Marketing Internship Placement

Closing Date: Wednesday, 7th January 2026 at 12 noon GMT

Title

Marketing Internship Placement

Department

Southern Europe

Division

Markets & Partnerships

Type of Contract

12 Months Internship Placement - Full-Time

Reporting to

Marketing Manger - Italy

Location

Milan

Please be aware that to qualify for our Internship Placement, students must be actively pursuing an undergraduate degree (all disciplines) and returning to their studies after the 12 month placement concludes.

Purpose of the Internship:

The Global Internship Programme is an exciting opportunity to get first-hand experience in a world-class marketing organisation.

As part of our programme, you will be an active member of a professional and dynamic team in one of eleven locations. You will receive on-the-job learning and guided mentoring from our highly experienced teams while having access to global markets, exclusive trade events, interdisciplinary networks and most importantly, career building opportunities.We believe in fostering the next generation of talent so no matter which team you become part of you will play a key role in ensuring the delivery of our world-class marketing programmes, promoting the island of Ireland.

About Us

At Tourism Ireland, we market the island of Ireland overseas. We take pride in connecting millions of visitors each year to all the island has to offer. Tourism is an industry supporting over 300,000 jobs across the island of Ireland and it thereby contributes meaningfully to economies and communities. We partner with sister agencies, airlines, ferry companies, accommodation providers, visitor attractions and others to grow the value of tourism, and to provide visitors with an inspiring and unique experience. Set up under the auspices of the Good Friday Agreement, Tourism Ireland plays an important role as a North South body for a key industry on the island of Ireland, serving both Northern Ireland and Ireland.

Key Results AreaThe Marketing Intern will assist, the Market Manager with the following duties:

Main duties:

• Assist with administration duties:
• Daily management of Italian market accounts & preparation of local accounts
• Timely processing of invoices, reconciling credit card and bank statements
• ensuring all related files are kept up to date
• Provide general office administration support including making cost-effective travel arrangements for the team, trade, media and competition winners
• Provide cover to reception:
• Answering telephone & greet callers to the office
• Handling post, ordering couriers
• Arranging the meeting room with necessary equipment for meetings and appointments as required
• Support the Team in the organization of events, from planning stage to the final execution, mainly for complex projects such as Ireland Week or Halloween stunts.

The Marketing Intern will also contribute to multiple projects to acquire an overall view of the TI overall activities, assigned by market manager, in the following areas:

• Business Partnership & Trade
• Assist with the coordination of the Industry Opportunities and trade activities
• Assist with preparation of tradeshow and digital industry events, such as webinars.
• Prepare marketing collateral for activities, both online and offline; assist with preparation of ezines contents or industry toolkits or material.
• Prepare and suggest content for LinkedIn channel.
• PPT and marketing presentations for digital and physical events
• Consumer Marketing & Digital Marketing
• Assist in marketing activities, with text translations, editing and reviews, image search and other actions as required.
• Support in the daily social media marketing activities across Tourism Ireland owned channels as requested.
• Duties also involve support in reports and PPT preparation.
• Publicity and PR activities
• Assist in the implementation of an integrated PR communications plan by:
• Lending support to organising media visits for media and influencers.
• Fulfilling travel requests
• Updating and publishing content and press releases to the Italian Media Room
• Assist with the preparation of media events, such as annual press conference.
• Represent Tourism Ireland at various industry, press and corporate functions.
• Ensure adherence to the company's GDPR compliance policies and procedures in respect of your area of work.
• Support colleagues in generating analysis to input into Market Reporting system – MARS.
• Other duties as the company may from time-to-time reasonably requires such as unsocial hours and the candidate must be flexible and undertake such duties as the Market Manager requires.

Note: This role will involve unsocial hours and travel on the island of Ireland. The post-holder will also be expected to represent Tourism Ireland at various industry, press and corporate functions and events.

The Person

The successful Intern will possess the following skills, experience, and competencies.

Essential

• Fluent (Minimum C1) in oral and written Italian, is required.
• Fluent English, both oral and written, is required
• Currently pursuing an undergraduate degree (all disciplines will be considered)
• Must be returning to complete studies after the completion of the placement
• The legal right to live and work on the island of Ireland for the full duration of the programme.
• Proficient in MS Office (PPT, Excel)
• These challenging roles require confident individuals who are
• Professional and highly motivated
• Team-focused
• Proactive and have the desire to develop and learn
• Open-minded and creative
• A commitment to Tourism Ireland's values and evidence of demonstrating these values in practice
• Respect
• Collaboration
• Ownership
• Creativity

Desirable

• Knowledge of the island of Ireland and its tourism product
• Previous job experience in admin / reception

Benefits of Tourism Ireland's Global Intern Programme:

• Opportunity for personal and professional growth
• Exposure to a dynamic global marketing organisation and the wider Tourism Industry
• Paid Placement
• Paid Annual Leave
• Paid business expenses
• Wellness Support Services
• Professional use Laptop provided for the duration of Internship
• Onsite Offices and Hybrid Working
• Cost of return flights if placed in an overseas market.
• Cost of temporary accommodation (2-3 weeks) upon arrival to overseas market.

Tourism Ireland is an equal opportunity employer. We strongly support diversity in the workforce. We are committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process and work environment. If you are contacted for a job opportunity, please advise us of any accommodation needed to ensure you have access to a fair and equitable process. Any information received relating to accommodation will be addressed confidentially.