Writing Intern – 12-month placement

Job Description

Agilent encourages and supports discoveries that advance the quality of life. We provide life science, diagnostic, and applied market laboratories worldwide with instruments, services, consumables, applications, and expertise. Agilent enables customers to gain the answers and insights they seek -- so they can do what they do best: improve the world around us. Want more information on Agilent? Check out www.agilent.com!

Agilent’s marketing content factually communicates how our products and solutions can help customers to be successful. We write content, which is easy to read and to translate, reflects the trustworthiness of Agilent’s brand, adheres to our writing style guide, is optimized for search, and uses approved terminology. As a global organization, Agilent’s content is written in Global English: is culturally neutral, uses US spellings, and use Chicago Manual of Style grammar.

Team members are based in the UK, USA, Denmark, and Germany, and we meet virtually on a regular basis. We work with colleagues in many locations worldwide, including Agilent’s creative design team, product managers, marketing strategists, and marketing communications colleagues. This internship provides an opportunity to experience marketing and science communication at Agilent UK, a Great Place to Work-certified location. If you’re passionate about writing, grammar, marketing, and science, we encourage you to apply for this dynamic internship.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• A writing/editing internship is available with Agilent's Writing Center of Excellence, to copyedit, proofread, and write science marketing content.
• The role entails copyediting, proofreading, and writing a variety of digital web marketing and campaign content. Knowledge of areas such as genomics, proteomics, pathology, cell analysis, mass spectrometry, gas and liquid chromatography, and spectroscopy, would be advantageous.
• As Writing Intern, you will support the Agilent Brand, applying writing guidelines and approved terminology.
• The Agilent Writing Center of Excellence is an internal partner to Agilent's product lines and other functions.
  
  

Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal skills in English are crucial.
• This 12-month placement is applicable to enrolled students pursuing a degree, preferably in English language or Linguistics or similar fields like marketing or communications, in a four-year degree program or advanced degree at a College/University in addition to gaining work experience at Agilent.
  
  

What we offer:

• Location in a high-tech Agilent facility in Church Stretton, Shropshire; could be part site- and part home-based
• Working as part of a global, dynamic, forward thinking, collaborative team
• Outstanding company culture focused on One Agilent Way company values
• A position within an international organization, offering a dynamic working environment, with exciting challenges and opportunities
  
  

We will make sure you get all the training and development opportunities to become the best in your field!

You want to learn more about Agilent?

Agilent supports scientists in 110 countries in cutting-edge life science research, patient diagnostics, and the testing required to ensure the safety of water, food, and pharmaceuticals. We play a role in advancing important research and testing, with our scientists creating some of the world’s most leading-edge technology. Our field engineers work side by side with customers to help them maximize productivity. Together with our customers, we’re bringing great science to life.

The spirit behind our mission also applies to our operations and to our products. It drives our efforts to be a leading sustainable laboratory partner to our customers, to work towards a clean-energy future, and to be a top employer of diverse and inclusive talent. Agilent has a cohesive and strategic focus on Environmental, Social, and Governance, and a published commitment to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.

Agilent Technologies Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other protected categories under all applicable laws.

Option to Work Remote

Yes

Travel Required

Occasional

Schedule

Schedule:Full time

Shift

Day

Duration

9-12 Months

Job Function

General