Ruhr Tourismus GmbH

Placement organization

Name of organization: Ruhr Tourismus GmbH
Town/city: Oberhausen
Country: Duitsland
Website: http://www.ruhr-tourismus.de/en.html

Student

Name of student: Katharina Michels

Specialist area: ITTI
Placement period: 2016-2017

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Destination Marketing Organisation
Organization’s activities: Ruhr Tourismus acts as the destination marketing organisation for the Ruhr Area in Germany. They combine product management, sales and marketing. In addition, the company acts as a tour operator. The main goal of Ruhr Tourismus is to develop an independet regional image to promote the Ruhr Area.
Target group of the organization: B2B, B2C
Company culture: informal
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? Press Department
Brief description of your daily activities: -Writing press releases
-editing website
-organising press conferences
-answering picture requests
-writing articles for their blog
Brief description of your company assignment: Carrying out a survey regarding a product of Ruhr Tourismus.

ExtraSchicht is a yearly event in the Ruhr Area and each year the key visual, that represents the design and brand core of the event, is changed. The survey should solve the problem if the key visual is understood by the visitors and if they understand the intention behind the design.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: The company style is rather informal and due to this I also had a good supervison by the company. Whenever there was a problem I had many people I could contact and who were willing to help me.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? team player, independent, flexible, social
Additional company requirements for this placement? writing skills, MS Office
English: Basic
Spanish:
French:
German: Mother tongue
Italian:
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: car

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? I lived at home
How did you go to work every day? car

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? No
Would you recommend to have a language course prior to this placement? If your German needs to be impoved, yes

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 200€ fuel a month
Accommodation (monthly): € –
Local transport (monthly): € 70€
General costs of living (monthly): € 200€
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? 200€ a month plus, if necessary a bus ticket

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
As I was doing the placement in my home country and region I did not have to prepare for the culture.
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: katharina.t.m@gmx.de

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: Be flexible also with the department choice. Each department here is willing to accept an intern and each department is worth to do a placement in. Sometimes department also work together.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: The Ruhr Area has a lot to offer. Due to the industrial background of the region, there are many places to visit where you can still experience the industrial age. In addition, many theme parks and festivals take place here. But also public leisure possibilities like swimming pools or indoor playgrounds can be found here.

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