Company: VO Europe

Type of contract: Internship with an agreement from a recognised educational institution

Duration: minimum 2 months, ideally 6 months

Starting date: September (according to the university)

Working hours: 38 hours per week

Office: Rue Haute, 139 – 1000 Brussels

Remote work: Flexible

🙋 About VO Europe

✅ VO Europe is a leading agency specialising in event organisation and strategic communication, firmly committed to European values through its “Europe at Heart” initiative. As Europe faces unprecedented challenges, VO Europe enhances its collaborative, strategic, and creative approach to foster meaningful connections between citizens and institutions.

🤓 About the job: mission & key responsibilities

The internship will take place in the New Business Unit (NBU) department. The NBU at VO Europe focuses on business development, identifying and pursuing financially beneficial opportunities for the organisation. Its mission is to monitor requests from international institutions, including the European Commission, and create compelling and competitive proposals to secure contracts.

Here is the list of tasks:

• Studies and analyses of the European market: Conduct research using existing European platforms to identify upcoming tenders that impact the NBU; prepare reports summarising findings and present them to the team.
• Supporting business development activities: Assist in creating and updating databases to ensure the efficiency of new activities; help prepare presentations and other materials/documents.
• Supporting tender creation: Assist in the development and production of responses to tenders, both administratively and in terms of content, to ensure understanding of the specifications required by the contracting authority. A greater focus on the communication needs within the tender creation process.
• Project Support: Provide administrative and operational support for ongoing projects within the NBU, monitoring project timelines, deliverables, and budgets to ensure all activities align with project objectives.
• Stakeholder communication: Participate in preparing regular updates on the NBU’s progress and achievements for internal and external stakeholders; contribute to drafting emails, meeting summaries, and other types of correspondence.
• Training and development: Participate in internal training sessions and workshops to enhance professional skills relevant to the NBU’s areas of focus; engage in self-directed learning activities, seeking feedback and mentorship from team members.

 🤠 About the profile: qualification and skills – Do you fit the role?

• Ongoing bachelor’s or master’s degree in a relevant field such as Communication, Event Management, Political Science, European Studies, Business Administration, or other related disciplines
• At least a C1 level in English
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
• Proactive and solution-oriented mindset, with the ability to adapt to changing priorities
• Good written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write clear emails and summaries, and communicate with multiple stakeholders
• Comfortable using the Microsoft Office suite (especially Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Sensitivity to working in multicultural and European environments
• Genuine interest in business development.

🔎 About VO

Brussels-born and based, VO is one of Belgium’s leading communication groups, known for impactful campaigns, event management, digital marketing, and graphic design.

Our group is built upon three main pillars: an event agency – VO Event, a creative agency – The Little Voice, and a European agency – VO Europe.

At VO, our motto is « today for tomorrow ». We believe in shaping a responsible and sustainable future where people are at the heart of change. We aim to drive societal transition through respect, dialogue, and meaningful collaborations, creating lasting value for brands and projects.

Our values focus on quality, responsible entrepreneurship, respect for people and nature, diversity, trust, and bold creativity to inspire innovation.

🫶 At VO, we care

As active members of society, we have a responsibility to contribute to the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Guided by our environmental policy, we ensure it serves as the solid foundation shaping our actions and behaviours every step of the way.

We care about the environment. Our sustainability strategy to drastically improve the impact of our activities goes back to 2015. This mission of creating a better tomorrow made VO Group the first agency to receive the EMAS Certification in Europe in 2022. Our Environmental policy outlines our commitments, confirming our desire to conduct our activities in line with sustainable development.

We care about inclusion and diversity. We are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels included and able to thrive, regardless of their background, gender, sexual orientation, abilities, or any other personal characteristics. Our DEI policy outlines our principles and commitments, confirming our desire to create a future where everyone finds their place and fully contributes to our purpose.

We were recognised with the Positive Impact Award at the Agency of the Year awards in 2022, 2023, and 2024. We prioritise event sustainability and positive impact in all our endeavours.

GDPR

VO Europe ensures that the personal data of all candidates is processed in accordance with the European General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679). We will process your data only for the purposes of recruitment and will keep it only for a defined period of time while maintaining high-security measures.

✨ Interested? Ready to act today for tomorrow?

If you want to apply for the job, we invite you to send us your application (Resume or Europass CV and a little comment about yourself) via our website.

Please ensure that you send your CV in Europass format. Only applications following this process will be considered.

We look forward to hearing from you soon and meeting our future intern! 😊