Intern in Barcelona

The Barcelona program is very exciting and we are continually adding new sectors. This program is for the more adventurous and flexible candidate.

This is what makes Adelante's program better and different:

• The amount of time you choose to intern is flexible, with program lengths ranging from 1 to 6 months
• Program can be done for academic credit.  
• 2 weeks of intensive Spanish language classes are included in the fee
• Lodging is included. Candidates have their own room in an apartment living with a Spanish owner; often times Adelante will rent more than one room. This is NOT a "home stay" or family living situation, rather a single person rents 1-3 rooms to us in the most sought after neighborhoods in Barcelona.
• Come with a friend and live together during your adventure in Barcelona.
• You will be met at the airport when you arrive in Spain, and taken directly to your apartment.
• Internships are for 4 hours each day in either a local, Spanish-owned company or a larger, international corporation with offices in Spain, whichever best fits your goals for this program. You will gain real, international work experience to add to your resume.
• The participating companies we work with represents Sectors from Tourism to Teaching English. We are also happy to approach a specific company and create a new Sector on your behalf.
• Some excursions are included during your intensive Spanish coursework. We also organize events each month, which you are welcome to participate in -- some have a small fee, others are free. This program is meant to be 50% work experience and 50% cultural / language acquisition and immersion. To that effect, we help cultivate the cultural side of the program for you by organizing these events.
• Barcelona, located at the Mediterranean Sea in the very north of the Spanish coast, is certainly the most cosmopolitan and economically most active city in Spain.
• English speaking Adelante staff is available to you for support, assistance and in many other ways should you need it.

IT IS OUR GOAL TO HELP YOU EXPERIENCE ANOTHER CULTURE THROUGH OUR VOLUNTEER AND IMMERSION PROGRAM. WE TRY TO PLACE ALL CANDIDATES AND HAVE HAD GOOD SUCCESS MATCHING CANDIDATES WITH THEIR DESIRED SECTORS, BASED ON THEIR SKILLS AND AVAILABILITY. CANDIDATES THAT ARE "TRULY" BEGINNING SPEAKERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE BY APPLYING FOR TEACHING ENGLISH ASSIGNMENTS.

NOTE: If you want to intern in a Sector you don't see here, then with a minimum of 60 days advance notice we can make an effort to find a placement in your desired field.

 MARKETING / PUBLIC RELATIONS

This internship can take place in distinct firms and organizations. In the larger corporations, the candidate will work in a specific department usually focusing on maintaining and reinforcing the already created projects / clients, attending to specific client and collaboration companies needs. In the smaller organizations and companies the objective may be to create and maintain new marketing / ad / PR strategies to garner new clients / results. The candidates will do their internships in private companies, corporations or in non-profit agencies or organizations.

The principal job duties in these internships will be to create and execute new business strategies, cultural programs, educational / advocacy programs, new products or services; and to assist in bettering the existing processes. Spain maintains business relations with different European, American, African and Asian countries, which provides an appropriate backdrop to do a variety of things during an internship in this field. Also, the NGO's (non-governmental organizations) with projects ongoing in third world countries offer a good opportunity to get to know and evaluate distinct economic and social situations.

This internship will require studies in the field of Law or Economics or Political Science or similar and requires at least a solid intermediate level of Spanish. Duties related to corporate strategies: consulting regarding changes or bettering corporate culture to ensure productivity, helping to set "benchmarks" and make sure they are met, testing of corporate culture, "coaching". Duties related to corporate Organization: organizational design, analysis and tracking of procedures. Duties related to Marketing: marketing plans, research, relational marketing, satisfaction studies of existing clients. Duties related to investments: auditing, financial advice, fiscal and labor issues.

Logistics and international transport, to include work in document management, airline transportation issues, maritime and over-land transport, including Customs work; warehousing new or incoming or outgoing products and then distributions of these products.

Candidates interested in the world of languages can participate in internships collaborating in language classes for Spanish adults or for children, creating instructive lessons / new ideas for learning, designing materials, developing new activities that will be used during classes, both theoretical and practical. Under this heading we also offer Translation internships, whereby candidates can assist Translation Agencies. There is also a good opportunity to serve as "host" or "hostess" at Conventions, Fairs and Expos for participating firms; Event Planning and other Interchange companies also seek this type of candidate for internships in Spain.

In this sector we place largely within the NGO's - these are the larger non-profits that serve a number of groups of the Spanish and International population. Different areas are: at-risk youth, battered women; immigrant rights; refugee rights; gay, lesbian and bi - trans-sexual issues, drug dependence; homeless, and many, many more. These are amazingly diverse and international and quite rewarding placements that fall under both Social Work and Psychology sectors.

GRAPHIC DESIGN

Creation of web pages and promotional materials such as catalogues, brochures, logos, info CD's, special promos, etc. The intern will be placed in companies that have as their clients other companies who need GD services or also in companies that have a GD department to design their own materials. We also offer internships working for Magazines or local Newspapers under this heading.

These internships include programming and software design, among other things. Maintenance of hardware and ideas to help better internal processes at different corporations / organizations, digitalizing and planning new technical products. Candidates may be placed in IT companies dedicated to creating programs / services for other companies, or en the IT Department of a large company, or in an NGO.

Spain is one of the counties most receptive, and most successful, in the Tourism industry. Candidates who choose this sector are placed in Hotels, where they "float" thru a variety of Department depending on their skills / abilities. We also place in Travel Agents, where candidates help with marketing their products, client services, reservations and more. There are many companies in this sector, including Special Event management firms, Interchange groups (very similar to Adelante but sending Spaniards abroad!), and more.

Candidates in this sector will intern doing routine duties related to accounting: databases, inputting expenses and payments (A/R), billing, banking, financial procedures, budgeting. Mostly all the companies we work with have Accounting or Finance Departments.

LAW / LEGAL INTERNSHIPS

This sector is often times the most complicated to place in: the actual law firms in Spain require not only a high level of Spanish but also that candidates have taken their LSAT's and / or are already enrolled in law school. We can and do place in the Municipal Courts in Madrid, in legal departments in companies and in law firms

There are sectors that are not mentioned here simply because we do not place frequently in them, such as Zoo, Photography, Veterinary, and others... if you don't see your sector on the list, it doesn't mean that we can't place you!