Careers
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Global Experiences offers a broad range of prospective career fields in each of our international internship destinations. Working with some of the world's most innovative and cutting edge companies and organizations, Global Experiences provides interns a unique opportunity to help you gain valuable skills through hands on work experience while enhancing your future career opportunities. Interns are placed with host companies according to their academic background, career objectives, language proficiency, and other important considerations to ensure a quality experience. The chart below will give you an idea of what career fields are available and where in addition to providing some direct feedback from past interns. |
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| Field | Sample of Tasks | Testimonials | Available In |
Accounting | Tasks may include creating invoices and processing payments. Reconciling bank statements, preparing sales tax returns, and posting transactions to the general ledger | Click to read testimonials about Accounting | Dublin, Florence, London, Paris, Seville, Sydney, Washington, DC |
Advertising/Marketing/PR | Tasks may include writing press releases, conducting research, social networking and compiling media lists and editorial calendars. | Click to read testimonials about Advertising/Marketing/PR | Dublin, Florence, London, Milan, Paris, Rome, Seville, Sydney, Washington, DC |
Agriculture and Ecology | Assists in researching and drafting agricultural reports. Reviews agricultural trade policy, analysis, and market development programs. | Click to read testimonials about Agriculture and Ecology | Dublin, London, Seville, Sydney, Washington, DC |
Architecture | General drafting duties and CAD work. 3D work. Assisting with distribution of messages, packages, documentation etc. Making up sample boards as required. | Click to read testimonials about Architecture | Dublin, Florence, London, Milan, Paris, Rome, Sydney, Washington, DC |
Art, Art Museums and Galleries | Installation of exhibitions, gallery tours, and assisting in research and compilation of materials. Also may include assisting in the compilation of grant applications and sponsors packs. | Click to read testimonials about Art, Art Museums and Galleries | Dublin, Florence, London, Milan, Paris, Rome, Seville, Sydney, Washington, DC |
Business | Client relations, accounts administration, and database maintenance. May also include compiling financial projections, filing & photocopying of office documents. | Click to read testimonials about Business | Dublin, Florence, London, London, Milan, Paris, Seville, Sydney, Washington, DC |
Childcare | Plan & implement activities to meet the physical, emotional, intellectual and social needs of the children in the program Ensure equipment and the facility are clean, well maintained and safe at all times. Develop culturally appropriate programs & activities | Click to read testimonials about Childcare | Dublin, Rome |
Communications (TV/Radio) | Involvement in all stages of the production process. Research programs, prepare briefing notes for use during interviews and assist on shoots out in the field. Collate archives, transcribe interviews and log tapes. | Click to read testimonials about Communications (TV/Radio) | Dublin, Florence, London, Paris, Washington, DC |
Culinary | Assisting a restaurant, pastry shop or cafe. May include preparation of first courses (hot and cold) as well as presentation of first and second courses. Customer service focused. | Click to read testimonials about Culinary | Dublin, Florence, Rome |
Education | Research and create educational activities and curricula, manage programs, and assist in other various office tasks. | Click to read testimonials about Education | Dublin, London, Washington, DC |
Engineering (Civil/Mechanical/Electrical) | May include CAD programming, programming of CNC router, and finding applications of metal/steel replacement with Engineering plastics. Liaising with Mechanical Engineers and Consulting Engineers and providing information | Click to read testimonials about Engineering (Civil/Mechanical/Electrical) | Seville, Washington, DC |
Engineering (Structural/Biochemical) | Reading structural drawings/documents in conjunction with architectural and other engineering consultants’ drawings. Basic Design, Drafting work/Autocad | Click to read testimonials about Engineering (Structural/Biochemical) | Seville, Washington, DC |
Event Planning | Assistance with event tasks, including planning, promotion, logistics and client relations. | Click to read testimonials about Event Planning | Florence, London, Seville, Sydney, Washington, DC |
Fashion Business | Administration of Fashion distribution, stock control and fashion product merchandising. Invoice Management and control, assistance with fashion production processes and learning clothes manufacturing and design techniques. Other general administration as requested by management | Click to read testimonials about Fashion Business | Florence, London, Milan, Paris, Sydney |
Fashion Design | Design and manufacturing of garments, quality control of merchandise, various tasks including:Sketching, Sewing, Draping,Tagging, Pattern making, Cutting, Color/Fabric Boards, Assistant to the main designer, Fabric/Color Selection | Click to read testimonials about Fashion Design | Dublin, Florence, London, Paris, Sydney |
Fashion Photography | Assist in photography exhibition set-up, work in a photography studio, and take photos in a variety of settings, i.e. commercial, design, and fashion shows. | Click to read testimonials about Fashion Photography | Florence |
Film and Theater | Hands on experience in editing and grading using programs like adobe premier pro. Working on projects from idea boards, production and editing. | Click to read testimonials about Film and Theater | Florence |
Finance/Economics | Assist with any projects relating to asset management, investment banking, financial services and general office duties that will enhance the over all experience. Financial and Investment Analysis Assisting with Financial marketing activities Finance related Business administration and business research tasks. | Click to read testimonials about Finance/Economics | Dublin, London, Paris, Rome, Seville, Sydney, Washington, DC |
Government/Politics | Research, writing, and tracking legislation, attending Congressional and Agency hearings, providing reports of hearings. Providing administrative and litigation support, and communicating with constituents | Click to read testimonials about Government/Politics | London, Paris, Rome, Washington, DC |
Graphic Design | Assist in management of online presence, including web site and social networking profiles (MySpace, Facebook, ThinkMTV). Creation/design/preparation of site graphics (banners, buttons, headings, logos, and images). Posting and formatting new content Creation/design/development of email newsletters and announcements | Click to read testimonials about Graphic Design | Dublin, Florence, London, Milan, Rome, Seville, Sydney, Washington, DC |
History/Archival Research | Research for collections, exhibit design, educational events and event promotions. | Click to read testimonials about History/Archival Research | London, Washington, DC |
Hospitality/Travel/Tourism | Event planning, marketing, and customer service. | Click to read testimonials about Hospitality/Travel/Tourism | Dublin, Florence, London, Milan, Paris, Rome, Seville, Sydney, Washington, DC |
Hotel Restaurant Management | Gain experience in the service industry, while working directly with kitchen and front of the house management. Tasks include ordering, preparing and planning menus, parties and events. | Click to read testimonials about Hotel Restaurant Management | Florence, London, Rome, Sydney, Washington, DC |
Human Resources | Assist in the recruitment of new hires, including preparing induction packages creating personnel files and filing documentation. Maintaining various publications and HR files and creating and dating files for various HR issues. | Click to read testimonials about Human Resources | Dublin, Rome, Seville |
Import/Export | Focus on logistics and compliance. Develop proposals for process improvements. Data collection and supply chain management. | Click to read testimonials about Import/Export | Seville, Sydney |
Information Technology/Computing | null | Click to read testimonials about Information Technology/Computing | Dublin, London, Paris, Rome, Washington, DC |
Interior Design | Client service, design tasks, and software use and proposal development. | Click to read testimonials about Interior Design | London, Milan, Rome, Washington, DC |
Journalism | Drafting releases and advisories and preparing for and staffing press events. Researching reporters and outlets to target along with maintaining media database. Other writing and research tasks assigned by the Directors of Communications and Marketing | Click to read testimonials about Journalism | Florence, London, Paris, Rome, Seville, Washington, DC |
Law/Legal | Complete document research, citation checking, and proofing of briefs. Research possibly using either Westlaw or LexisNexis | Click to read testimonials about Law/Legal | Florence, London, Milan, Paris, Rome, Seville, Sydney, Washington, DC |
Photography | Act as an assistant on photography jobs downloading and cross checking digital files. Backing up completed jobs, filing and management of the database. Uploading photos on line, so they can be viewed and ordered by clients and photo shopping of images. your opportunities in this area will vary from simple colour management, to re-touching enlargements and album prints. | Click to read testimonials about Photography | Dublin, Florence, London, Sydney, Washington, DC |
Psychology/Social Sciences | Writing behavioral management plans and developing counseling skills, research and interviewing skills. | Click to read testimonials about Psychology/Social Sciences | Dublin, Florence, London, Paris, Rome, Seville, Sydney, Washington, DC |
Sports Administration | Help with organization and operation of sports facilities. Interactive tools to aid decision making learning, perceptual skills, anticipation, cue recognition and information processing. Tools for presenting team tactics and game organization. Strategies to accelerate recovery and regeneration after training and competition | Click to read testimonials about Sports Administration | Paris, Rome, Seville, Sydney |
Video Production | Hands on experience in editing and grading using programs like adobe premier pro. Working on idea boards, samples, production and editing. | Click to read testimonials about Video Production | Dublin, Florence, London, Paris, Sydney, Washington, DC |
Web Design | Practice with HTML, CSS, Dreamweaver, Photshop. Web usability, navigation, and accessibility concepts. User interface design; information architecture; web design, color, and typology principles. Use of content management systems as well. | Click to read testimonials about Web Design | Dublin, London, Rome, Seville, Sydney, Washington, DC |