Description de l'offre

About uShip

uShip, a Benchmark Capital and KPCB funded company, is the world's largest peer-to-peer marketplace for shipping and moving services - think, 'The eBay of Shipping'. Members list shipments in several categories, including General Goods, Household & Office Moves, Vehicles & Boats, Special Care Items, Commercial Freight, Pets & Livestock, and Plants & Agriculture. Users then receive bids from among thousands of feedback-rated shipping and moving service providers. uShip empowers customers by giving them access to a wider marketplace of service providers and the ability to leave feedback for carriers. uShip empowers smaller, independent carriers by providing the marketing scale, logistics technology, and reputation they need to compete with large corporate van lines. uShip, based in Austin, TX, was founded in January 2003.

About the position

In order to expand our activities in France we are looking to hire an internet-savvy and/or transport savvy marketing intern for a full-time position. The candidate will work directly with the French team to enhance all areas of user involvement. The primary focus of the position will be marketing and user support, but you will have a unique opportunity to experience and contribute to all aspects of the entrepreneurial process.

Job description / sample projects

Assistance with optimizing new landing pages

Support in general and with ad hoc business development activities

Identify new market opportunities and client groups

Design and execute user surveys

Analyse data to measure a project’s success

Optimize website content for new product releases

Customer support

Knowledge and Skills

We are looking for a candidate who is passionate about ecommerce and who is aware of online developments and trends. You already possess basic (online) marketing skills which include adjusting HTML & CSS (not writing it from scratch). A general understanding of search engine optimization is of advantage. You do not hesitate to call our users or potential customers for market research or to introduce new product features. You can demonstrate your profound knowledge of excel when analyzing data. You are self-motivated and organized so you can plan and execute projects yourself. We are a small team. A candidate who does what is takes to get a project off the ground fits our spirit and working attitude. Since you reach out to the French market and you communicate to our international colleagues, language skills must include French (native) and English (fluent). BA or MA required.

We offer

The experience in a true internet start-up environment within a fun and energetic company

Paid intern position for 6 months with intention to hire full time after internship

Mentorship from senior staff

Since this position is located in Amsterdam the applicants will require a work permit for the EU.