The mission of this B-certified consulting firm is to accompany organizations through processes of improving their triple bottom line. Since 2006, they have helped organizations and companies receive B-corp certifications which have in turn enabled them to have a positive impact on people, planet and profit. They achieve this through strategic planning, aligned collaboration and sustainability-centric processes. The intern could work in Business Development, Graphic & Web Design or Communications & Social Media.
Humanitarian Foundation
Foundation that has been working for ten years with families living in highly under-resourced shantytowns of the City of Buenos Aires, providing opportunities to promote their integral development. The Foundation also has an interdisciplinary work team consisting of 58 people and more than 80 local, foreign, and university volunteers who enrich the space and strengthen the relationships with the beneficiary families. The intern could work in Communications and Social Media, Graphic and Web Design, Marketing and Writing, and/or Coordination and Service.
Human-Centered Innovation and Design Firm
Human-centered innovation and design firm, with more than twelve years of experience. The firm works with important clients from different industries and backgrounds from all over the world (with a special focus on Latin America), who trust the firm with their most challenging and interesting projects. The intern could work in Business Development and/or Research and Analysis.
Race and Marathon Organizer Company
The Race and Marathon Organizer Company is a leader in the Latin American running industry. They have been in business for more than 27 years organizing sports events with a unique infrastructure and a first-class team.
Industry: Marketing & Advertising, Other (Sports Marketing and Events)
Sector: For-profit company
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Possible Intern Roles:
SOCIAL MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS INTERN
The intern will create content for the races organized by the company. In addition, they will be responsible for responding to messages and moderating social media accounts both on the company account and pages created for individual races, editing content, coordinating materials with the internal design department, monitoring/reporting metrics, and live-streaming races. The intern will also develop new methods of conveying information to runners.
Suggested Spanish level: Intermediate
Candidate requirements: The ideal candidate should have a positive team spirit and prior experience in Adobe Creative Suite, content editing tools, and social media.
GRAPHIC & WEB DESIGN INTERN
The intern will propose ideas for both digital and physical design pieces. Their designs range from web pieces to social networks, ads, newsletters, and general online materials. They will tackle big formats such as graphics applied to barricades, starting lines on races, etc. They will generate clear ideas, concepts, and designs of creative assets from beginning to end while working collaboratively with other designers to ensure a consistent, integrated brand perception. Throughout the internship, the intern will collaborate with a cross-functional team that includes organizers, creative directors, and product managers in order to create compelling designs. The selected intern will be following a Master Designer’s guidelines.
Suggested Spanish level: Intermediate
Candidate requirements: The ideal candidate should have a positive team spirit and prior knowledge of UX, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Photoshop. Knowledge of runners language is a plus.
WEB DEVELOPMENT INTERN
The intern will be responsible for website updates and re-design of the company website. They will use the following languages: php, html, css, mysql, forms.
Suggested Spanish level: Intermediate
Candidate requirements: The ideal candidate should experience using the previously mentioned web languages and codeigniter.
Argentine Bio-Tech Development Lab
The Argentine Bio-Tech Development Lab works with RNA, plants, enzymes, and other bio-technological elements. Their biohacking team works in computer science and gene-discovery for pathogens of different plants/crops. Their specialists observed that with RNA, it is possible to give signals to plants by showing them bits of the genome of a pathogen, so that they develop natural defenses to diseases rather than using chemicals. They continuously utilize this observation to develop new strategies for sustainable agriculture and believe that it is crucial to understand how plants develop and react to signals from the environment.
Structural Engineering Consultancy
The Structural Engineering Consultancy takes on the challenge of transforming the construction industry in Iberian America. For 11 years, clients from different countries have put their trust in this firm due to the their values and high-quality work. With their technical solvency and innovative approach, they pride themselves on being protagonists in the structural design industry in the region and providing solutions tailored to the needs of their clients. They focus on analyzing problems through the perspectives of all parties involved to provide creative solutions that complete the greater objectives of each project rather than only the minimal structural requirements.
Industry: Engineering & Operations
Sector: For-profit company
Location: Montevideo, Uruguay
Possible Intern Roles:
Research and analysis intern
The intern will be tasks with researching how incorporate artificial intelligence into the operations of the organization and the larger scale ramifications to the industry.
Suggested Spanish level: Advanced Spanish
Candidate requirements: The intern should have an academic background in computer science, computational engineering or artificial intelligence. Experience in artificial intelligence is preferred, strong research skills are a must.
GRAPHIC AND WEB DESIGN INTERN
To achieve the company’s goal of further enhancing its marketing efforts, the intern will design and launch the website/virtual materials in coordination with the marketing department’s plan.
Suggested Spanish level: Advanced Spanish
Candidate requirements: The intern should have prior experience in and/or be studying web design and communications.
Sustainable Development Center
The Sustainable Development Center is a collaborative and multidisciplinary space within the Secretariat of University Extension of the Faculty of Economic Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires, which promotes a process of integral transformation through sustainability as a model of economic, social and environmental development. The intern could work in Graphic & Web Design; Communications & Social Media; Marketing & Writing; and/or Research & Analysis.
Sustainable Human Development Nonprofit
The Sustainable Human Development Nonprofit works locally and regionally in Latin America and the Caribbean. It gathers a community of independent professionals with a multidisciplinary profile, shared values and common vision. The nonprofit specializes in capacity building, technical assistance and strategic coordination between actors to promote comprehensive and sustainable development. The intern could work in Research & Analysis and/or Graphic & Web Design.
Leather Goods Company
Daily Community Newsletter Startup
This startup is the only daily email newsletter that curates and creatively repackages substantial news about Venezuela. With catchy subject lines and witty references, the newsletter covers topics from politics and economics to pop culture. The startup seeks to create a community that uses journalism and creativity to understand what is happening in Venezuela, to share frustrations, to promote intelligent conversation, and to seek collaborative solutions. The intern could work in Graphic & Web Design and/or Business Development.
Furniture Design and Architecture Studio
This Design and Architecture studio focuses on design, development, and production of furniture. We are passionate about creating customized projects for companies, as well as developing our collection. Our work involves collaborating with Architecture and Interior Design studios, as well as Real Estate companies. Some of the companies we have worked with include Pedidos Ya, WeWork, Tarjeta Naranja, Supervielle Bank, Assist Card, USAL University, and more. “A piece of signature furniture belongs where design and art speak the same language”. The intern could work in Communications and Social Media, Business Development, and/or Graphic and Web Design.
Personal Nautical Rentals
Personal Nautical Rentals allows both national and international tourists to access nautical activities and experiences in order to enjoy spending time on the water year round in all places where nautical options are offered. The online application links owners of nautical artifacts with tourist users, who have the convenience of searching and comparing prices from a cell phone at any time of the day. The intern could work in Business Development and/or Graphic and Web Design.
IT Staff Augmentation Service
This company provides IT Team Augmentation Services for clients in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Argentina, while seeking the best resources that match exactly with the needs of its clients. They take care of recruiting, interviewing, hiring, and managing top developers so that its clients can spend more time focusing on core business strategy while increasing the productivity of IT professionals. The intern could work in Business Development, Marketing and Writing and/or Recruitment Analysis.
Mendoza Bodega/Wine Exporter
Small, 100% estate and terroir-driven winery based in Maipu, Mendoza. It exports 95% of its production to the United States, with presence in almost 25 states, and has marginal sales in Argentina, Canada, and China. The intern could work in Communications and Social Media, Graphic and Web Design and/or Business Development.
Creative Agency Startup
Creative Agency Startup is a creative advertising and design agency. This Mendoza-based startup company works to use audiovisual tools in an innovative way to strengthen small and medium enterprises, to give life to entrepreneurs, and to empower NGOs. The agency works in four main areas: creation of audiovisual content (primarily photos and videos), brand development, website creation and enhancement, and digital marketing. The intern will have the chance to work alongside the founders as a member of their dynamic team. The intern could work in Graphic & Web Design.
Fintech Startup
This fintech startup company is dedicated to providing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with solutions to short-term financing problems (working capital), using technology and innovative business models. While SMEs benefit from better solutions for financing their businesses, investors will also gain new investment opportunities that were always controlled by a few institutions. The intern could work in Business Development, Research and Analysis, and/or Graphic and Web Design.
Education Development Foundation BA
The foundation is a nonprofit organization established to improve the education standards in the world. The mission of this foundation is for each child to have a great teacher. With this objective, the foundation actively works to develop educators’ skills and to place higher value on their role. The fundamental belief is that if the quality of teaching is guaranteed, the results will improve. The intern could work in Graphic and Web Design, Process Analytics, and/or Monitoring and Evaluation.
E-Commerce Startup
This is a “marketplace as a service” business that offers an integral and innovative solution adapted to the needs of each of its customers. The company offers diverse and comprehensive services to its clients to help manage their e-commerce in a turnkey fashion, via promotions, logistics, customer service, marketing, technology, and payment management. The intern could work in User Experience, Graphic Design, Coding, Marketing and Writing, and/or Research and Analysis.
Global Software Development Company
This company provides outsourced custom software development and UX resources for a broad spectrum of companies in the US and Latin America. The company was built by seasoned technology professionals and entrepreneurs from a foundation of transparency, communication, and accountability. The intern could work in Recruiting, Graphic and Web Design and/or Sales.
Technical Automation Solutions
This technology consulting company focuses on innovation and the transformation of human work, by using engineering to build automation solutions between companies and customers in a simple way, leveraging new technologies such as artificial intelligence, chatbots, mobile applications, IOT (internet of things), and virtual assistants. The intern could work in Research and Analysis, Marketing and Writing and/or User Experience Design.