J&TI Events

Placement organization

Name of organization: J&TI Events
Town/city: Milan
Country: Italië
Website: https://www.jti-events.com/it/

Student

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

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 launches
– green & digital events
Target group of the organization: MICE sector
Company culture: Informal
Number of employees: 4
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working?

Sales & Marketing Department

Brief description of your daily activities:

– Contacting suppliers and clients via e-mail & telephone
– Making presentations regarding the social program of events /hotel options /company presentations and offers
– Working with Excel to create pricelists and budgets
– Promoting special offers to clients
– Create monthly social media planning posts
– Editing photos and creating content for social media platforms
– Make blog posts and newsletters
– Updating company website
Brief description of your company assignment: Advisory Report on J&TI’s social media communication/marketing
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: I am together with Tiziana (managing director and my supervisor) in the office in Milan. We keep contact with the other colleagues in Rome via Teams or via phone. The company is quite small, therefore everyone is updated with the current projects and upcoming deadlines.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Flexible, stress-proof, detailed-oriented, taking initiative & creative
Additional company requirements for this placement? MS Excel, Word, Canva, writing & spoken skils
English: Advanced
Spanish:
French:
German:
Italian:
Other languages: Dutch and Italian are definitely a plus

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Car or Train

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? Through an agency
How did you go to work every day? Public transport (tram + metro)

Visa / work permit / vaccinations

Do you need a visa? No
Do you need a work permit? You need to be registered with the Codice Fiscale
How did you arrange the necessary documents: I had them already as I am Italian
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 one is not an Italian Mother tongue I would advise to take a course just to know the basics

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 80€
Accommodation (monthly): € 1000€
Local transport (monthly): € 22€ (for students under 27 y/o)
General costs of living (monthly): € 300€
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? Financial monthly compensation

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
As I am myself an Italian, even though I lived abroad for a long time, I didn’t have to prepare for the Italian 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: 194207@buas.nl

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: To do
– be creative
– be flexible
– show initiative
– engage with the colleagues
– ask questions
– start looking for a room early

Not to do
– work too superficially
– be reluctant to get out of your comfort zone
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: – Aperitivo in Navigli or Corso Como districts
– Shopping in the Duomo area
– Visit rooftops to have a nice view of Duomo & the city
– Go on top of the Duomo to see the “Madonnina” from above
– Visit the “castello Sforzesco” and “Parco Sempione”
– Visit City Life and Bosco Verticale (shopping district with modern buildings like skyscrapers)
– Watch a soccer match of AC Milan or Inter Milan in San Siro Stadium
– Visit Bergamo Città Alta (close by to Milan by train)
– Go ski in Livigno or Bormio with friends
– Visit Como Lake (also close by with train or car)

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