Communications Assistant Intern

Salary Unpaid

SHIFT Business Festival brings together radical innovators, decision makers and groundbreaking technologies. The festival program provides glimpses of the future of technology and its business applications, as well as insight into how industries can utilize technology to accelerate sustainable change while making profit.


Are you looking for an internship to boost your communications and marketing skills? This is your chance to get responsibility and improve your skills in writing, editing, visual brand building, project management – and much more!


We are searching for a self-driven, learning-hungry communications intern.The internship is for higher education students (Universities and Universities of Applied Sciences).


As an intern at SHIFT, you will be working closely with the Head of Marketing & Communications and SHIFT Sales and Program teams. Our small and efficient team has a broad set of responsibilities.

Your tasks will be defined according to your skills and preferences from the following list:

  • Content creation for our social media channels, website & newsletters

  • Creating visuals for different channels according to the graphic guidelines

  • Copywriting marketing campaigns

  • Project management

  • Other marketing and communications related tasks

We expect you to:

  • dare to ask, learn and develop yourself

  • have excellent written and spoken English

  • have a strong visual understanding

  • be you

Duration and weekly hours of the internship can be negotiated (3-6 months, 20-30 hours/week).

Interested? Don’t leave it to luck, contact us!


SHIFT Business Festival is grounded and owned 100% by the non-profit organization Shift ry, whose aim is to advance businesses to use new technologies to be economically, ecologically and socially sustainable.

For more information or questions please contact us at juha@theshift.fi or phone number +358453100513

Perks and benefits

This job comes with several perks and benefits

Flexible working hours
Flexible working hours

Skill development
Skill development

Free coffee / tea
Free coffee / tea

Working at
SHIFT Business Festival

SHIFT Business Festival is a platform that has brought together C-level decision-makers, business developers, and tech-heads from growth companies across the board since 2016. The highlight of the year is a two-day business festival in Turku, Finland. We encourage and support our festival attendees and partners to find their competitive advantage in new technology applications and sustainable business. Our company is based in Turku and is the most important business event in the region and a solid actor in the local business ecosystem. Behind SHIFT is a non-profit organization driven by volunteers and supported by network with firm supporters like Turku Science Park, Boost Turku, JCI, Creve, Turku Chamber of Commerce and Federation of Finnish Enterprises.

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