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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS –

Marketing Assistant (Erasmus Internship Position)

University of Vaasa is a multidisciplinary and internationally recognised business-oriented University on the western coast of Finland. We occupy a beautiful maritime campus on the shore of UNESCO World Natural Heritage listed archipelago and offer a modern study environment for our 5,000 students.

We educate responsible leaders and experts who seek to create a better world and solve the challenges faced by society. Our fields of research and education are business studies, technology, communication, and administrative sciences. All our degrees encompass business operations skills and our Faculty of Business Studies is ranked by Eduniversal as Excellent Business School. Our international Master's Degree Programmes in International Business and Finance are EPAS accredited.

Job description

Admissions and Mobility Services of the University of Vaasa in Finland are looking for an Erasmus intern for a period of 3-4 months starting from October 2016. The intern will perform tasks of marketing assistant and they include following:

·  Producing marketing content such as videos, images and text for social media

·  Creating, maintaining, updating and developing social media channels

·  Organising offline and online events for prospective and existing students

·  Processing of and replying to enquiries from prospective students

·  General support to the team

·  Other duties as assigned according to the needs of the Admissions and Mobility Services

Requirements

We look for a candidate who preferably:

·  is a marketing student and/or has previous experience in diverse marketing activities

·  is fluent in English, knowledge of other languages is considered an asset

·  is outgoing, social and able to proactively communicate in different channels

·  is inventive and creative

·  is willing to think ‘outside of the box’ when creating inspirational marketing contents

·  has previous experience of multicultural environment

·  is able to work efficiently both independently and as part of a team

Finnish language skills are not mandatory but considered an asset.

The chosen candidate must be part of the Erasmus+ program. S/he is responsible for arranging the funding of the position through the Erasmus+ program and home institution as well as all for arranging necessary insurances for the whole period of the internship.

What we offer

We offer to our Erasmus intern:

·  free accommodation through the local independent student housing foundation

·  a multidisciplinary and internationally recognised working environment located on a beautiful maritime campus

·  a dynamic and a fun-to-work-with team of professionals

·  valuable work experience and a memorable internship period in one of the most appealing sea-side cities in Finland

How to apply

Please send your up-to-date CV with photo together with a letter of motivation via e-mail to by 9 September 2016.

More information: Head of Admissions and Mobility Services, Mr. Juhani Moisio, tel. +358 (0)29449 8135.

We look forward to hearing from you!

VAASAN YLIOPISTO • PL 700 (Wolffintie 34), 65101 VAASA • PUH. 029 449 8000 • FAKSI (06) 317 5210 • uva.fi

UNIVERSITY OF VAASA • P.O. Box 700 (Wolffintie 34), 65101 VAASA, FINLAND • TEL. + 35829 449 8000 • FAX + 358 6317 5210 • uva.fi