilities And Main Tasks

• Digital - partner with Sr. Manager, Corporate Affairs to:




• Expand and redesign Mirum’s intranet, incorporating employee feedback, gathering news content and developing creative assets for the new platform.


• Develop a people-focused social media series and posting from start to finish, including strategy, drafting content, creative, work through internal reviews, post, collect analytics.




• Internal communications




• Work across team on end of summer Employee Spirit Week including event coordination, schedule and activities, work cross functionally to partner as needed, draft internal communications and promotion of event.


• Support content development for Town Hall meetings.




• Corporate/Thought Leadership:




• Identify leader at Mirum with whom to interview and work with individual to identify a topic, draft the article, run reviews, and post LinkedIn Pulse via leader and Mirum’s pages.




• Product/Internal/International:




• Create summer congress daily summary


• Assist in coordinating Congress wrap up event (partnering with EU team members); virtual and in-person event for all employees.




• Learning circle:




• Learn more about the industry and specific internal functions through informational interviews and meetings with colleagues working across various functions at Mirum. Work to identify areas of interest and utilize time at Mirum to learn about company operations, rare disease, biopharma industry, and specific roles and responsibilities.




• Support other projects across the Communications department, as needed.

Minimum Requirements

• Undergraduate student studying public relations, communications, journalism, mass communications, or related discipline.


• Microsoft Office applications.


• Social media familiarity.


• Bonus: Canva, Adobe Suite, other design programs; coding/website experience.

Required Skills

• Passion and curiosity for learning.


• Exceptional attention to detail.


• Ability to move quickly, adapt, and pivot priorities.


• Ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines.


• Strong written and oral communication skills.


• Organized, responsible, resourceful.


• An action-oriented person, but equally good listener.


• A personality that wants to work hard but have fun and enjoy laughs with team.

Benefits For You

• Gain broad communications experience.


• Gain meaningful professional experience working in a busy corporate environment.


• Work cross-functionally on projects with members of other Mirum teams/departments.


• Spend your summer learning in a friendly environment with a collaborative spirit.


• Acquire new skills and grow personally and professionally.

Please include your cover letter with your application.

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