Juvigo GmbH

Placement organization

Name of organization: Juvigo GmbH
Town/city: Berlin
Country: Duitsland
Website: https://juvigo.nl/

Student

Name of student: Femke Pasnagel

Specialist area: Tourism Management (EN)
Placement period: 2021-2022

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Online bookingplatform for holiday camps
Organization’s activities: Juvigo is an online booking platform for children’s and teen holiday camps that started in 2015 in Berlin, and has now expanded to several other European countries. They work together with partner organizations to let them advertise their holiday camps on the Juvigo website. Juvigo focuses highly on SEO, website development and partner acquisition.
Target group of the organization: (Mothers of) children between the age of 5 and 21
Company culture: Juvigo has an informal culture. The departments are divided per country but there is not a real ‘manager’ per department. There is a very open and pleasant atmosphere, and there is not a real dress code, fun and jokes can be made every so now and then. Juvigo does however work in a highly structured manner. There are set procedures and processes for everything, so it is important that employees can work in a structured and organized way.
Number of employees: About 30 (international)
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 am working in the Dutch / Flemish department for SEO and content.

Brief description of your daily activities: My daily activities consist of (both for the NL and BE website):
– writing, rewriting and translating camp pages and partner profiles on the website
– creating and writing website categories
– customer service via e-mail, phone and WhatsApp
– processing bookings
– SEO tasks like keyword research (using Ubersuggest, Seobility and Google Trends), internal linking, adding pictures with alt-text, keeping keywords in mind, etc.
Brief description of your company assignment: My company assignment is to research if and how the Dutch Juvigo platform could possibly gain a bigger market share, faster than the original German website, using SEO techniques.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: I have 2 supervisors at Juvigo, one of which works with me in the Dutch department and who is the person I talk to daily, follows my tasks and performances, and is the person I have meetings with on a regular basis. He helps me with the daily tasks and when I have questions on certain aspects of the tasks or the company. The other supervisor is in more direct contact with the CEO but I do not talk to or see her regularly.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? organized and structured, flexible, stress-proof, team player,
Additional company requirements for this placement? Knowledge of and interest in SEO comes in handy
English: Intermediate
Spanish:
French:
German:
Italian:
Other languages: I speak Dutch the whole day in the department, but for example during lunchbreak or other work activities including other departments we speak English. A basic knowledge of German would be nice for everyday conversations.

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Airplane

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? WG-Gesucht
How did you go to work every day? By foot or by U-Bahn and 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: Online
How much time did it take to arrange the necessary documents? About 1 month.
Did you need certain vaccinations? Yes
How long in advance? Vaccination for COVID was required to visit restaurants, shops, etc. So got them when i was still in the Netherlands.

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? Not necessary, but a basic knowledge of German is nice.

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € Approx. 200 euros total for flight tickets
Accommodation (monthly): € 750
Local transport (monthly): € Subscription for BVG costs around 60 euros monthly for interns, otherwise 1 ticket is 3 euros and valid for 2 hours.
General costs of living (monthly): € 150 – 200 euros (depends a bit on how often you go out or eat out)
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? 600 euros per month.

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I read some online articles and watched some videos on Berlin, the interesting places to visit and the overall city culture.
Did the culture of the country influence your performance during the placement in any way? Not really.

Future students on placement

Future students are free to contact me for further information: Yes
My e-mail address: 171009@buas.nl

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: I would really recommend starting on time with looking for a place to live. Berlin is pretty expensive to live in and it is very difficult to find a room or apartment.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: Berlin is known for its techno clubs, so would recommend visiting one of the clubs at least once. Furthermore, the city is full of nice (vegetarian and vegan) restaurants cafes, thrift shops and flea markets. Also the ‘Markthallen’ around the city and the different bars are nice to visit. And during nice weather there are street artists to be found everywhere around the city (like at Mauerpark). Berlin is a young and artistic city and has its own unique atmosphere.

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