Communications Specialist Intern Summer 2025 – Motorola Solutions

About Motorola Solutions

Motorola Solutions is guided by the purpose of helping people be their best in the moments that matter. Motorola is solving for safer by building the best possible technologies across every part of its safety and security ecosystem. That’s mission-critical communications devices and networks, AI-powered video security & access control and the ability to unite voice, video and data in a single command center view. Motorola is connecting public safety agencies and enterprises, enabling the collaboration that’s critical to connect those in need with those who can help.

The Motorola Solutions Innovation Center in Research Park is a place where interns from various academic backgrounds develop products, applications, and services that help further the company’s mission to help people be their best in the moments that matter. The center selects talent from the University and boasts a high intern to full-time conversion rate. Interns work on projects unique to the center and also collaborate with teams from other Motorola Solutions offices.

About the Role

Motorola Solutions is looking for a motivated, pursuit-driven intern with a passion for marketing, social media, public relations, and communications for a Summer 2025 full-time internship. The successful candidate will be self-motivated and have a passion for all aspects of communications.

Job Description

The primary project for the Summer 2025 Communications Intern will be to create professional quality recruiting videos for the Research Park-UIUC office. In addition to this, responsibilities include:

• Serve as the official photographer for all events, taking high-quality pictures suitable for all communications and social media platforms.
• Propose, document and implement a strategy for internal and external communications to portray the work that is being done here at Research Park, including communication blitzes in coordination with key recruiting events and staffing needs. Documentation should include a calendar of all planned communication events.
• Communicate news and updates about the innovation center on the site director’s and communication intern’s personal LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram and/or similar channels.
• Plan external communications events with the global communications team and provide the global communications team suitable content for Motorola Solution’s LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram channels.
• Maintain an active presence for Research Park on MSIs internal communications channel, Batchat.
• Update MSI’s presence on the Research Park website.

Required Skills

• Minuimum GPA of 2.7 or above
• Highly motivated individual who is energized and has a willingness to learn
• Proficient knowledge of all social media platforms and current trends
• Well-organized and ability to manage multiple assignments at once

Desired Skills

• Knowledge of DSLR camera usage for both photography and video
• Expereince using advanced editing platforms such as Lightroom, Photoshop and Premiere Pro
• Experience as social media coordinator for an organization or company

Basic Requirements

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Communications or an allied field at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is required.
• Must gradute on or after December 2025.
• Must be a US Citizen, permanent resident or be an MS student with work authorization (F1 Visa on CPT accepted only for masters-level students).

Apply now on LinkedIn.