Marketing / Consulting / Business Admin

Company Introduction: This company is a non-profit organization providing Montessori and IB education to inspire a lifelong love of learning in students ages 3-18. 
Number of Staff:  30
Internship Description: 
Assisting the Communications Director with administrative work including image processing/cataloguing, web posting, document preparation. Occasional assistance in answering telephone calls or setting up events.
Requirements: Professional demeanor and appearance are required at all times, appropriate to working in a school environment. Fluent English is also required. Candidate should have some experience with digital image processing, layout design, and very basic web posting. Some familiarity with Montessori and/or IB education philosophy prior to applying is greatly appreciated. Conversational Mandarin ability is always a plus. Ideally the internship would last from late August 2012 to June 2013 (part time); however August to February may also be considered.
Payment/Compensation offered: Excellent buffet lunch every day; other compensation depends on qualifications and duration of internship.

Company Introduction:
Established 10 years ago. The clinic is the first big private dental clinic in Qingdao. It was established by Chinese and foreign famous dental doctors and always working with foreign dental clinic. The Chief Doctor was trained in Germany and he is the president of the Qingdao private Dental clinic association. The doctors are well trained and worked in foreign countries. The clinic has world advanced equipment, technology and experiments, focus providing services to VIP customers and foreign customers. 
Number of Staff: 9
Internship Description: 
Researching and finding new customers
Administrative work such as preparing documents and translating.
Welcoming customers

Requirements:
- Sales or marketing major are preferred
- Chinese knowledge is preferred
- Good communication and sales skills.

 

Payment/Compensation offered: no

Company Introduction: This company is a logistics company, which, offers a range of logistics and moving services, including relocation and household good transport, customer clearance, office relocation, export and import of products worldwide with professional packing services. This company is indeed the first-rate choice for logistics needs. This company has offices in Qingdao, Shanghai and Beijing. Besides from this, this company has own agents in different seaport and airport in the world, being able to offer door-to-door services throughout the world both by sea and air.

 

Number of Staff: 12

Internship Description: 
The intern will be involved in the international moving service and also get involved with the foreign community by doing sales job, which, includes advertising the company’s services. Moreover, the intern will also work on attracting potential customers who want to deliver goods internationally. The intern will also get involved with the company’s routine work. The company considers to employ the intern after the internship if the intern show a good performance and are willing to integrate into the team.

Requirements:
-    Students majoring in international business and specializing in freight forwarding, logistics, international trades are preferred.
-    Only native English speakers will be accepted
-    Open minded and willing to learn new things
-    The internship duration is at least 6 months
-    If the student show an excellent performance, future employment might be relevant.

Payment/Compensation offered:

Lunch, no salary but bonus available depending on the performance and achievements.

Company Introduction:
Based in Shandong’s high-tech industrial development zone, this company won a leading marine microbial enzymes award for green technology. It is officially said that due to its environmentally friendly technology this company has "China's most investment potential in the region". Its main aim is to promote and improve civil and public safety as well as health and environmental protection. Thus, this company’s products are mainly cleaning products to guarantee food security and other hygienic securities as required while cleaning textiles or anything else. In this manner, this company tries to bridge China’s lacking hygiene standards.
Number of Staff: 5

 

Internship Description: 
-    Intern will be involved in sales and marketing activities.
-    Promotion and advertisement for products through different local channels, e.g. expat magazines, business associations and other expat gatherings
-    Care about non-Chinese clients.
-    Take responsibilities for sales to foreign channels
-    Business process documentation in English
-    Could be work independently after two months
Requirements:
-    Strong communication skills
-     Honest
-    Open minded personality, cheerful, and positive attitude

-    Willing to take part in a whole sales process of consumer goods from the very beginning till the end

-    Major related to international trade or related fields

-    Fluent English; Chinese is a plus

-    Enthusiastic about the idea about environmental protection
Payment/Compensation offered:
-    RMB2000/month can be offered when the intern stays longer than three months
-    Free lunch{slide=Study abroad agency

Company Introduction: This company is a legitimate studying-abroad facilitating agency and it is located in Qingdao. The company provides foreign language training and studying-abroad services and it has a professional team of staff, with foreign backgrounds.Many of the staff are people who have returned from their studying abroad. Moreover, this company offers special training in foreign language, which is also approved by the Municipal Education Committee. The company offers services like language training, handling of Visa and applying to universities.

Number of Staff: 30-50

Internship Description: 
Customer Care department:
- Communicate and interact with the customers and cooperate with the Human Resource department
- Consult with the clients concerning study life abroad by providing them important information of the life abroad and inform them about cultural differences.Requirements:
-    Interns should be able to work independently
-    Intern should be fluent in English (both writing and speaking)
-    Students majoring in Marketing or Sales are preferred.
-    Knowing Chinese is an advantage but not a must

Payment/Compensation offered:

Free lunch,
Salary may be available depending on the intern’s performance.

Company Introduction: This company is a legitimate studying-abroad facilitating agency and it is located in Qingdao.The company provides foreign language training and studying-abroad services and it has a professional team of staff, with foreign backgrounds.Many of the staff are people who have returned from their studying abroad. Moreover, this company offers special training in foreign language, which is also approved by theMunicipal Education Committee. The company offers services like language training, handling of Visa and applying to universities.

Number of Staff: 30-50

Internship Description:
Marketing / Sales Department:
1) work on securing and developing competitive ability and efficiency by: improving the company’s marketing and sales tools to better reach out the customers
2) assist the company by finding new ways to identify new clients and their needs
3) contact existing clients abroad and try to find new ways of promoting the company in China
4) find new partners abroad for example European companies

Requirements: 
- The intern should be able to work independently.
- The intern should be fluent in English (both writing and speaking)
- Students majoring in Marketing or Sales are preferred
- Knowing Chinese is an advantage but not a must
Payment/Compensation offered: Free lunch
Salary may be available depending on the intern’s performance.

Company Introduction: Founded in 1995, this company has a broad range of business and is capable of doing casting, forging, pressing, and much more. State authorized to do import/export and logistics business. Therefore, a total solution to every customer can be provided. Logistic services are partly outsourced. The Qingdao office focusses on import and export.

Number of Staff: 500, 17 in Qingdao office

Internship Description: 
-    Search globally for new customers
-    Communicate with current customers, especially with Denmark, Germany, Japan and the USA.
-    Explain different production processes to customers
-    Advice and support sales team

Requirements:
-    Must follow and respect company policy and other restrictions
-    Major related to marketing and sales
-    Have the will to learn and cooperate
-    Longer stay (6 months) is preferred
-    Have a good skill of English communication
-    Chinese could be a plus
Payment/Compensation offered:  After 3 months, will provide 1000CNY per month

Company Introduction: This company is an importer and distributor of food and beverages. The products are sold via their own B to C web channel direct to consumer and also to Hotels, restaurants and distributors. The current range includes beef, lamb, seafood, honey, wine and beer.  The side business is a consultancy that provides market entry services for foreign consumer goods companies wishing to enter the China market. It also focuses on leveraging the higher growth rates, lower competition and lower operating costs in second tier cities to provide practical and manageable options for smaller brands.

 Number of Staff:  4 FTE

 Internship Description:
The intern would be required to help with two aspects of the business; The first would be related to the promotion of the company’s e-commerce website to expatriate consumers in Qingdao, this would involve ensuring all the English on the site is correct, Exploring avenues to promote the website among the Qingdao expat community and getting feedback from consumers to inform our choice of new products for the channel.  The second aspect of the business that the intern would be expected to assist with would be assisting the company director to set up a new service focused on foreign companies that want brand representation in the Chinese market. This would involve contributing to research and writing of reports regarding the market, helping to set up and maintain the English language website that provides information on our services and possibly communicating with the foreign companies in providing the service.

 Requirements:
A high standard of written English.
Marketing, International Trade or E-commerce major would be best but other majors also considered.The role would best suit someone who has an interest in improving their Chinese Skills by immersion as the majority of staff speaks only Chinese. 

 Payment/Compensation offered: To be discussed

Company Introduction: This company's core business is to deal with biotechnology, coal energy, and non-ferrous metals which are becoming more and more important due to renewable energy technologies. Further, it has been approved by the State Administration of Industry and Commerce as one of the very first private groups all over Qingdao. Today, they control almost a dozen subsidiaries in China. In addition, they are operating with six branches oversea; America, Australia, Europe, Hong Kong, Mongolia and Thailand in detail.
Number of Staff:  30
Internship Description:

-    Taking care of business operations e.g. payments and prepare contracts
-    Assist in import and export business operations, also take documentary notes of business transactions
-    Cooperate and communicate with partner companies, banks and other institutions.
-    Analyze potential international future markets and will be involved in implementing processes. Should be able to present gathered information to responsible people who have decision rights.

Requirements:

-    Must be familiar with international import/export business
-    Explicit knowledge of finance and banking, good communication skills are a must
-    Applicants with either work or internship experience in the sector of international finance will have an advantage

Payment/Compensation offered: transport negotiable

Company Introduction:
Located in one of China’s most beautiful coastal cities, this company was founded in 2001 and is specialized in import and export of luxury products. The firm trades with clients in America, Europa, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and many more and has already gained a good reputation in the world market and it is still growing. In addition, it has got its own sub-brand which focusses on top quality shoes from England, Italy and France, all of them unique manufactured leather shoes and which has its own shops all over Mainland China.
Number of Staff:  factory: 350;  office: 40

Internship Description: 
-    Supervise and be responsible for every single worker’s training and performance.
-    Controlling and inspection of every shop. Have to give reports about the exact situation in every field of sales. Analyses and researches of the performance of competitors. Formulate chances of success for different marketing activities.
-    Formulate activities on the domestic sales market. Push and increase output of every activity.
Requirements:
-    Fluent in Mandarin Chinese
-    Good in communication and negotiating

Payment/Compensation offered:  to be negotiated 

Company Introduction: a holistic educational Chinese-Western project which is run by a Western Management team. It incorporates a bookshop, a café, an English school and a Chinese-Western school with teachers from different backgrounds and nationalities. The aim of the school is to provide English lesson by joining activities. Therefore, they offer painting, singing, dancing and technology classes (and many more) for all different kind of students. Every summer they organize a 2 month English Summer-Camp for Chinese kids and teens between 6 and 17 years old.
Number of Staff: ca.300 (about 11 foreigners in the International School)
Internship Description:
Assistant clerk in the bookshop
-    Assist with daily work, such as consulting customers, ordering books from English speaking countries
-    Organizing activities such as an English corner during the weekends for kids and adults
-    Will come up with new ideas for activities to offer and will help with growing the business successfullyRequirements:Assistant clerk in the bookshop
-    Fluent English speaker
-    Another Western Language such as French or German are a plus
-    Chinese skills are a plus
-    Initiative, creative, dynamic and engaging personality
-    Understanding of service mentality
-    Good organizational skills
-    Able to work independently as well as in a team
-    2-6 months
Payment/Compensation offered: ca. 2000 RMB (depending on the position and the length of stay)

Company Introduction: a holistic educational Chinese-Western project which is run by a Western Management team. It incorporates a bookshop, a café, an English school and a Chinese-Western school with teachers from different backgrounds and nationalities. The aim of the school is to provide English lesson by joining activities. Therefore, they offer painting, singing, dancing and technology classes (and many more) for all different kind of students. Every summer they organize a 2 month English Summer-Camp for Chinese kids and teens between 6 and 17 years old.
Number of Staff: ca.300 (about 11 foreigners in the International School)
Internship Description: Assistant to the Organizational team of the summer-camp
-    Involved in planning an organizing the summer camp (July/August)
-    Will assist the Organizational team with coming up with new ideas and even getting involved by leading activities during the summer camp
-    Will assist the teachers to perform activities during the summer camp

Requirements:

-    Fluent English speaker
-    Good organizational skills
-    Able to work independently as well as in a team
-    Creative way of thinking, professional attitude
-    Able to adapt to a Western-Chinese team
-    3-6 months

Payment/Compensation offered: ca. 2000 RMB (depending on the position and the length of stay)

Company Introduction: This company is from the UK government selected service provider, which supports UK companies planning to do business or establish a business in China. The organization is headquartered in London and has already 11 offices within China, especially in its booming economical centers. The Qingdao Office therefore is to cover Shandong province to provide assistance and advices for UK companies doing business in Shandong. The company’s service lineup contains event organization, business strategy consulting, culture training, translation and interpreter services as well as market research and analysis. Due to that, it has a deep understanding of Chinese market functions, changes and opportunities.

Number of Staff: 120 total (3 in Qingdao Office)
Internship Description:
-    Assististance of project manager and office manager with daily tasks and routines
-    Tasks will be mainly related to certain projects and include market research & advices
-    Assistance with handling enquiries
-     Event management
-    Preparations for the arrival of delegations

Requirements:
·    College student or graduate
·    Preferably with background of international businesses, commercial and management
·    Good knowledge of MS office applications
·    Excellent English skills
·    Candidates from UK preferred
·    Duration between 2 and 6 months
·    Chinese knowledge is a Plus
Payment/Compensation offered:  lunch free

Company Descripition: Based in the Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center, the company is the official, authorised and exclusive dealer of sailing boats and powerboats and catamarans in Shandong and neighbouring provinces.
Company Ownership: International (French)
Number of Staff: 7

Internship Description: The Operations Assistant is supporting and works for the Operations Director in every aspect of our operations. Our Operations consist of technical services, boating services, trainings and events. The Assistant will participate in each of these operations and will support the Director the management and in the implementation, administration and follow up of the Operations. A good command of Chinese language is essential.
·    Overall task: to work as an assistant to the Operations Director in every daily tasks
·    Administration: participate in the development of all Operations administration tools and implement them
·    Procurement and logistics: sourcing, contact, negotiation and follow up with suppliers and sub-contractors
·    Management: support the management of the operation teams
·    Translation: responsible for oral and written translation for the operation teams
·    Promotion:  support the promotion of services
·    Participate in the Technical & Boating missions
Requirements:
·    Must have a good command of English and Chinese language with interpreting and translating experiences
·    Must Have a good command of IT tools particularly Internet, Email and office programs
·    Could have some “technical” and “maintenance” background (academic, training, work experience or interest) in fields like Electronics/Electrics, Mechanical, A/C or GRP.
·    Boating or nautical skills or experiences are a plus
·    20-30 years old
·    Eager to learn, curious and well organised
·    “Practical mind”; enjoying addressing and solving problems
·    Driven, proactive and flexible (able to work in team or independently)
·    Ability to work under pressure and willing to meet diversified challenges

Payment/Compensation offered: 1000 RMB / month

This company is a jewelry and accessory company based in the industrial district of Qingdao. They produce earrings, rings, necklaces, bracelets and other jewelry for overseas markets, mainly the US and South Korea. They are aiming on extending their export to Europe.

Company ownership: Korean

Number of Staff:  50
Internship Description:We are looking for a person who would like to gain some experience in our Sales Team. The work includes writing e-mails, online research about recent fashion and design, as well as taking photographs of products and samples. The intern will be provided with a working place including a computer.
Payment/Compensation offered: 500 RMB/month plus lunch, and transportation from and to the working place is offered by the company.
Requirements: The applicant should be good at written and spoken English and be interested in Sales and Marketing. Design skills and interest in Design, Fashion and Jewelry is an advantage, in addition to a tolerance concerning flexible working times.

This company represents and distributes more than twenty categories of chemical products manufactured by distinguished companies such as: Dupont, Solutia, Dow etc. The company is a medium-scale chemical enterprise with a sound nationwide distribution network covering all of China's important economic regions. It is also one of most competitive chemical companies in China.

Company Ownership: Chinese

Number of staff: 945 (nationwide), 40 in Qingdao

Internship Description:

• Collect, analyse, and select market information in aid to the salesman.
• Contact and visit clients.
• Assist in business negotiations.

Requirements:

• Native speakers of Japanese, Korean or English preferred.
• No special preference of students` major, however trade, sales or chemistry as a major would be good.

Payment/Compensation offered: To be negotiated.

 This Russian company has extensive experience in the frozen foods industry, being one of the largest suppliers of frozen fruits and vegetables in Eastern China. It attributes its success to a combination of competitive prices and the consistently high quality of both its product line and approach to customer service.

Company Ownership: International

Number of staff: 12

Internship Description:

• Get to know the processes of international trade and the supply chain.
• Direct Sales and handling enquiries.
• Business development, and trying to get in touch with customers in new markets.

Requirements:

• An internship duration of at least 3 months.
• Background knowledge of trade and business; students majoring in these areas are preferred.
• Strong communication skills and an outgoing personality.
• Very good English skills (both written and spoken.)
• Work-experience preferred
• Russian language skills would be of advantage

Payment/Compensation offered: 1500 RMB / Month

This company is an American language training consultancy specilising in corporate English training. All the foreign teachers it recruits are qualified native speakers, focusing on tailoring the course to the customer's individual needs and giving an insight into western/international business culture.

Company Ownership: International

Number of staff: 2

Internship Description:

• Find/visit new customers.
• Answer enquiries.
• Develop advertisement material/website.
• Share insights regarding overseas training and development.

Requirements:

• Marketing experience
• Professional command of English (native speaker preferred)
• Being able to work independently
• Web design skills preferable

Payment/Compensation offered: To be negotiated.

This company is a fast growing firm formed in 2009, which is specialised in the development and distribution of street furniture. It bases its future expansion on overseas markets including the UK, USA, Germany, and as such currently seeks a motivated native English speaker to work as a marketing and sales assistant. In the Qingdao office the candidate would become part of a 10-man team, composed of Chinese and French buyers, engineers and designers.

Company Ownership: International

Number of staff: 10 - 15

Internship Description:

• Editing some promotional material such as press releases, content for our websites, email campaigns for prospective clients etc.
• Research target markets to identify potential clients.
• Make some direct prospection and client follow up by skype or phone.
• Update our blogs with weekly articles to help our google ranking.
• Assist our designer in weekly emailing campaigns in Europe and USA

Requirements:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to multitask efficiently and adapt to a fast-paced, pressured working environment.
• Good marketing and sales knowledge. E-marketing would be a bonus.
• Self-starter and able to work independently and proactively.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications: Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint.

Payment/Compensation offered: To be negotiated

Established in February 2004 as a joint initiative of the Bureau of Commerce Qingdao and a German consultant team composed of sinologists, architects and economists, this company offers comprehensive business solutions in entering the German and Chinese markets. Thanks to its international network, it is not only able to reach most geographic areas in China and Europe for delivering its service at the customers' request, but also to form a cross-industry consulting team with its close partners, who are specialists in the fields of sports, professional training, environmental protection and industrial technology and aviation. There are internship positions available in these fields.

Company Ownership: International

Number of staff: 3-10

Internship Description:

General Consulting: Interns will be supporting us according to their study experience. Mainly this is focused on the fields of business solutions and investment, e.g. business, training, government relations, delegation, organizing location, evaluation, HR, negotiation, marketing research, partner company matching, translation, public relation, product sourcing and information collecting.

Technical aviation consulting: support ongoing projects of our partner, a world leading supplier for the automation of airplane construction. (languages Chinese, English, German) Conduct research regarding the demands of the Chinese Aviation Industry in terms of avionics technology, support-related communication with German associations and management of the business contacts data base.

Sports: to be defined according to the interns CV.

Professional training: to be defined according to the interns CV.

Environmental protection and industrial technology: to be defined according to the interns CV.

Requirements:

• Chinese knowledge is an advantage.
• Students with technical or management background preferred.
• Students from Germany preferred.

Payment/Compensation offered: Negotiable depending on the performance of the intern.

This company, with considerable expertise in the renewable energy sector, develops and manufactures innovative solar products. In terms of specifics, the company differs mainly in the manufacture of flat plate collectors certified "Solar Keymark", manufactured with German technology absorbers "Bluetec". We also innovate in manufacturing robust SUS316L stainless steel water storage tanks and currently offer, in addition to vertical lines, horizontal hybrid models pressurized both usable in version thermosyphon or forced circulation, tanks have the advantage of taps (in/out put) on the sides covers. Then with the support of partners of choice, we are able to provide solar water heating systems which are used to complete multiple applications: residential, business and industry. The company finalises the manufacturing process of mono and polycrystalline solar modules meet the quality requirements of European standards and plans soon to expand this type of product development to solar street lights.

Company Ownership: International (French)

Number of staff: < 5

Internship Description:

• Seek new clients and markets.
• After sales service.
• Editing brochures or other technical documents.
• Translations coordination.
• Assisting engineers for development of new product or R&D.
• Assistance with exhibition fairs in China upon occasion.

Sourcing.

Requirements:

• Languages abilities: French and English speaking are requested, Chinese would be an advantage.
• Intership minimum duration: 6 months (16 to 20 hours per week from monday to friday, four hours a day from 8:00am to 12:00pm)

Payment/Compensation offered: To be negotiated.