Meet 4 Individuals Who Did an Internship Overseas in Italy

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House to booming trendy industries and long-standing vocational traditions, Italy is a superb place to realize skilled expertise in a variety of careers. AIFS Overseas affords full-time internships and Examine + Internship applications in Rome, Florence, and Milan. Every metropolis offers a novel alternative to find a bit of the beloved Italian tradition—discover world-famous museums, style scrumptious delicacies, and dwell like a neighborhood alongside quaint cobblestone streets—all whilst you construct real-world profession expertise at a neighborhood firm or group. Prepared to listen to what it’s actually prefer to intern overseas in Italy with AIFS Overseas? 

Hear from 4 faculty college students and current graduates who did an internship in Italy with AIFS Overseas! 

Jenna: Vogue Internship in Milan 

Jenna, a advertising main {and professional} gross sales administration minor on the College of North Dakota, interned overseas in Milan at a neighborhood vogue consulting firm. For somebody like Jenna who wished enterprise expertise within the vogue business, Milan was the right vacation spot: 

“I ended up selecting Milan as a result of I had an virtually assured likelihood of getting positioned in a vogue centered internship, whereas if I selected one other metropolis, there would’ve been the potential for being positioned in a advertising internship (which is one thing I might do in North Dakota, so I actually wished to maximise my purpose for interning overseas!).” 

Because the assistant to the proprietor, Jenna was in a position to construct a variety of career-focused expertise: 

“I work instantly one-on-one with my boss who’s the [founder] of [my host company]. She’s a enterprise marketing consultant, so she works with younger vogue manufacturers which might be wherever between zero and ten years of multinational. She helps them with all the things together with images, social media, getting the garments developed, designing the garments—something you can presumably consider to get a enterprise began… I get to be her assistant and…work with fashions once we’re photographing outfits, creating lookbooks for the manufacturers, reaching out to influencers to assist promote the model, [and] reaching out to stylists. So, I get to do a variety of cool issues… One among my favourite components about my job is getting to reinforce my images expertise in the course of the shoots.” 

After sharing her long-term profession objectives together with her supervisor, Jenna was given duties that instantly supported her skilled pursuits: 

“After telling my boss about my dream of doubtless proudly owning a classic retailer, she has been giving me duties that align with this dream, so studying the way to correctly {photograph} gadgets is a high precedence.” 

Outdoors of her internship, Jenna took benefit of Milan’s transportation system to discover Milan and journey the area: 

“One thing that’s so good about residing in Milan isn’t solely how straightforward it’s to get across the metropolis with their public transportation system, however you can too journey wherever you need round Europe with the quantity of trains and flights provided!” 

Jenna loved loads of time to journey, and was even in a position to intern remotely whereas she found different components of Italy and Europe: 

“I used to be just a little nervous earlier than I began my internship that I might not have as a lot time to journey in comparison with college students who examine overseas, however that has been removed from the case! My boss is extraordinarily versatile and understands my need to see as a lot as I can whereas I’m right here, so I normally go away on Fridays and are available again to Milan on Sundays. Some days, I’m even in a position to take day journeys and work from the prepare!” 

Carlos: Psychology Internship in Florence 

Carlos, a psychology pupil from the College of Kentucky, did a summer time internship as an English instructing assistant at a non-profit in Florence. With a wide range of duties in and out of doors of the classroom, Carlos’s psychology internship saved issues new and fascinating: 

“On daily basis is just a little completely different [at my internship]! Typically I [am] on-line doing admin duties or lesson planning. Different days I collaborate with my supervisor to develop new tasks or actions. And naturally, some days I’m hands-on with the youngsters, main English video games, crafts, or interactive classes. It’s an excellent mixture of behind-the-scenes work and time with the scholars!” 

One among Carlos’s favourite issues about his program in Florence was AIFS Overseas’s award-winning housing, which allowed him to actually immerse himself in the neighborhood and transcend a typical vacationer expertise: 

“Housing actually provides you the prospect to dwell like a neighborhood! We stayed in an residence surrounded by Italian neighbors. All of the residences are unfold out throughout central Florence, so all the things is tremendous walkable. They range in dimension and elegance, however you sometimes share with 2 – 4 different college students from this system. It’s a cool option to actually really feel such as you’re residing right here, not simply visiting.” 

And whereas his shared residence got here with a totally geared up kitchen, Carlos liked sampling the native dishes: 

“The residences have all the things it is advisable to prepare dinner at house, however I’ve been consuming out and making an attempt new meals fairly usually. Italian delicacies is unimaginable!… I attempted many new meals, together with recent pasta, pizza, gelato, and native cheeses. I particularly liked gelato from small outlets and home made pasta dishes. My go-to meals have been usually easy, native favorites like margherita pizza or pasta with seasonal sauces, and I loved making an attempt completely different eating places and cafes across the metropolis.” 

Jessica: Artwork Historical past Internship in Florence 

Do you know you can intern overseas with AIFS Overseas after you graduate? Jessica, an artwork historical past graduate from the College of British Columbia, resides proof! She did an artwork historical past internship in Florence on the famed Florence Cathedral: 

“I’ve a place with the Florence Cathedral, also called Santa Maria Del Fiore, which might be one of the crucial widespread landmarks right here within the metropolis of Florence—it’s completely stunning. 

My official place with the cathedral right here is as a tour information, so I get to spend most of my day speaking to visitor guests from all around the world in regards to the artistic endeavors and the historical past of the cathedral right here.” 

Being a tour information at one of the crucial widespread and engaging cultural landmarks in Italy positively has its perks—as Jessica explains: 

“I’ve realized rather a lot and I’ve met some actually nice folks—I’ve met folks from all around the world from touring and giving these excursions. The folks I work with are all just about from Italy, so I’ve been studying just a little little bit of Italian… There are additionally some college students right here with partnering universities, so I’ve been in a position to work together with them and meet folks from different locations in North America. I’ve realized tons in regards to the metropolis of Florence and the cathedral and I’ve been actually pleased with all the things that has been offered to me.” 

Jessica even loved the brief commute to her internship, which was an excellent excuse to stretch her legs and take within the native sights: 

“I dwell in a small neighborhood referred to as Le Treatment, simply exterior of town heart, so it takes me a couple of 20/25 minutes’ stroll to get into [my internship] each morning. However Florence could be very a lot a strolling metropolis, so it’s fairly pleasing, all the things is enjoyable to take a look at.” 

Kaitlyn: Examine + Internship in Rome 

Can’t resolve between a examine overseas and internship program? Kaitlyn, a journalism pupil, obtained each experiences wrapped into one with an AIFS Overseas Examine + Internship program in Rome: 

“I’m doing the internship and examine broad program in Rome, and it’s principally a mixture of each a [part-time] internship and two or three lessons. So, I’m taking photojournalism and journey writing, which I actually like. Then my [journalism] internship [is] with an Italian journal firm as a result of I wished extra of like social media and digital advertising [experience]. And principally, you decide the sphere that you just’re most serious about and [AIFS Abroad] helps pair you up with a neighborhood firm right here in Rome… I actually prefer it to this point.” 

One among Kaitlyn’s internship duties was going round Rome to create content material for the journal. Once we caught up together with her throughout this system, she instructed us about her favourite internship expertise to this point: 

“My internship despatched me on a Vespa tour of Rome final week to get images and content material! One of many coolest experiences ever.” 

Not solely did she get to exit into Rome throughout her internship, however each of her programs offered loads of alternatives to discover town, too: 

“I’m solely taking two lessons and people are photojournalism and journey writing. I don’t know if I’ve a favourite as a result of I actually like each of them. For my journey writing class we normally go on excursions to see components of Rome and artwork exhibitions every class. And for photojournalism we get to go round—for instance, we went to Piazza Navona—to attempt to create a report, and simply work on our images expertise, which is one thing I actually like. Each are very enjoyable, you get to see far more of Rome with these lessons.” 

Outdoors of your internship and coursework in Italy, you’ll have much more possibilities to discover your host metropolis and past—due to AIFS Overseas journeys and excursions that are included in each program. Kaitlyn’s favourite tour was the journey to the UNESCO city of Assisi: 

“One among my favourite issues about AIFS is that they bring about us on excursions, so I’m going to say my favourite one to this point was Assisi simply because it was tremendous peaceable and calming… We additionally went to Florence.” 

For anyone involved about making associates throughout their time overseas, Kaitlyn affords some phrases of knowledge: 

“Don’t fear in case you don’t know anybody going into it, most individuals are in the identical place and you’ll make associates there! [I’m] so grateful for the folks I’ve met right here in Italy.” 

Immerse your self in Italian tradition and dive into your dream profession with an internship in Italy with AIFS Overseas! 

AIFS Overseas affords quite a few internship applications in Italy, every tailor-made to fulfill particular skilled, tutorial, and private preferences. With an intern overseas program in Italy, you may develop career-focused expertise and construct your resume, all whilst you immerse your self within the world-famous Italian tradition. Select AIFS Overseas and make the most of our useful program inclusions (which actually take the stress out of planning!), comparable to housing, journeys and excursions, social and cultural actions, profession readiness programming, 24/7 emergency help, complete insurance coverage, and the help of our trusted on-site workers.