Communication Trainee
Synthorx
- Location: Porto Salvo
- Start date: November/December 2025
- Duration: 12 months
About the job
As a Communication Trainee at Sanofi, you will have the opportunity to play a vital role in both our internal and external communications, as well as in shaping the company’s image and reputation. This is an exciting time to be part of the biopharmaceutical sector. At Sanofi, you’ll join a team united by a common purpose and open to new ideas that improve people’s lives.
Ready to grow your skills while helping shape the future of healthcare? At Sanofi, you’ll be empowered to learn, ask questions, and bring your ideas to life – all while supported by inspiring mentors and collaborative teams.
About Sanofi
We’re an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives.
Main responsibilities:
- Support corporate communications related to the leadership team, institutional image, reputation, and business areas (both branded and unbranded).
- Assist in the creation, approval, and distribution of internal, external, and digital communication content.
- Manage digital projects for Sanofi Portugal’s website, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Spotify channels.
- Support the development of messaging, plans, and strategic communications.
- Organize and coordinate workshops, presentations, and internal events to promote initiatives and foster a culture of innovation.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and consistency in messaging and project delivery.
- Support internal processes and monitor results to ensure alignment with strategies.
About you
To excel in this role, you should meet the following criteria:
- Be a current student or recent graduate in Communication, Public Relations, Marketing, Journalism, or a related field, and be able to sign a university agreement to participate in the trainee program.
- Demonstrate a strong interest in corporate communications, public relations, or digital marketing.
- Have previous experience through internships or academic projects related to communication (preferred but not required).
- Have strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Be able to work effectively in a multicultural environment and adapt to change.
- Be familiar with digital communication tools and platforms (e.g., Microsoft Office, Zoom, Teams) and have basic skills in graphic design and digital content editing.
- Demonstrate creativity, curiosity, and innovative thinking.
- Have proficiency in Portuguese and a good command of English (minimum B2 level).
- Advanced Spanish language skills will be considered a plus.
Why choose us?
- Stretch your skills through apprenticeships, internships, graduate programs, and international experiences that grow with you.
- Learn from inspiring mentors and collaborative teams while contributing to real projects that shape the future of healthcare.
- Build your future with access to the latest tools, digital innovation, and continuous learning that keep you ahead of the curve.
- Explore more with personalized development plans, short-term gigs, and internal mobility across functions and countries.
- Grow in a purpose-driven company where your voice matters and your work helps improve millions of lives.
- Thrive in inclusive, flexible workplaces that support your personal and professional well-being.
- Launch your career with a company that invests in you — and empowers you to reimagine what’s possible.
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Pursue progress, discover extraordinary
Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.
At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity.
Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!