Job Vacancies

To support LAUREA team, we are looking for interns.

Internship Event Management

As an event management intern, you will support LAUREA’s project managers in the organisation of different learning experiences. You will support the project managers in various activities: preparing and summarizing project status meetings, liaising with suppliers, managing the project’s event e-platform (www.swapcard.com and www.b2match.com), … You should be available to start preferably early January until end of June 2022.

Specific projects you would work on:

  • A symposium targeting Belgian specialist doctors taking place end of June

  • A multi-day conference targeting employment and recruitment experts globally taking place in May/June

  • LAUREA’s own academy with a series of online meetings

Preferred hard skills

  • Being hands-on before, during and after an event

  • Project management skills

  • Technological proficiency (able to or willing to learn to work with website content management systems, e-mail marketing tools, social media (LinkedIn), …)

  • Event management (e.g. fairs; University events; camps)

Internship Marketing & Communication

As a marketing intern, you will support LAUREA’s project managers in the marketing of different learning experiences. You will develop and implement campaigns using different marketing channels (email, ambassadors, partners, LinkedIn). You should be available to start preferably early January until end of June 2022.


Specific projects you would work on:

  • A symposium targeting Belgian specialist doctors taking place end of June

  • A multi-day conference targeting employment and recruitment experts globally taking place in May/June

  • LAUREA’s own academy with a series of online meetings

  • The launch of a technology product: a learning management system

Preferred hard skills

  • Project management skills

  • Writing skills (copy-writing, storytelling)

  • Technological proficiency (able to or willing to learn to work with website content management systems, e-mail marketing tools, social media (LinkedIn), …)

  • Be able to create the strategic marketing-communication plan and willingness and ability to implement the actions hands-on

  • Knowledge of marketing tools

 
 

About you

Here goes our dreamlist of competences. But the most important is: motivation!

  • You have an international and ‘can-do’ mindset (60% of our clients are EN speaking);

  • You are good with information technology - we call it ‘IT savvy’;

  • You have a commercial mindset and are a clear communicator

  • You are stress-resistant (can deal with project manager’s demands and deadlines, is capable to deal with uncertainty and ‘doing things for the first time ever’);

  • You have a pro-active attitude and are motivated to help ‘growing a business’;

  • You have a positive attitude to life and a good sense of humour;

  • You are an extrovert person and have a good level of emotional intelligence;

  • You have a ‘structured’ mindset (yep, project management is process driven);

  • You are coach-able and willing to learn and grow in your internship and as a person;

  • You are willing to do the ‘administrative’ work and ‘going the extra mile’ to make a project succeed;

  • You can work as part of a team.

 

Language skills

  • You have professional proficiency in English in both writing and speaking • Any other language (particularly French or Dutch) is a plus

Degree

  • You are enrolled in University/Higher education studies and this internship is part of your curriculum.

  • OR: Bachelor/Master in Event Management/Project Management/ Communication

What we offer

  • An internship that is part of your formal studies;

  • Any payment is agreed upon between LAUREA and the University/Higher education institution – in principle this is a non-renumerated position;

  • Being coached by an experienced professional;

  • Possibility to ‘grow’ in responsibility;

  • You join a company with a clear ‘why’ and we donate at least 1% of our profit to TeachforBelgium.

  • Co-working space Silversquare Europe (Brussels, close to metro Troon and Luxembourg train station);

  • Telework (details to be agreed) is possible for up to 2 days a week.

How to apply

Send your CV (max 1 page) and a short elevator pitch (a max. 3 min. video – covering: who you are, why we should hire you and a description of one achievement you are proud of) and 1 person we can contact as a reference (a former boss from a student job, teacher or any other person in a senior position you collaborated with – please provide: e-mail and phone number) to officeteam@laurea.be at the latest before the 30 November 2021 at 5pm CEST. The sooner, the better as we process applications on a rolling basis.

Please note:

  • You will not receive a notification of receipt, but you will receive a reply by the end of November the latest. If not, do reach out to us.

  • Candidates that enter the selection procedure are invited for a maximum of 2 talks (interviews - the second one ‘on-site’ in Brussels). At that moment, you get the possibility to speak to our colleagues to get a feeling about the company culture.

  • The entire procedure should be finalised in max 4 weeks’ time between initial contact and confirmation.

 

About LAUREA

LAUREA is an expert in the organisation and creation of learning experiences for professionals (learning management systems, conferences and exhibitions (PCO), symposia, e-learnings and webinars). We create and implement (personalised) learning pathways. In doing so and adding marketing and digital platforms where needed, we strengthen communities of professionals. We operate at the crossroads of event- and project management, educational methodologies, marketing and information technology. We work in English, Dutch and French in Europe and the Middle-East. We are community builders. Our clients are European and Belgian professional and patient associations and private companies. The majority of our clients are active in the health care sector.