Internship: Marketing, Communications, Events and Community Management (6 months, 100% occupation)

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Fongit is Switzerland’s premier innovation incubator – accelerating startup success in Geneva since 1991. We are a private, non-profit foundation supported and financed by the State of Geneva. We incubate a community of 100 companies with 1000 employees developing HighTech products and services. Fongit’s marketing and community engagement team foster a vibrant exchange between startups, building a good “buzz” at our incubator and engaging our startup scene in the digital media. Internship assignement Project tasks include:

• Networking startups together, and create a Swiss startup culture
• Communications of tech startup news using social digital media and marketing of Fongit
• Organization and coordination of internal and external events, such as lunch time workshops and networking events
• Implementation and execution of several project plans – manage projects, deadlines and optimize budgets
• Serve as a key interface between Fongit, startups and external organisations

Intern profile

• Fluent in English and French with excellent written and oral communication skills
• Currently enrolled in a study program
• Experience of Event Management or Marketing & Communications is a plus
• Extroverted, energetic “people person” with a high customer focus
• Self-starter, who can manage their time well, while being a team player
• Action orientated, able to bootstrap projects and create value by quick wins
• Hands-on and able to set-up and run events (wanting the experience of mastering everything from writing and sending out the invitations, to moving the chairs, and bringing people into the event)
• Basic IT skills – social digital media, graphic design is a plus
• Affinity for tech startup and geek culture
• In possession of a Swiss working permit that is valid for the entire 6-month duration of the internship.

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