J&TI Events

Placement organization

Name of organization: J&TI Events
Town/city: Milan
Country: Italië
Website:

Student

Name of student: Laura van den Heuvel

Specialist area: Associate degree
Placement period: 2018-2019

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: DMC
Organization’s activities: J&TI Events is an Italian DMC. Their target group is MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions). J&TI Events offers multiple services:
– team building activities
– global events
– meetings & incentives
– congresses & fairs
– sport events
– product launch
Target group of the organization: MICE
Company culture: Informal,
Number of employees: 6
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working?
Marketing

Brief description of your daily activities: – Social Media
– Developing new products/services (proposals)
– Discover new locations/activities in the city
– Writing blogs
– Attract new potential clients

Brief description of your company assignment: Social Media plan
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: iI am in the office with Tiziana, the managing director. We work a lot together, but I work also independent. When she is not in the office, I can always call the colleagues in Rome for help.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Flexible, stress-proof, indepenent
Additional company requirements for this placement? MS Office
English: Advanced
Spanish:
French:
German:
Italian:
Other languages: Dutch

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Airplane/car

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? Uniplace
How did you go to work every day? By bus/metro

Visa / work permit / vaccinations

Do you need a visa? no
Do you need a work permit? You need a Codice Fiscale
How did you arrange the necessary documents: By an online company, but you can also go to the embassy
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? no

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 250
Accommodation (monthly): € 600
Local transport (monthly): € 22
General costs of living (monthly): € 250
Costs of visa: –
Costs of work permit: –
What did the company pay for/to you? – Transport compensation, 150 euros each month
– Travel expenses for going on a work trip

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I didn’t prepare, the culture is not that different. I think Italy is only more chaos than The Netherlands, so you need patience.
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: laura-heuvel@hotmail.com

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: – Work independent
– Share your ideas
– When you need to be somewhere, leave early
– Work detailed
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: – Visit Duomo, go on the roof of the cathedral
– Relax in the park
– Visit the East Market
– Visit as many places around Milan as possible (especially Como, Verona and Venice)

Media

Youtube link Youtube placement video link