Corporate Communications Summer Intern (Hybrid)

Who We Are

Highline Warren is a vertically integrated distributor of maintenance consumables with unmatched access to the North American market. Headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, the company operates 21 distribution and manufacturing facilities across North America, offering more than 30,000 products to over 10,000 customers.

Highline Warren provides access to over 400 trusted brands – including national, owned, and private label products – and serves as a strategic manufacturing partner to top retailers across North America. With industry-leading fill rates and a strategic network that reaches 99% of the U.S. population within two days, the company simplifies the supply chain for its customers. Employing more than 1,700 teammates, Highline Warren is driven by people powered performance. For more information, visit our website at www.HighlineWarren.com.

Overview of role

Highline Warren is seeking an ambitious, self-motivated and talented intern for its corporate communications and engagement department during the summer of 2026. The growing department is a cornerstone of the company’s ability to achieve its three-year strategic plan and this three- to four-month internship will offer an existing student an opportunity to gain on-the-job experience in a dynamic industry. This role will support both internal and external communications efforts across the company, with exposure to employee communications and campaigns, brand journalism, executive communications, community affairs, social and digital media, and media relations.

Highline Warren is headquartered in Memphis, Tenn., but teammates are located across North America. The Corporate Communications team is currently remote, but the team will visit the Memphis office and there will be members of the Marketing team onsite as well.

This role will be located onsite in Memphis, TN, with a hybrid work schedule of Monday through Thursday in the office; Fridays are remote-optional.

Location: Memphis, Tennessee

Type: Hybrid

Duration: May 2026 to August 2026

Schedule: Monday through Friday, 40 hours/week

Responsibilities (subject to change based on emerging topics and issues)

• Support development of communications plans for internal and external topics, announcements and campaigns, accounting for a wide range of audiences and stakeholders. The specific topics and campaigns will be determined closer to the start date of the internship based on timing, emerging projects, etc. Examples include building strategies to expand the company’s culture program, announcing donations to non-profit organizations, and more.
• Develop compelling, creative content for the company’s intranet, known as The Hub, to share strategic updates, leadership messages, information and human-interest stories with the nearly 1,700 teammates across North America, and leverage that content for brand journalism and social media.
• Support the execution of the company’s external communications and community affairs strategy, including coordinating with external agencies as Highline Warren expands community giving.
• Coordinate with the manager of employee communications to spearhead planning and communication about employee volunteerism opportunities.
• Build upon the company’s existing key message and fact sheets library to enable the sales team and other external-facing teammates to communicate with customers, investors and vendors to share the Highline Warren story.
• Participate in media training for senior leaders to learn more about executive communications, media relations, and crisis communications in an applied setting.
• Present learnings, challenges, and insights from the internship with the marketing leadership team before the internship period ends to help Highline Warren continue to enhance our program.

Required skills, knowledge and abilities

• Go-getter personality with an eagerness to learn, willingness to “roll up your sleeves” to get the job done, and focus on building relationships within the company.
• A passion for storytelling and creating compelling content.
• Interest in pursuing a job in corporate communications, communications/marketing agencies, community affairs and/or journalism upon graduation.
• Strong written communication skills, including being able to adapt content depending on audience and channel.
• Strong verbal communication skills, including public speaking.
• Strong knowledge of digital and social media platforms.
• Demonstrated executive presence.
• Evolving and expanding leadership in extracurricular activities.

Minimum experience and education

• Must be a current junior student at a college or university (rising senior student during the summer internship).
• Must be currently enrolled in a communications, public relations, digital communications, organizational communications, or related undergraduate degree program.