don Quijote

Placement organization

Name of organization: don Quijote
Town/city: Salamanca
Country: Spanje
Website: http://www.donquijote.org

Student

Name of student: Tessa Schutte

Specialist area: ITMC
Placement period: 2013-2014

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Promotion and marketing office for a Spanish language school
Organization’s activities: Seek for affiliate partners, create internet content, marketing and sales tasks, translations from spanish to Dutch and/or other languages, research projects.
Target group of the organization: non-spanish speakers, mostly aged between 20-35
Company culture: Very casual
Number of employees: 50+
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working? E-marketing with a little bit sales
Brief description of your daily activities: Seek for affiliate partners to promote don Quijote
create internet content by writing articles for the websites and for affiliates
marketing and sales tasks: ‘sell’ the affiliate program to new potential partners
translations from spanish to Dutch and/or other languages
research projects
Brief description of your company assignment: Write a marketing plan to increase the sales in de Dutch market
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: Not so intensive, if you need something just ask. As long as you don your job right, supervision will be low.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? independent, sociable, flexible, innovative, easy going, able to meet deadlines, able to work under stress sometimes
Additional company requirements for this placement? writing skills, WORD, email writing skills, SEO
English: Advanced
Spanish: Basic
French:
German:
Italian:
Other languages: Dutch – advanced

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: airplane to madrid, then bus to Salamanca (2,5hours)

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? Facebook
How did you go to work every day? by foot

Visa / work permit / vaccinations

Do you need a visa? no
Do you need a work permit? no
How did you arrange the necessary 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? Yes
Would you recommend to have a language course prior to this placement? yes

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 200
Accommodation (monthly): € 200-250
Local transport (monthly): € 10
General costs of living (monthly): € 300
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? 300 euro a month + language course of 4 weeks

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
Not
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: tessa_sss@hotmail.com

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: go explore spain and portugal! there are a lot of night busses/trains, so its easy to go for a weekend!
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: Perfect party place with a lot of Erasmus students. In the winter, you can ski at the mountains.

Media

Youtube link Youtube placement video link