Natuurhuisje.nl

Placement organization

Name of organization: Natuurhuisje.nl
Town/city: Breda
Country: Nederland
Website: https://www.nature.house/

Student

Name of student: Ayyüce Top
Specialist area: Tourism Management (EN)
Placement period: 2020-2021

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Holiday house rental platform
Organization’s activities: Nature.house is a Dutch online booking platform for houses in nature. Its current offer is mainly focused on Europe and in terms of the natural environment, the nature houses are very different. As a nature loving and sustainable company, they have decided to develop a concept that helps them and their guests to make a contribution to the preservation of nature. For every overnight stay booked on the platform, Nature.house contributes to local nature projects. They are proud to have planted more than 1 million trees in Madagascar, Tanzania and Burkina Faso.
Target group of the organization: Everyone between 18-80
Company culture: Nature.house is a young company where communication is key and wanted. There is a hierarchy, however, there is no strict rule in top down management. The different departments have their team leaders who always asure the well being and motivation of their team. As a intern you can talk to everyone, as long as they have time, no matter if it’s your Tema leader, HR or CEO. Everyone wants to create a comfortable environment for dynamic creativity and great work.
Number of employees: 35
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Definitely better than expected, they offered a very comfortable, flexible and open environment which made me feel welcome since day one.

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working?

Online Marketing Team as a SEO intern, specializing in the German market.

Brief description of your daily activities: Upload website content to improve SEO, contact (German) bloggers/online magazines for collaborations and backlinking, create newsletter content, translate emails/newsletters, optimize active website content, write content for website.
Brief description of your company assignment: The effect the Corona pandemic has on the German travel behavior
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: Supportive, interested and motivating. We have bi-weekly meetings where work related and non-work related topics get discussed, this creates a really comfortable and eye-to-eye level conversation and relationship.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Some basic knowledge about SEO is recommended, good and polite writing skills, negotiation skills, empathy and eye for detail. You will have to write a lot so you should be prepared for that, also you have a lot of responsibilities like spending of marketing budgets, you have to be a good team player but also be able to work independently
Additional company requirements for this placement? Writing skills, SEO, negotiation skills
English: Mother tongue
Spanish: Mother tongue
French: Mother tongue
German: Mother tongue
Italian: Mother tongue
Other languages: depending on which domain you are working for, your language skills should be native

Future students on placement

Future students are free to contact me for further information: Yes
My e-mail address: ayyuece.top@gmail.com

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: Be motivated, interested and ask questions. Don’t just sit there and listen, ask for more insights and maybe some different tasks to really see what you like and what not.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: At the office you got the option to play some Mario card with your colleagues, there is a Pingpong table and some other utensils to be active and enjoy some time with your colleagues. The office is located at the Park Valkenberg in Breda, super close to any cafés, restaurants, etc. You can grab a fancy coffee during break and enjoy a walk through the park with your team!

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