Black Empowerment.

Black Education.

Black Equity.

Be In Biotech

Black Empowerment. Black Education. Black Equity.

The Mission

The biotech industry is one of the most innovative, inspiring – and financially rewarding – industries in the world. Unfortunately, it’s also an industry significantly lacking in diversity especially with racial minorities, notably Black people. This disparity is mirrored within the life science communications field.

Why? No doubt access to opportunity plays a significant role.

At its core, this is why CanaleComm formed BE in Biotech: a program that can help provide more equal access to opportunities within our field. We are working with diligence and intention to instill equity within our company. And, given our deep reach and network within the biotech industry, we are hopeful we can help instill equity within our industry and community, too. Our mission for BE in Biotech is to be a step on the path towards equity and empowerment for people of color.

“We saw the first dragonfly of the season in our backyard yesterday. I’m hoping it was the sign of good things to come since the dragonfly symbolizes wisdom, change, light and transformation.”

‘Dragonfly’ by Gia Graham

‘Time To Act’ by Gia Graham

Our Program

BE in Biotech is an avenue for marginalized people of color to learn about a new industry that abounds with high-opportunity jobs. They will learn about CanaleComm and the communications side of the business while also making valuable new connections throughout biotech to help fortify their careers.

We recognize that past tactics for life-science recruiting have favored those who benefit from certain privileges, such as industry networks and a list of contacts to open doors. We’re not interested in where you went to school, who you know or a reference you have listed on your resume. Instead, we focus on motivation, passion, inquisition and a desire to learn. And most importantly, we have a focus on people of color who have fewer opportunities to start and grow a career – especially within biotech.

CanaleComm is offering multiple paid internships – six months each – within our public relations, creative and finance teams. Browse our open positions below to see if one of these may be a fit for you today. We look forward to hearing from you and the potential to work with you!

About CanaleComm

At CanaleComm, we envision a world where diseases can be genetically reversed, where the term unmet need is rarely used and where patient doesn’t define the community we currently serve. Our life science clients are on a mission to solve some of the greatest health challenges of our time, and we’re driven to make sure their bold visions becomes reality. With our decades of strategic communications experience working with hundreds of biotech, digital health and pharma companies, we strive to responsibly tell the story of medicine’s future.

Our Positions

We are seeking interns for our communication, creative and finance teams. The program length will vary per individual but will range from three to six months. Likewise, hours can vary depending on the availability of the intern and the program need but will range from 20 to 40 hours per week. Interns will be paid $15/hr.

Click below for more information on each opportunity and to apply if interested.

CommunicationDesignDevelopmentFinance

We are seeking a communication intern to work on a variety of exciting projects in public and media relations, investor relations, content development and patient advocacy.

The individual will work with and learn from an award-winning team of multi-disciplinary colleagues to write and pitch a variety of media across a range of biotech accounts. We are looking for an individual with passion for working in an innovative industry committed to improving the medicines available to patients worldwide.

You will participate in company-wide meetings and individual strategy and planning sessions with account management and help develop and pitch the stories shared with our client’s key audiences – investors, patients, physicians, employees, and more – across a multitude of press and social media outlets. You will be exposed to the many facets of the biotech and life science ecosystem, with the opportunity to learn and flex your creative problem-solving skills in the strategic communications process and expand your network in biotech.

Required Skills and Qualifications

  • Motivation and desire to acquire new skills in a fast-paced agency environment.
  • Passion, inquisitiveness and enthusiasm for learning the biotech industry.
  • Ability to exercise independent judgment and make decisions.
  • Must be able to maintain absolute confidentiality of corporate information.
  • Must be detail and deadline oriented.
  • Must have good written and verbal communication skills, and flexibility in writing styles for different focus areas.
  • Requires a basic understanding of social media.
  • Requires basic research skills and basic time management skills.

The ideal applicant will:

  • Be a self-starter, with initiative and an eagerness to learn, think creatively and stretch their skills.
  • Be a voracious consumer of news in order to track industry trends relevant to client and life sciences industry.
  • Be comfortable communicating with diverse groups of people, including executives, entrepreneurs, investors and pitching to journalists.

To apply, please fill out the form below.

  • Accepted file types: pdf.
    Please upload a PDF version of your resume.
  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

We are seeking a design intern in our creative department to concept and develop end-to-end biotech branding.

The individual will work with and learn from an award-winning team of multi-disciplinary graphic designers and web developers to produce digital designs across a range of biotech accounts. We are looking for an individual with passion for working in an innovative industry committed to improving the medicines available to patients worldwide.

You will participate in company-wide meetings and individual strategy and planning sessions with account management and help visually develop the stories shared with priority audiences, including public-facing sites and a multitude of press and social media outlets. You will be exposed to the many facets of the biotech and life science ecosystem, with the opportunity to learn and flex your creative problem-solving skills in the strategic communications process and expand your network in biotech.

Required Skills and Qualifications

  • Motivation and desire to acquire new skills in a fast-paced agency environment.
  • Passion, inquisitiveness and enthusiasm for learning the biotech industry.
  • Ability to exercise independent judgment and make decisions.
  • Must be able to maintain absolute confidentiality of corporate information.
  • Must be detail- and deadline-oriented.
  • Basic understanding of graphic design concepts
  • Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite (XD, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, etc.), preferred

The ideal applicant will:

  • Be a self-starter, with initiative and an eagerness to learn, think creatively and stretch their skills.
  • Seek out the latest design philosophies, identifying new tools and methodologies to enhance the user experience across existing and future platforms (or at least imagine ways to do so).

To apply, please fill out the form below.

  • Accepted file types: pdf.
    Please upload a PDF version of your resume.
  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

We are seeking a development intern in our creative department to concept and build end-to-end biotech branding.

The individual will work with and learn from an award-winning team of multi-disciplinary graphic designers and web developers to produce digital designs across a range of biotech accounts. We are looking for an individual with passion for working in an innovative industry committed to improving the medicines available to patients worldwide.

You will participate in company-wide meetings and individual strategy and planning sessions with account management and help visually develop the stories shared with priority audiences, including public-facing sites and a multitude of press and social media outlets. You will be exposed to the many facets of the biotech and life science ecosystem, with the opportunity to learn and flex your creative problem-solving skills in the strategic communications process and expand your network in biotech.

Required Skills and Qualifications

  • Motivation and desire to acquire new skills in a fast-paced agency environment.
  • Passion, inquisitiveness and enthusiasm for learning the biotech industry.
  • Ability to exercise independent judgment and make decisions.
  • Must be able to maintain absolute confidentiality of corporate information.
  • Must be detail- and deadline-oriented.
  • Basic familiarity with WordPress, Linux, PHP back-end development, and front-end technologies (HTML5, CSS5, JavaScript, jQuery).
  • Comfort with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, XD) a plus.

The ideal applicant will:

  • Be a self-starter, with initiative and an eagerness to learn, think creatively and stretch their skills.
  • Seek out the latest digital philosophies, identifying new tools and methodologies to enhance the UI/UX across existing and future platforms (or at least imagine ways to do so).

To apply, please fill out the form below.

  • Accepted file types: pdf.
    Please upload a PDF version of your resume.
  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

We are seeking a finance intern who is interested in learning and supporting the efforts of a small, but very active, finance team.

The individual will have an interest in supporting the accounts payable function and the billing function for agency clients. The position will support the staff accountant and senior accounting manager in many day-to-day activities of the finance department which could include:

  • All aspects of transactional accounting activity including accounts payable, accounts receivable, fixed assets, journal entries, bank reconciliations, invoicing and general ledger maintenance and analysis
  • Generation of billing in conjunction with account teams for designated accounts
  • Daily accounts payable, reviewing and reconciling work to ensure accuracy and completeness

Required Skills and Qualifications

  • Motivation and desire to acquire new skills in a fast-paced agency environment.
  • Passion, inquisitiveness and enthusiasm for learning the biotech industry.
  • Ability to exercise independent judgment and make decisions.
  • Must be able to maintain absolute confidentiality of corporate information.
  • Must be detail- and deadline-oriented.
  • Basic finance and accounting knowledge to assist in day-to-day financial operations.
  • Basic understanding of Microsoft Excel.

To apply, please fill out the form below.

  • Accepted file types: pdf.
    Please upload a PDF version of your resume.
  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Special thanks to Come Through for their efforts supporting this program.