Change Enablement Copywriting Internship - Summer 2025

Our mission at Whole Foods Market is to nourish people and the planet, but also- future talent. We are excited to offer our 2025 Summer Internship Program to purpose-driven students seeking to make a difference in their work and in their community. Our internship program is based in Austin, Texas, down the street from our original Whole Foods Market store. Our interns don’t get us coffee; instead, they enjoy free coffee and tea while working on meaningful projects that impact our internal and external stakeholders.

About the Team: 

Change Enablement empowers Whole Foods Market's growth and evolution by developing and implementing strategies that enable Team Members, including ourselves, to adopt new skills, behaviors, and attitudes. Our structured approach facilitates cross-functional collaboration, decision making, and timely execution of projects that support strategic business objectives. We meet Team Members where they are with engaging, innovative, and effective training and communication to positively impact and equip them to do their jobs well. Our work ensures that Whole Foods Market expects and embraces change, while consistently achieving operational excellence. 

Intern Responsibilities May Include: 

• Learns to perform duties within one or more Business Operations departments. 
• May be assigned to work with a designated mentor or team. 
• Invited to attend meetings, presentations, and training to ensure exposure to the full range of Business Operations functions and understanding of their key interdependencies. 
• Receives specific and structured assignments, learning to perform entry-level tasks; typical assignments may include: 
• Researching data within assigned and structured datasets, 
• Developing data-driven reports and presentations, 
• Assisting with business process work flow analysis, 
• Assisting with development of documents and presentations based on data and other analyses, 
• May rotate between two or more departments to learn broader aspects of the Business Operations function. 

You Will Bring: 

• Familiar with standard office software and applications (Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint). 
• Familiar with basic office equipment. 
• Ability to learn departmental policies, processes, systems, and functions. 
• Works well with others. 
• Listens fully and demonstrates good customer service skills. 
• Work priorities are determined by mentor / advisors. 
• Collaborates with mentor, advisors, and Team Members to understand requirements and expectations. 
• Seeks new assignments and opportunities to learn. 
• Works on structured assignments. 
• Assignments are designed to expose Intern to basic operational processes, develop experience, and generate understanding of Business Operations’ functions and interdependencies. 

Education & Experience: 

• Currently pursuing or recently completed (within the past year) a bachelor's degree. 

Internship Program Details: 

Our Summer 2025 Internships are paid for 10-weeks, full-time (40 hours/week) between June 2, 2025-August 8, 2025. The internships will be based in Austin, Texas on a hybrid schedule and are not open to remote candidates at this time. 

Program Highlights:  

• Weekly Summer Event Series: Weekly events for interns to connect with one another and get immersed in the Whole Foods Market culture. Previous events have included distribution center tours, cheese tastings, volunteering at the Central Texas Food Bank, supplier visits, women in leadership panel and more! 
• Intern Buddy: Opportunity to be paired with a Whole Foods Market team member outside of our team that can be a go to resource during your summer. 
• Team Member Coffee Chats: Network 1:1 with Whole Foods Market team members in your field or area of interest for a 20 – 30-minute coffee chat. 
• Internship Expo: End of internship presentations where you can share what projects you worked on during the summer with the entire company! 

Application Review: Our internship applications will be open in September and October 2024. We will review applications on a rolling basis so next steps and interviews may not be communicated until November or December 2024.