Name: Melissa

University: ESCEM, Poitiers, France

Course: International Marketing Communications Strategy MSc

Heading to: Sydney, Australia

For how long: 24 weeks

Starting: August 2010

Programme: Graduate Marketing Internship programme

Melissa has applied for a graduate Marketing or Advertising internship in Sydney Australia. We are currently talking to a range of companies that match Melissa’s criteria.

In the meantime we asked Melissa to let us know a bit more about why she applied to Intern Options and what she hopes to get out of her internship.

What are you most looking forward to in Australia?

Although I’m looking forward to working an internship in the field I’ve been studying, as it will give me an idea of what my career might be like, one of the things that I have to admit that I’m most looking forward to is just having the opportunity to live in another country. Through my studies, I’ve already had the chance to live in 3 very different countries and it will be even more exciting to be able to add a very different fourth to that list. After living in France, it will be great to get back to hearing English and to be able to experience some warmer weather is also a plus.

What do you hope to achieve/ learn on your internship?

I hope to learn from this experience on a professional level, skills that I can use in the future, and also to learn what working in the marketing field is actually like. As students, we spend most of our time on the academic side of things and it can be even more important to learn from the practical side of things. I also expect, as I have through every experience abroad, to learn a little more about myself in the process.

What do you think this internship/ placement will add to your CV?

I think this internship will perfectly suppliment my studies overseas, while giving me the further edge of having a little more international experience than simply studying abroad. I hope it will make me stand out from the crowd.

Why are you travelling to Australia for your internship?

This internship is a final part of an international masters degree and since it could be carried out anywhere, I figured it was the perfect opportunity to see and live in another part of the world. These chances do not happen often, and even less as we get older. While I have seen all the “ins-and-outs” of Europe, Australia is in a part of the world I have never been to. Everyone I’ve meet from Australia has been very down-to-earth and friendly, which reminds me of people back home in the south. The language was also a deciding factor.

How jealous do you think your friends are going to be?

I’m afraid my friends are already pea green with envy hearing of my travels abroad, so I’m sure they’ll be even more jealous that I’ll soon be moving on to cover another region in my already full passport.

If you’re interested in a graduate Marketing internship or a Summer 2011  Marketing placement, click through to the Marketing Internships page for full details on the programme and example Marketing internships.