Visit Antwerp

Placement organization

Name of organization: Visit Antwerp
Town/city: Antwerp
Country: België
Website: https://www.visitantwerpen.be/

Student

Name of student: Eline Graat

Specialist area: MT
Placement period: 2018-2019

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Destination Marketing Organisation
Organization’s activities: Promoting Antwerp as a tourist destination by using social media, videocampaigns, their website, etc.
Target group of the organization: Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, France, etc.
Company culture: The Visit Antwerp department of the city of Antwerp is quite informal and they will make sure you feel right at home. At the office you don’t have to wear formal clothes, but when you attent an event you can dress up a little more formal (depending on the event)
Number of employees: 53
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working?

I worked at the Visit Antwerp department of the city of Antwerp. The team I worked in was the contentteam.

Brief description of your daily activities: I maintained the social media, updated the website, did research, attended meetings, anwsered e-mails and wrote blogs. Most of all I worked on several projects such as D.A.T.E. – Discover Antwerp Through Experience and updating the press-website of Visit Antwerp.
Brief description of your company assignment: I did a research on the most interesting technological developments for Visit Antwerp.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: My mentor Claire was very helpfull during my internship. Because of her busy agenda she wasn’t always at her desk, but I could always e-mail her and then she would get back to me as soon as she could.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Independent, teamplayer, social, flexible.
Additional company requirements for this placement? Writing skills
English: Advanced
Spanish: Basic
French: Basic
German: Basic
Italian: Basic
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Car, train or bus

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? Facebookgroup
How did you go to work every day? 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? No
Would you recommend to have a language course prior to this placement? No

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 40
Accommodation (monthly): € 275
Local transport (monthly): € 0
General costs of living (monthly): € 400
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? Nothing

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I did not prepare, but once I was there I tried to adapt to the Belgian/Flanders 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: elinejmgraat@hotmail.com

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: Show interest and independence.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: You’ll learn at your internship since the colleagues know everything about Antwerp and the hotspots of the city.

Media

Youtube link Youtube placement video link