Barrio LIfe

Placement organization

Name of organization: Barrio LIfe
Town/city: Barcelona
Country: Spanje
Website: https://barrio-life.nl/

Student

Name of student: Julian Bakker
Specialist area: Associate degree
Placement period: 2021-2022

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Touroperator
Organization’s activities: Creating package deals for trips to Portugal, Andalusia and Morocco
Target group of the organization: Dutch couples
Company culture: Informal
Number of employees: 12
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working?

Marketing

Brief description of your daily activities: Follow ups to clients and processing incoming leads
Creating monthly google analytics dashboard which views all website traffic data
Creating YouTube videos for Barrio Life
Activity project.
Brief description of your company assignment: Finding out how to deal with technological treads which the company encounters
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: Excellent supervision. Professional and responsible. Great supervision and he gave plenty of room for me to develop myself and being assertive.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Sociable, independent (in the company you learn a lot)
Additional company requirements for this placement? SEO
English: Advanced
Spanish: Intermediate
French:
German:
Italian:
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Airplane

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? Internet
How did you go to work every day? Metro

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? It was the Erasmus scholarship

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 200
Accommodation (monthly): € 499
Local transport (monthly): € 15
General costs of living (monthly): € It is different
Costs of visa: € No
Costs of work permit: € –
What did the company pay for/to you? 200 per month

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I did not prepare for a culture
Did the culture of the country influence your performance during the placement in any way? It did in a good way

Future students on placement

Future students are free to contact me for further information: Yes
My e-mail address: jnbakker1@gmail.com

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: Be motivated and open to learn things. prepare yourself and try to read the documents carefully. You also get good guidance so it’s a fun adventure
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: Barceiona – Plenty of things to do!

Media

Youtube link Youtube placement video link