Internship: Event Management

Damen; Gorinchem; On-site; EUR 7,800 - 10,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Internship/ graduation fee

Travel allowance

Mentoring at academic level

Job summary

Damen in Gorinchem, the Netherlands, invites an intern to join the Event Management team within Marketing Communications. You will support event managers in planning and executing conferences and exhibitions, ensuring the Damen brand is consistently presented across all events.

You should be an Associate Degree or Bachelor student in event management or communication, fluent in English and Dutch, with a hands-on, creative and flexible attitude.

Qualifications

• You are social, representative and creative.
• Flexible and hands on mentality.
• Expert in planning and organizing.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, manage and coordinate all types of events.
• Research new event and exhibition possibilities and contribute to event strategy.
• Update event pages design with practical results.
• Receive supervisory support from event managers and assist with administrative tasks.
• Support other ongoing activities in Marketing Communications.

Skills

Social

Representative

Creative

Flexible

Planning & organizing

Full-time availability (Gorinchem)

English & Dutch required

Education

Associate Degree or Bachelor student in event management or communication

Job description

We offer you an Ocean of Possibilities. Join our family.

About us

The Marketing department is based in Gorinchem, the Netherlands, and is established for the entire Damen Shipyards Group and all its divisions and endorsed brands. It’s an exciting time to join our Marketing team. New digital capabilities are expanding the possibilities of marketing campaigns in our B2B industry.As an intern for the Event Management team, you can play a role in expanding Damen as a brand within our industry and beyond.

The role

You will assist the Event Managers in organizing events in the dynamic world of shipbuilding. During the internship you will be planning, organizing, managing and coordinating all types of events, such as international conferences and exhibitions. You will make sure Damen’s brand identity is well presented during every event. We are looking for a student that is able to take on this project from February 2027 onwards!

Key accountabilities

For all these different type of events, you will be responsible for planning, organizing, managing and coordinating them. Through researching new event and exhibition possibilities, you will work on the event strategy of Damen. You can apply these findings by updating the design for event pages as well, so a very practical outcome on the results you get! Supervisory and support will be given by the event managers, whom you will be working closely with. Administrative tasks can be delegated to you, as well as supporting other ongoing activities at the Marketing Communications department.

Skills & experience

• You are an Associate Degree or Bachelor student, enrolled in an event management or communication study.
• You are social, representative and creative.
• Flexible and hands on mentality!
• Expert in planning and organizing.
• You are fulltime available, on our Gorinchem location.
• English and Dutch language skills are mandatory. Do not speak Dutch? Unfortunately we cannot take your profile into consideration.

What we offer

• An internship/ graduation fee and travel allowance will be paid for the duration of the assignment.
• A pleasant and dynamic, international work environment with informal atmosphere
• Mentoring at academic level will be available throughout the internship

Due to housing issues we cannot accept international students that do not have accommodation in the Netherlands yet.