Start date: September 2026

Placement lenght: 12 or 24 months

Type of Employment: Apprenticeship

Location: Paris, France

Come build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft with thousands of University graduates from every corner of the world. This opportunity will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential—and excitement for the journey ahead.

At Microsoft, Interns work on real-world projects in collaboration with teams across the world, while having fun along the way. You’ll be empowered to build community, explore your passions and achieve your goals. This is your chance to bring your solutions and ideas to life while working on cutting-edge technology.

Are you passionate about technology, creativity, and organizational culture? Do you want to work with a team that is changing the industry and the world with incredible products and experiences that bring together hardware, software, cloud, and AI with Microsoft Products and services?

Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our culture is cantered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. Growth mindset encourages each of us to lean in and learn what matters most to our customers, to create the foundational knowledge that enables us to make customer-first decisions in everything we do. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world.

Reporting to the President's office, you will work with the Employee and exec communication Lead on the internal communication strategy to drive clarity, bring the team together, and keep people engaged and informed. You will leverage your writing, editing, and presentation skills, and a deep knowledge of how to advance a meaningful organizational culture and internal communications best practices. You will strategize for internal events. The Internal Communications Manager will work quickly and accurately under pressure and collaborate with many teams across Microsoft.

• Executes tactics in support of overall strategy, enabling consistency of voice across messages and channels and escalating issues as appropriate.
• Design communication strategies for internal events such as All Hands, Company meeting and afterworks.
• Leverage your writing, editing and presentation skills, as well as an in-depth knowledge of best practices in organizational culture and internal communications.
• Assists in the development and production of communications materials (e.g., briefing documents, talk tracks, video, PowerPoint slides, screen).
• Uses current and relevant templates and materials; builds on effectiveness of previously used materials.
• Assists in the creation of communications to inform and facilitate employee communications across the subsidiary. This include leader communications like all-hands, organization emails, Viva Engage etc.
• Assists with data analysis from surveys and feedback channels to measure, plan, and inform efforts.
• Assists in creating content and storytelling that is current and aligned with internal and external corporate guidance (e.g., legal and policy regulations, financial)
• Takes on the role of project manager for major internal events

Required Qualifications (RQs)

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Finance or related field.
• You must be legally authorised to work in France to be eligible for this role. (Legally authorised = has citizenship or has been granted a valid visa or work permit)
• Must speak English and French to C1 level or above.
• Seeking an Apprenticeship contract starting from September 2026.

Preferred Qualifications (PQs)

• Relevant internship/work experience (e.g., internal or external communications).
• Familiarity with emerging technologies.
• Ability to think creatively and implement creative ideas.
• Familiarity with graphic design and video content creation for marketing and communication purposes.
• Proficient project management and communication skills

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.