Employer brand & communications

Ports America

Media & Communications Intern Baltimore, MD (remote from Charlotte, NC) June – August 2025

An employer-brand and internal-communications internship: recruiting materials, an employee story series, and company-wide sustainability comms.

By the numbers

6+

Employee spotlights in the Portside Stories series

21

Green Marine sites featured in the article I authored

3+

Recruiting and employer-brand assets designed

The role

As Media & Communications Intern, I coordinated an employer-brand recruiting initiative, gathering employee insights and producing materials to strengthen talent attraction. I also authored and distributed company-wide internal communications that kept staff informed of ongoing operations.

Employer brand & recruiting

I designed recruiting materials that show what a maritime career actually looks like, from a “Port in Focus” overview flyer to a scannable, QR-driven call-to-action pointing candidates to the talent-development team.

Portside Stories

I launched Portside Stories, an employee spotlight series built on first-person interviews with team members across customer service, operations, buying, labor relations, and safety, giving prospective hires a real look at the people and growth paths at Ports America.

Internal communications & sustainability

I authored the Net Zero feature for the company's Summer 2025 publication, covering the Green Marine Certification Program, which grew from 7 to 21 certified sites since 2023, plus Clean Ports funding, Chesapeake Bay oyster restoration, and the decarbonization roadmap.

Skills & methods

Employer branding Recruitment marketing Copywriting Employee storytelling Internal communications Canva design Content production

Selected deliverables

Port in Focus recruiting flyer — “Port in Focus” recruiting flyer with an at-a-glance look at the terminals and career paths.

Portside Stories cover — Portside Stories, cover of the employee spotlight series.

Employee spotlight: Terra Bryda, Customer Service Manager.

Employee spotlight: Jaden Shea, Regional Buyer.

Scan-to-apply graphic linking candidates to talent development.

Net Zero sustainability feature — Net Zero, the sustainability feature I authored for the Summer 2025 publication.