Careers and Employability Services aim to help you turn your OU study into everday successs, and make you feel career confident. Two ways we support you here on OpportunityHub are through exclusive paid internships and careers events. If these sound like they'd be useful to you, then read on to find our latest bunch of ripe opportunities:

Events

Insight event at digital marketing agency Merkle, 20 Nov

Are you interested in digital marketing but worried about how you can get into it or whether you’ll fit into a big business in the big city? Merkle, a leading data and tech-based marketing agency, are working with Careers and Employability Services to bring OU students to their offices in London on 20 November, 11am - 12.30pm. They recruit from any discipline, and at this event you’ll get first-hand knowledge to boost your applications, learn about digital marketing and whether it’s for you, and see what working there is like. With presentations around search engine optimisation, analytics, pay-per-click, and social marketing departments, plus a helpful Q&A, this is a sure path to being career confident. Closing date 20th October. Sign up at: http://bit.ly/InsightEventsForm

Internships

Internships are a great way to build experience on your CV when you're starting or changing career. A paid internship will give you insight into your new role or sectore, give you that crucial experience you need to succeed in applications, and allow you to make connections with employers and proffessionals in the field. Just some of our latest internships include:

Digital Marketing Assistant internship with Future Studios

Future Studios are currently a small team with a great range of clients. They are looking for a Digital Marketing Assistant to join them in Llanarmon yn Ial. In this role you will ensure that the Future Studios website is up to date and running efficiently for the Future Studios clients.

Apply for this exclusive paid role on here before 13 October.

Marketing and Communications internship with Method X Studios

Studio X aim to make mental well-being techniques accessible and attractive to all, creating smart interactive content that helps people feel better! In this role you’ll develop their social media and newsletter as well as perform data analysis. This is a great opportunity to make a meaningful impact on this start-up company in London.

Apply for this exclusive paid role on here before 18 October.

Developer internship with Method X Studios

As a developer you’ll be assisting Studio X in the creation of web apps and interactive videos. You’ll play a key role in this start-up’s beta testing and early deployment of their products. Join them in London to help make mental well-being techniques accessible to all.

Apply for this exclusive paid role on here by 18 October.

Admin Assistant virtual internship with Literature Wales

Support Literature Wales in researching for and populating its new-look Writers of Wales online directory. You'll be responsible for collating information about Welsh writers, such as biographies, contact details, pictures and publications. This will give you experience in copy editing and proofing, plus research and collating information. You will also assist the Communications Team in promotional activities, earning you skills in distance collaboration, commercial awareness, and implementing a marketing plan.

Apply for this exclusive paid role here by 18 October.

Quality and evaluation internship with Young Enterprise

This opportunity offers you insight into the charity sector and significant experience in developing evaluation methods. You’ll be collating and reviewing evaluation measures and methods on the charity’s work, reviewing best practice, and making recommendations on how the charity can improve these areas.

Apply for this exclusive paid role here by 25 October.

Data Science internship with Canary Technologies Ltd

As a data science interns you'll help create the data science structure for the company, owning the processes that support data definition, structure, collection and analysis. You’ll be the administrative backbone for the data science function, maintaining structure while they grow the number of data points collected using Canary. You’ll build and manage analytical templates, collaborate with the Product team and Co-Founders, manage relationships with Data Science partners, collaborate on the Product Roadmap, and practice your own Data Science skills by conducting your own analysis.

Apply for this exclusive paid internship here by 11 October.