New Business, Marketing & PR Intern

LaVoieHealthScience

New Business, Marketing & PR Intern

Boston, MA
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Location: Boston, MA (Onsite 3 days/week – Tuesday–Thursday)

    Duration: 3-month internship (40 hours/week), with potential to extend

    LaVoieHealthScience (LHS) is seeking a full-time New Business, Marketing & PR Intern to support marketing and business development initiatives at our health- and science-focused communications agency. This role is highly administrative, detail-oriented, and ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

    Please note: This position requires being physically onsite in our Boston office Tuesday through Thursday, 9:00am–5:30pm and requires prior hands-on experience in marketing, public relations, communications, or business development. Applicants must be located in the Boston area and able to commute to the office.

    Candidates must have at least one previous internship, co-op, or relevant professional experience in a related field.

    Internship Eligibility (Required)

    This internship may be supported by the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) Internship Grant, and candidates must meet the following requirements:

    Must be a Massachusetts resident OR attend an accredited Massachusetts college or university

    Enrolled in a 4-year undergraduate or Master’s program

    Undergraduate candidates must have completed at least their junior year prior to the internship, or have graduated within the past year

    What You'll Do

    New Business Support:

    Track all new business inquiries and RFPs in Pipedrive CRM

    Maintain and update the agency capabilities deck

    Assist with customized capabilities decks for prospective clients

    Support outreach efforts and new business meeting setup

    Manage email campaigns and outreach via CRM and partnering portals

    Update bios and materials in partnering portals

    Track meeting acceptances and manage calendars

    Prepare prospect backgrounders

    Support new business meetings, calls, and RFP responses

    Marketing Support:

    Marketing Operations

    Support marketing meetings (agendas, recaps)

    Maintain and update the marketing activity timeline

    Awards Planning

    Identify relevant health and science industry award opportunities

    Maintain award tracking documents and deadlines

    Support award research, submissions, and internal coordination

    Website & PR

    Coordinate updates with website maintenance contractor

    Support agency PR and media research initiatives

    Draft and distribute agency press releases

    Maintain media contact lists in CRM

    Email Campaigns

    Build and distribute monthly email campaigns in Pipedrive

    Review analytics and share insights with the team

    Marketing Collateral

    Assist with updates to agency brochures and capabilities decks

    Social Media & Content

    Build and manage a monthly social media calendar covering:

    Events and conferences

    Awards and campaigns

    Agency news and culture

    Job openings and thought leadership

    Monitor and engage with executives, clients, prospects, and influencers

    Develop evergreen content ideas tied to science, healthcare, and disease areas

    Track industry news and awareness months

    Research influencers and grow agency social presence

    Conference & Media Monitoring

    Track upcoming medical, investor, and partnering conferences

    Maintain and distribute weekly and monthly conference calendars

    Support media monitoring and editorial calendar tracking

    Account Support (Backup)

    Provide backup support to account teams during high volume or PTO

    Assist with media lists, reporter backgrounders, social content, and monitoring as needed

    Qualifications & Mindset

    Strong interest in public relations, marketing, and business development

    Demonstrated ability to take ownership of recurring tasks after initial instruction and execute them consistently without reminders

    Proactive mindset: anticipates next steps, flags issues early, and follows through to completion

    Comfortable working independently while knowing when to ask questions

    Strong organizational habits; able to build and maintain repeatable processes, trackers, and calendars

    Reliable and accountable — does what they say they will do, on time

    Learns quickly and applies feedback immediately

    Exceptional attention to detail

    Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment

    Comfortable working with diverse internal and external stakeholders

    Proficiency in Microsoft Office 365 (PowerPoint, Word, Teams, SharePoint, Canva); familiarity with CRM tools is a plus

    Knowledge and interest in automation and use of AI tools required.

    Calm, adaptable, and unflappable under pressure

    Who We Are

    For 25 years, LaVoieHealthScience has partnered with health, science, and government organizations to affect the understanding of science and health, behavior change, and equity across a range of audiences and government agencies. We guide organizations using time-tested results with modern perspectives. Our programs include strategic positioning, public relations and marketing, investor relations, corporate communications, and digital and creative services.

    Flexible work from home options available.