Internship: Event Management
Key Skills
Job Description
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About us
The Marketing department is based in Gorinchem, the Netherlands, and is established for the entire Damen Shipyards Group and all its divisions and endorsed brands. It's an exciting time to join our Marketing team. New digital capabilities are expanding the possibilities of marketing campaigns in our B2B industry. As an intern for the Event Management team, you can play a role in expanding Damen as a brand within our industry and beyond.
The role
You will assist the Event Managers in organizing events in the dynamic world of shipbuilding. During the internship you will be planning, organizing, managing and coordinating all types of events, such as international conferences and exhibitions. You will make sure Damen’s brand identity is well presented during every event. We are looking for a student that is able to take on this project from February 2027 onwards!
Key accountabilities
For all these different type of events, you will be responsible for planning, organizing, managing and coordinating them. Through researching new event and exhibition possibilities, you will work on the event strategy of Damen. You can apply these findings by updating the design for event pages as well, so a very practical outcome on the results you get! Supervisory and support will be given by the event managers, whom you will be working closely with. Administrative tasks can be delegated to you, as well as supporting other ongoing activities at the Marketing Communications department.
Skills & experience
At least several skills/experiences from the following list are required to be considered:
- You are an Associate Degree or Bachelor student, enrolled in an event management or communication study.
- You are social, representative and creative.
- Flexible and hands on mentality!
- Expert in planning and organizing.
- You are fulltime available, on our Gorinchem location.
- English and Dutch language skills are mandatory. Do not speak Dutch? Unfortunately we cannot take your profile into consideration.
What we offer
- An internship/ graduation fee and travel allowance will be paid for the duration of the assignment.
- A pleasant and dynamic, international work environment with informal atmosphere
- Mentoring at academic level will be available throughout the internship
Other
Are you ready to sail into your new adventure at Damen? Don’t hesitate, send us your motivation letter and resume here.
Due to housing issues we cannot accept international students that do not have accommodation in the Netherlands yet.
Recruiter:
Email:
[email protected]Please apply through the Apply Button. Due to GDPR reasons we cannot accept applications by email.
Core Responsibilities
You will assist event managers in planning, organizing, and coordinating international conferences and exhibitions to promote the company brand. Additionally, you will conduct research on event strategies and perform administrative tasks to support the marketing communications department.
Requirements
Candidates must be enrolled in an associate or bachelor degree program in event management or communication. Proficiency in both English and Dutch is mandatory, and you must be able to work on-site in Gorinchem.
Benefits
- Internship fee
- Graduation fee
- Travel allowance
- Mentoring
About Damen
Industry: Shipbuilding
Company size: 10,001+ employees
Oceans, seas, lakes and rivers offer growing possibilities in the areas of trade, food, energy and recreation. To ensure global prosperity for next generations and keep the earth habitable with an ever-increasing population, it is essential to utilise and protect these possibilities as efficiently and responsibly as possible. Damen provides unprecedented maritime solutions for this, through design, shipbuilding, ship repair and related services. We offer versatile platforms that enable our customers to be successful and that raise the standard in terms of safety, reliability, efficiency and sustainability. We want to become the most sustainable shipbuilders in the world. In the previous century, we revolutionized shipbuilding. Thanks to standardisation, we were able to supply our customers with better ships, faster. More than 90 years and 6,500 ships later, the importance of standardisation is only increasing in the light of zero-emissions and digitalisation. We do not build our ships alone, but together with an extensive network from the international maritime cluster. We firmly believe in the power of sharing. It means that we also use our craftsmanship to build platforms on production facilities that are not ours. In this way, through knowledge transfer, we not only contribute to better, safer and more eco-friendly ships, but also to sustainable local development and prosperity. We are a family owned business and stand for fellowship, craftsmanship, entrepreneurship and stewardship. Our playing field is the world. Our horizon is the long term. We firmly believe in our team, but also in the strength of the individual. Each colleague is an entrepreneur, focused on ensuring truly satisfied clients and making our contribution to a better world. In every aspect of our business the next generation is our starting point.