Internship in Innovation Communication & Events (limited to 6-8 months, 80-100%, all genders)

Publication date:04 December 2025
Workload:10 – 100%
Contract type:Unlimited employment
Place of work:Zürich/Kloten

Job summary

Join the Lufthansa Group Innovation Runway for a hands-on experience! Exciting opportunities await in a supportive work environment.

Tasks

Collaborate internationally across departments to support projects.
Assist in piloting innovative ideas and cutting-edge technologies.
Help plan and organize events, manage registrations, and logistics.

Skills

Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in any area; enthusiasm for aviation.
Strong communication skills in English for drafting materials.
Experience in coordinating and organizing events.

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About the job

Are you passionate about innovation, aviation and ready to help us enable our Lufthansa Group employees to innovate? Then take off with us and join the Lufthansa Group Innovation Runway for an exciting, hands-on experience!

Starting date: February 01, 2026

Tasks

The Innovation Runway brings together the right experts, facilitating ideation formats and innovation communities, testing ideas early on in our labs, providing straightforward financing for the development of prototypes. Join our dynamic team spread across Vienna, Zurich, and Frankfurt.

We are looking for two interns: an events & communications intern, and an innovation project management intern.

The project management intern will:

Collaborate across departments and internationally to support different teams and projects.

Support in piloting and testing innovative ideas and cutting-edge technologies across the group

The communications & events intern will:

Support planning and organization of virtual and on-site events: scout and liaise with speakers, manage registrations, coordinate logistics, and help set up event spaces.

Assist communications: draft intranet posts, newsletters, social media, presentations, brainstorm creative storytelling ideas and help us establish effective and new communication approaches to reach our target audience

Behind the scenes

Inspire SWISS with fresh perspectives

Energize SWISS with fresh ideas and help us move forward. You take responsibility from day one, immersing yourself in a dynamic and international company. Take your opportunity to push your skills to a new level and get your entry ticket to the thrilling aviation industry. Are you ready to check in?

Take off your career with SWISS

Personally, you’ll experience a steep learning curve in an exciting setting, developing organizational and social skills. Professionally, you have the opportunity to leave a strong first impression at SWISS positioning yourself in the pole position for a long-term career in the aviation field.

Together, we fly

We connect cultures and create unique experiences. With exceptional crews in the air and a strong foundation on ground. We are a unity, yet many characters. Carrying Switzerland closer to the world. And the world closer to us. We genuinely want our guests to have a great time travelling with us.

The leading airline of Switzerland

With one of Europe’s most advanced aircraft fleets, SWISS is a premium airline that provides direct flights from Zurich and Geneva. As a member of the Lufthansa Group, SWISS drives sustainable aviation for our guests, employees and society, society, offering that distinctive SWISS experience.

Benefits

Subsidized parking or public transport

Company health management

25 days of annual vacation

Flight benefits

Employee and networking events

Remote working (e.g. from home)

Flexible workhours and part-time working models

Discounts

Diversity programmes

Subsidized parking or public transport, Company health management, 25 days of annual vacation, Flight benefits, Employee and networking events, Remote working (e.g. from home), Flexible workhours and part-time working models, Discounts, Diversity programmes

Requirements

Our team is diverse in nationality and background, valuing creativity and initiative over your specific degree. We’re seeking someone who brings fresh ideas to event, communications, enjoys driving innovation forward, and cross-department collaborations, working independently yet enjoying teamwork.

Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree or an “HF” Advanced Federal Diploma of Higher Education in any area

Enthusiasm for innovation, aviation, and technology

Proficiency in written and verbal communication in English, including drafting articles and promotional materials

Experience with coordinating and organizing events

Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

Confidence in working with diverse, international teams and stakeholders

Please apply in English and clearly state in your motivation letter which role you would prefer (innovation project management intern or events & communications intern)