Travel Writing Researchers

  Germany

• Berlin: 
Berlin

  Scotland

• Other Cities in Scotland: 
Edinburgh

Term: Fall, Throughout the year 
Length of Position: 3 weeks
Dates: November 15th - December 6th

Description: City Travel Review, with offices in Edinburgh, Scotland and Berlin, Germany attract participants each year to take part within our study/work placement gap programmes. Participants are usually undergraduates, post graduates or working young people taking a short sabbatical.

Participants come from all different backgrounds, with the following purposes to gain valuable work experience, learn a language from scratch or improve on foreign language skills already acquired (Berlin programme only). Many participants wish to possibly change career direction in order to move into creative, media, journalism, travel writing, design or fashion industries.

Participants are usually placed in peer groups that have members of the team with complementary skills. The guide is non-profit making although participants are rewarded with bonuses in the form of activities, excursions, company visits and fun target related bonuses according to deadlines being met.

Highlights: Add to your CV/Resume or Portfolio:

You will attend German language classes to learn German (Berlin programme only). During the afternoons, participants work as Travel Researchers/review journalists and are thoroughly involved within the creative team, creating a professional tourist guide aimed at young people and students visiting the capital. Information gained in the language learning can also be incorporated within the guide. Participants design the whole guide from start to finish from layout, photos, graphics, writing reviews for restaurants, bars, cafés, attractions/entertainment, city history, art and culture etc.... An added extra of creating a short film is also available (optional).

Participants attend workshops and are aided by a journalist & professional working team. The guide is published and distributed to various language schools, backpacking hostels, tourist offices, exhibitions, universities, small and medium sized business' to hand out free to young people. The guide is also used as an online resource.

Typical activities involve visiting local businesses, newspapers, international manufacturing companies, breweries, trips to historical locations. The work normally stays in circulation for a minimum of 1 year. So if you are looking to gain new skills or looking to get a step into the media or creative industries simultaneously working in another country and gaining some new language skills to add to your CV or portfolio, please look no further.

Qualifications:
We are accepting applications for Autumn/Winter Berlin and Autumn/Winter Edinburgh. A Travel guide project along with a travel guide group producing a short film.

Requirements:
We look for outgoing individuals who want to learn a new foreign language from scratch or improve on knowledge already acquired (only Berlin ) and work within a creative team. You must have be open have a passion for travel and able to work to challenging deadlines within these vibrant capital cities.

Cost in US$: 799 USD

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to American, Asian, Australian, Canadian, European, Kiwi, South African and Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel Independently

Typically Participants Work in Groups of 12-20

Application Process Involves:

• Phone Interview
• Resume
• Written Application

Post-Program Services Include:

• Alumni Network
• Job and Internship Network

Year Founded: 2007