Are you passionate about making sure that consumers have the best possible user experience? Are you looking for an internship where you can help drive user centricity at the heart of innovations in adult nutrition products? Apply now and join our User eXperience Specialized Nutrition team as of 15^th January 2026 in Utrecht, The Netherlands!

As our new Sensory & Consumer Research intern, you will be joining Danone's global User eXperience team based in our Research and Innovation centre (Utrecht, NL). This team focusses on the Specialized Nutrition (SN) product category and is passionate about providing the best possible product experience to patients and Healthcare Professionals. 

You will be part of the SN Adult User Experience team, where your key role will be to co-lead UX research aiming to obtain insights on people using medical nutrition (e.g. malnourished elderly, oncology patients or people with cognitive decline) and on product experience of this category. You will participate in various innovation and renovation projects to deliver UX insights and to inspire user-centricity. You will be expected to interact with different functions within Nutricia (e.g. product development, marketing, nutrition and science teams) and with external stakeholders (e.g. research agencies/institutes).
 

Your responsibilities in a nutshell: 

• Bring user centric mindset into various projects and support innovation using sensory and consumer science methodologies

• Support the team in building solid knowledge in sensory and competitive landscape of malnourished elderly and patients with cancer from literature, social listening and competitive analysis

• Contribute to the exploration and recommendation on new experience claims and communication opportunities in medical nutrition products by organizing workshops, team tastings and inspirational sessions with cross-functional teams

• Translate learnings guidelines and best practices to screen, develop and validate new experience claims and communication opportunities to deliver meaningful message to positively impact the quality of life of adult patients and users during their medical nutrition journey.

Meet your future manager!

Your manager will be Clémentine van Herkhuizen-Dejax, UX Design Manager. Learn more about her: Clémentine van Herkhuizen-Dejax | LinkedIn 

You are a master student in health & nutrition, food science, marketing or communication science with knowledge in sensory & food or behavior science. Skills in consumer science would be a bonus. You are passionate about health & nutrition for fragile population. You are able to collect, analyze, and synthetize scientific data from the different sources and translate it into actionable insights for the business. You have strong communication skills and you are an enthusiast creative but organized person. Comfortable into international, multidisciplinary environment, you can demonstrate autonomy, proactivity and curiosity behaviors.

Key requirements:

• Enrolled as a Master's student for the entire duration of the internship.
• Resident of the Netherlands with a valid BSN number. Non-EU citizens must have a valid Dutch residency permit.
• For non-EU citizens, your university must sign a three-party agreement with Danone.
• Available to start in January 2025 for a minimum of 6 months, 4-5 days per week.
• Fluent in English (spoken and written).
• Able to work from our Utrecht office at least 4-5 days per week.

At Danone we are committed to our mission “bringing health, through food to as many people as possible”. Working together to make sure that our brands, like Hipro, Nutricia, Alpro, Activia, Nutrilon and Evian, create real benefits for people, communities and the planet. You will be part of one of the largest Certified B Corps™ in the world. Being B Corp means to be part of a select movement of companies verified to be meeting the highest standards of social and environmental criteria and using business as a force for good. One Planet. One Health.

We offer:

• A competitive gross internship allowance of 650 euros per month (based on a full-time internship);
• Home working allowance of 2.40 euros per day;
• A public transport travel card covering all office-related travel;
• Career advice opportunities such as workshops, seminars, networking events;
• International environment with 140 different nationalities in Danone NL;
• Active Internship community with 100+ interns across the Netherlands.

In the Netherlands we also offer a hybrid working environment which enables each team to meet our people's desire for flexibility. You can work from one of our People Hubs in Hoofddorp, Utrecht and Rijswijk or you can work from home.

We put people at the center of everything we do. Bring your unique perspective, ambitions and ideas to the table – the impact you could make might surprise you. We are committed to embrace diversity, nurturing an inclusive workplace where every individual is valued; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is deeply embedded in Danone's DNA. 

What's next:

It’s simple – hit the “apply” button before the application deadline of 27th October 2025. In order to comply with GDPR we can’t process your personal data without your given consent, so please apply directly via this website. Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you.

Need more information? Please contact Eugenia Bouzas, Campus Talent Manager, via eugenia.bouzas@danone.com

* all applications will be considered for a vacancy without discrimination based on ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, nationality, disability, or any other protected status.