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Volvo Group Latin America

Internship in Corporate Communication and Corporate Social Responsibility

In Curitiba, Volvo Group Latin America houses the Volvo Group's management for the region and the brand's only complex that brings together engines, transmissions, cabs and final assembly. I interned from September 2021 to July 2023 in two areas, first in Corporate Social Responsibility, with a focus on ESG, and then in Corporate Communication.

In Corporate Communication, I formed a two-person team with Marco Greiffo, Head of Corporate Communication for Latin America. In Social Responsibility, I took care of the portfolio of tax incentive projects and the Transport Safety Memorial.

Executive summary

  • Supported the Volvo FM Electric positioning campaign up to Anfavea's Driving the Future of Electrification in Brazil meeting, in Brasília.
  • Wrote 6 press releases and handled their media outreach, generating 33 articles in the trade press.
  • Worked on the 2023 annual results press conference and on communication for agribusiness and transport trade shows.
  • Adapted press releases from the Swedish headquarters for the Brazilian market and updated the newsroom and website of Volvo Group Brasil.
  • Prepared directors and executives for interviews and podcasts.
  • Monitored the portfolio of tax incentive projects, with 83 different projects on the 2022 and 2023 lists, and the Sponsorship and Support Policy.
  • Assisted in coordinating the Transport Safety Memorial as it resumed after the pandemic.

Numbers

33

Trade press articles from the 6 press releases with my credit

March to July 2023, Volvo newsroom and survey

6

Press releases I wrote and pitched to the press

March to July 2023, Volvo newsroom

32

Press releases published by the newsroom in the period

December 2022 to August 2023, newsroom survey

83

Different projects in the 2022 and 2023 portfolios, through incentive laws and funds

Lists published by Volvo

R$12.4 million

Contributions from four group companies through the Rouanet Law to 13 projects in the portfolio

September 2021 to December 2022, Salic

Almost 90,000

Total visitors to the Transport Safety Memorial

August 2024, data from Volvo and Associação Volvo

Corporate Communication

November 2022 to July 2023

Volvo FM Electric and the Anfavea meeting

I supported the positioning campaign for the Volvo FM Electric, Volvo's first electric heavy truck in Brazil, which in 2023 was running in tests in the country. I followed the production of the image bank, videos and brand materials and supported the press releases and the recording of the leadership's talking points.

On June 14, 2023, Volvo took the truck to Driving the Future of Electrification in Brazil, a meeting held by Anfavea, the Brazilian vehicle manufacturers' association, at the Ulysses Guimarães Convention Center in Brasília. I wrote the briefs for the agency that created the booth, coordinated information between communication, engineering, product and suppliers and supported spokesperson training.

Photos of the booth at the Driving the Future of Electrification in Brazil meeting

Press releases and press relations

From March to July 2023, alongside Marco Greiffo, I wrote 6 press releases and handled their media outreach. They covered Expodireto, Tecnoshow, Bahia Farm Show and Transposul and the appointments of Carlos Banzzatto and Felipe Battistella, whom I interviewed, and generated 33 articles, all in the trade press, totaling R$172,000 in advertising value equivalent.

I also published the press releases in the newsroom and sent them to specialized media lists. I assisted journalists from outlets such as Estradão, AutoData and Automotive Business, handled clipping for the leadership and prepared directors and executives for interviews and podcasts.

2023 press conference, trade shows and events

I worked on the 2023 annual results press conference, from invitations and accreditation to the press kit, the broadcast and the clipping, with the agency hired for the production. The press release with the 2022 results came out on February 16, 2023.

I wrote the press releases and post-event clipping for the 2023 trade shows from Curitiba and followed Agrishow for Volvo Penta. I accompanied the editor of M&T magazine at Volvo Extreme 2023, in Piraquara, Paraná, and the presentation of the Euro 6 coaches to customers and journalists, in March. I followed the entire production of the R5 renewable diesel launch, with the photo direction and the press release, published shortly after I left.

Global content, newsroom and website

I adapted press releases from the Swedish headquarters for the Brazilian market, in meetings with headquarters. I published, updated and created pages on the Volvo Group Brasil website, with SharePoint and a CMS, working with IT teams outside Brazil.

Institutional advertising

Alongside the Head, I handled follow-ups with the institutional advertising agency, Opus Múltipla. I supported the production of the Com a Volvo rumo ao Zero Acidentes campaign, in the Marlim Azul and Transmasut episodes, and of the 2023 film Por um futuro mais Volvo.

Por um futuro mais Volvo video and the Marlim Azul episode of Zero Acidentes

Corporate Social Responsibility

September 2021 to December 2022

Tax incentive project portfolio

I managed the relationship between the brand and the projects supported through incentive laws, including those still awaiting funding, and kept track of the portfolio's demands. The 2022 and 2023 lists add up to 83 different projects, through the Rouanet Law, the Sports Incentive Law, the Elderly Persons Fund and the Children and Adolescents Fund, in at least seven states.

I worked on carrying out the Sponsorship and Support Policy in its annual cycle, from receiving proposals to analysis, project selection and follow-up on the agreed counterparts, and brought initiatives to the Social Responsibility Committee, made up of senior leadership. From September 2021 to December 2022, four group companies made 18 contributions through the Rouanet Law to 13 projects, totaling R$12.4 million.

Transport Safety Memorial

The team directly managed the Memorial, a cultural project of Associação Volvo under the Rouanet Law, opened in 2016 next to the factory, and my time there coincided with its post-pandemic resumption. I assisted in coordinating the project, followed the execution of the 5th edition until it closed, in December 2022, and contributed to the proposal for the 6th edition, submitted in July 2022 and approved in March 2023.

I worked on the three augmented reality interactions for the 2022 Maio Amarelo road safety campaign, the National Traffic Week activities and the theater performances of September 2022. For the 5th anniversary, in October 2021, we did an activation with paper miniatures of bi-articulated buses taken to spots around Curitiba.

I also handled institutional photography, videos, audiovisual operation and interactive equipment, presented the Memorial to international groups and was the host of the Volvo Traffic Safety Program video with the Memorial.

Institutional photos of the Memorial and the 5th anniversary activation
Video on alcohol and vision and the Volvo Traffic Safety Program video with the Memorial
Memorial promotional pieces registered in Salic

Associação Volvo and Zero Acidentes

I supported the social and environmental programs of Associação Volvo, the association of Volvo do Brasil's employees, with reports, process management, events and training. I did the photo coverage of Oliviking 2022, the members' olympics, and supported Capoeira e Cidadania, the association's calendar and Vida Sempre, a Memorial initiative.

I also supported communication for the Com a Volvo rumo ao Zero Acidentes campaign, with the agency responsible for the materials.

Photos of Oliviking 2022, Capoeira e Cidadania, Vida Sempre and the calendar

Skills

  • Corporate communication
  • Press relations
  • Spokesperson preparation
  • Event and trade show communication
  • Global content localization
  • Newsroom and website management
  • Social responsibility and incentive laws
  • Cultural project management
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