Are you interested in Japan? Are you commercially minded, creative with content, and interested in marketing, sales, and special products? Then we have a versatile internship opportunity at Yokoso Japanese Gardens for you.

Yokoso Japanese Gardens specializes in authentic Japanese garden materials and the creation of Japanese gardens. From our location in Boskoop, we work daily with unique products from Japan, including Japanese stone lanterns, ornaments, water basins, garden stones, Bonsai, garden materials, and other special objects. In addition, we design and create complete Japanese gardens for private and business clients.

To further grow our organization, we are looking for an enthusiastic Marketing & Sales Intern who would like to contribute to our online visibility, commercial activities and customer communication.

What are you going to do?

During your internship, you actively participate within the company and have plenty of room to take on independent projects. Your duties may include, among other things:

• Contribute to and implement our online marketing strategy

• Creating content for our website and social media channels

• Writing and optimizing product texts, blogs, and news articles

• Support in SEO and improving our online visibility

• Creating and planning social media content

• Contribute to campaigns, actions and events

• Support for email marketing and newsletters

• Analyzing website traffic, campaigns, and online results

• Supporting the sales process and customer contact

• Responding to and following up on commercial requests

• Contribute to thinking about ways to reach new customers and target groups

• Support the photography, video and presentation of our products

• Contribute to the promotion of our showroom, events, and Japanese garden projects

Depending on your interests and education, we can further customize the internship to focus on marketing, online marketing, content, e-commerce, sales, or business development.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for someone who shows initiative, likes to learn new things and enjoys taking on many different tasks within a growing company.

You:

• follows an MBO or HBO course in the direction of marketing, communication, commercial economics, sales, e-commerce, or a comparable course;

• are interested in online marketing and commercial activities;

• writes good and flawless Dutch;

• can work independently and likes to take initiative;

• you are creative, meticulous and commercially minded;

• likes to contribute ideas for new ideas;

• have an affinity with photography, video, social media or design — this is a plus;

• If you are interested in Japan, Japanese gardens, design, architecture or special products — that would be nice, but it is certainly not a requirement.

What do we offer?

At Yokoso Japanese Gardens you will find yourself in a special working environment where no day is the same.

We offer:

• a versatile internship with a lot of responsibility;

• room for own ideas and initiatives;

• guidance from the practice;

• the opportunity to work on real commercial and marketing projects;

• Experience with both B2C and B2B marketing and sales;

• lots of space to develop yourself;

• an inspiring workplace amidst authentic Japanese garden objects, Bonsai and garden projects;

• the opportunity to contribute to the further growth of a unique Dutch company with a strong international and Japanese identity;

• an appropriate internship allowance.

Interested?

Does it interest you to learn marketing and sales in practice within a special and growing company?

Then send us your CV and a short motivation explaining a little about yourself, your education and your interests.

We would like to get to know you.