KPRN Network GmbH

Placement organization

Name of organization: KPRN Network GmbH
Town/city: Frankfurt am Main
Country: Duitsland
Website: http://www.kprn.de

Student

Name of student: Tamara Golder

Specialist area: ITMC
Placement period: 2011-2012

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Marketing & PR Agency
Organization’s activities: Marketing and PR services for tourism companies, eg.hotels, airlines, destinations.
Target group of the organization: nationals or regional tourism boards, hotels, airlines, cruise companies
Company culture: The hierarchy is very flat. Communication between colleagues is very informal. It is possible to ask anybody for help any time.
Number of employees: 40
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working? The agency has 3 offices in Frankfurt, Munich and Berlin. There are no departments, bu different teams. Each team is supervised by a teamleader and is responsible for one or more clients.I mainly worked for the client Jordan Tourism Board. Sometimes also other clients. Furthermore I joined the Social Media Team.
Brief description of your daily activities: There are some tasks that are done regularly, such as send out brochures, answer emails and the phone. Furthermore I translate things from English to German and vice versa. I write texts, for example press releases or newsletters. I am in the social media team, so I am currently writing a plan with topics for the company blog, but I also write blog posts myself. I am responsible for updating the newsroom section of the website, which means uploading press releases and newsletters. Besides that I helped plan a roadshow and I helped organize the ITB. It always depends what you show interest in! For example I suggested that KPRN joins the JP Morgan Corporate Challenge (a 5.6 km race through Frankfurt, where teams from different companies run), so now I am responsible for the registration and the t-shirts, etc.
Brief description of your company assignment: I am writing a media resonance analysis for the client Jordan Tourism Board. This means that I am looking at all the articles, .. that have been published about Jordan last year and I analyze them quantitatively and qualitatively.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: The supervision is not very strict. Currently I am not even sitting in the same room with my company supervisor. I basically only ask her when I have problems or when I have nothing to do (which is not very often). Once a week all interns and trainees meet with her. After this meeting I have the opportunity to talk with her about my week or about any other stuff that I have going on.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? You should be able to work fairly independent. Don’t be shy. Let them know if you are interested in a certain topic or if you want to be involved in a certain project.
Additional company requirements for this placement? Word, Excel and Powerpoint. Might be useful to be familiar with WordPress (Bloggingsoftware) because the website is updated regularly by the interns. However it is really easy to handle and not hard to learn.
English: Advanced
Spanish:
French:
German: Mother tongue
Italian:
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: My parents live only 150 km away, so we drove by car.

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? I found it via www.immobilienscout24.de
How did you go to work every day? Public transport

Visa / work permit / vaccinations

Do you need a visa? No
Do you need a work permit? No
How did you arrange the necessary documents: I didn’t need any documents
How much time did it take to arrange the necessary documents?
Did you need certain vaccinations? No
How long in advance?

Language course

Did you take a language course before you started your placement? No
Would you recommend to have a language course prior to this placement? n/a

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 0,00
Accommodation (monthly): € 370,00
Local transport (monthly): € 78,00
General costs of living (monthly): € 200,00 (although could be cheaper probably)
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? 400,00 per month

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I am German
Did the culture of the country influence your performance during the placement in any way? No

Future students on placement

Future students are free to contact me for further information: Yes
My e-mail address: tamara@golder.de

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: I mentioned it above already, but I really think that it is important to be independent and show interest. The interns here work quite independently.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: Frankfurt is an amazing city and it has so much to offer! Whether you are interested in shopping, music, museums,… there are a million things to do. Especially in the summer. For example this weekend (End of March) there are four festivals alone!

When you move here I also recommend to buy “Frankfurt für Frankfurter” (I’m not sure if it is also available in English). It is a guidebook for Frankfurt, new for each year. It has all important events throughout the year, but also a million other things to do / see and where to eat / party /…

Media

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