Internships in Chile

List of Internship Fields Available in Chile

• Architecture

  Architecture: Projects, Courses, Associations, Consulting

  Requirements: Relevant studies, computer skills

  Design / Decorating: Design association, consulting, individual design client needs

  Requirements: Relevant studies, past experience, marketing, creativity

  Apply for an Architecture and Design international internship in Chile today!

• Arts

  Art Galleries: Art Consulting, Exhibits, Marketing for local and foreign artists
  Requirements: International internships in the arts require relevant studies, ability to present in front of groups, and previous experience is helpful

• Business

  Accounting:  Future CPAs, this is the international internship placement for you! Candidates learn routine duties related to accounting: databases, inputting expenses and payments (A/P, A/R), billing, banking, financial procedures, budgeting in accordance. Work with firms that provide legal and tax advice. Intern in the accounting department of a company or for an accounting / financial firm that provides these services to its external clients.

  Banking / Financial Sector: Smaller investment firms take our interns too, work with stock market & bonds analysis, individual investment planning and more. Requirements: Studies at the university level, strong language skills, strong computer skills, past finance internship helpful, desire to have a career in this field.

  Consulting: This international internship will require studies in the field of Law, Economics, Political Science or similar and a minimum intermediate level of Spanish. Duties related to corporate strategies: consultation regarding changes or bettering corporate culture to ensure productivity, helping to set benchmarks and make sure they are met, testing of corporate culture, as well as coaching. Duties related to corporate organization: organizational design, analysis, diagnosis and implementing then tracking of procedures. Duties related to Marketing: marketing plans, research, relational marketing, and satisfaction studies of existing clients. Duties are related to investments: auditing, financial advice, fiscal and labor issues. 

• Engineering

  Lots of international internship opportunities for engineering candidates in the fields of mechanical, electrical, and civil engineering in Chile. Candidates could be working on projects for airports, hotels, hospitals, schools, commercial buildings or urban developments.

• Graphic Design

  Graphic Design: Creation of web pages and promotional materials such as catalogs, brochures, logos, info CD’s, special promos, etc. The intern will be placed graphic design companies that are hired for their services, or also at in-house graphic design departments.

  Graphic Arts: Studios, Printing firms, Graphic Design, Marketing, Logistics

  Requirements: Experience in Graphic Design, relevant studies, good computer skills

• Human Resources

  International internships are available in the HR departments of companies and other entities such as non-profits and government offices in Chile. Assisting in salary calculations and wage payments, insurance issues for employees, hiring and firing new employees, updating paperwork when new laws are put into effect, helping with the various corporate taxes paid by Chilean corporations, and other HR duties.

• Information Technology

  These international internships in Chile may include programming, software design, development and testing, IT user support, and system maintenance. Candidates may also be involved with maintaining and improving internal processes at different corporations/organizations, digitalizing processes and planning new technical products. Candidates may be placed in IT companies dedicated to creating programs or providing services for other companies, in the IT Department of a larger company, or in an NGO.

  Information Technology: Product distribution (new software), firms that outsource their IT staff to clients needing help in this area

  Requirements: Good computer skills, relevant studies, prior experience, imagination

• Journalism & Media

  Interns will participate in editing and publication of content, including marketing, communications, design, writing and correction of articles, photography, research, web design and more. 

  Publishing / Press: Book preparation, economic books, textbooks, catalogs, billing, Library. National, regional, local press, writing, ads/announcements
  Requirements: Marketing, experience in the sector, good computer skills, persistent

  TV Journalism: Fast-paced internship at one of the world’s top 24-hour news channels. Limited spots are available for the right candidate. Interns must be able to follow instructions and work independently. Advanced Spanish skills and Journalism or Communication Studies are required.

  TV – Radio: Local and regional and some national station spots available.
  Requirements: Past experience in the sector, good language skills, good computer skills, and extroverted personality

• Law/Legal Internships

  This sector is often times the most complicated to place: the actual law firms in Chile require not only a high level of Spanish but also that candidates have taken their LSAT’s and / or are already enrolled in law school. 

  Law – Legal: Labor, Criminal, Administrative law. Project and case assistance
  Requirements: Previous legal studies or experience, LSATs preferred, good computer skills, advanced Spanish language skills

• Marketing/Public Relations

  This international internship can take place in distinct firms and organizations in Chile. In the larger corporations, the candidate will work in a specific department usually focusing on managing  projects/clients, attending to specific client and company needs. In the smaller organizations and companies, the objective may be to create and maintain new marketing/ad/PR strategy to garner new clients/results. The candidates will do their internships in private companies, corporations or in non-profit agencies or organizations.

  Communications: Communications Sector to include business in Tourism, the Press, magazines, insurance, automotive, health services
  Requirements: past experience or internships in the sector, good language skills, the field of study, creativity, enthusiasm

  Event spokesperson / Company Rep: Public Relations, Corporate Fairs / Expos, Product Launches

  Requirements: Able to speak and be in front of groups, language skills/aptitude, “people person”

• Medical/Nursing

  This medical international internship in Chile program will provide the candidate the opportunity to shadow a nurse, doctor or surgeon, visiting patients in a major medical center. Initially, the candidate may do minor tasks associated with patients and patient care, and will be given more responsibility once his/her capacity is determined. For some, this will be mostly observation. For others, this can be the realization of medical duties.

  Logically, much depends on the candidate, his/her level of Spanish, past internships, etc. This is an amazing opportunity to experience first-hand how the medical profession operates in a foreign country, and to appreciate how the policies and procedures differ in Chile as compared to the United States. A minimum of low-intermediate to intermediate Spanish is required for this sector.

• Non-Profits/Associations

  Associations / Non-profits: International internship opportunities in Chile for non-profits include: women’s issues, under-served children, “third age” issues, immigrant rights, addiction and rehabilitation, employer groups, downs syndrome, LGBTQ issues, and more.
  Requirements: Vocation, experience with desired group or association, good language skills & computer skills, marketing, desire to assist and advocate for others.

• Photography, Film/Video, & Digital Art

  The interns can work for different companies, institutions and organizations in the areas of communication, design, marketing and public relations. They can also work for art galleries and museums and urbanism projects. They can compile their material to be used for business marketing and press. For international internships in photography we can place in a university setting or in a newspaper / magazine publication setting.

• Psychology & Social Work

  Interns will work shadowing a psychologist (space based on availability – doctors can usually only take one intern at a time), or work in the private sector or within a non-profit. Many placements lean heavier towards Social Work simply because most of our interns are not ready or capable of handling their own clients or caseload.

  Private sector examples are centers dedicated typically to a subset of issues such as cognitive rehabilitation.

• Teaching English

  Teach English: Candidates interested in international internships in the world of languages can participate in internships collaborating in language classes for children, creating instructive lessons / new ideas for learning, designing materials, developing new activities that will be used during classes, both theoretical and practical. In summer there are opportunities to intern as a language assistant with university students taking intensive summer English courses. Our international internship program in Chile works with various companies teaching English. Inquire with us today to find out more details!

• Tourism & Hospitality

  Candidates who choose international internships in Chile in the sector of Tourism and Hospitality are placed in hotels, where they “float” through a variety of departments depending on their skills/abilities. We also place in travel agencies, where candidates help with marketing their products, client services, reservations and more. There are many companies in this sector, including special event management firms, interchange groups (very similar to Adelante but sending Chileans abroad), and more.

  Hotels: Hotel industry, work in 3-, 4-, 5- star establishments, will do a rotation in all departments, depending on language ability
  Requirements: Field of study, good public relations skills, and language skills

• Volunteer

  Candidates in this sector aim to aid and give back to the communities in which they live abroad. There are dozens of underfunded organizations run by passionate individuals looking to assist, typically, a massively under-served population. Come join them! Able-bodied, curious, giving volunteers are always in demand.

• Winery

  Winery international internships:  This industry in Chile is booming and is quite advanced for how young it is. Winery interns will be helping with many aspects, mostly depending on the time of year they are there (e.g. the “crush” is March – May, for example, bottling is in July and August, etc).

  This additionally makes for excellent “International Relations” internships doing tours and events for visitors from Chile and all over the world. Remember that these positions will be at the wineries which are located in the valley area near to Vina del Mar and Valparaiso, not in the downtown living areas – a good 40 minute bus ride, and the winery will sometimes offer to pay for monthly bus passes or set up a carpool with a local employee.

• Work With Children

  Associations / Non-profits: Work with underserved children or children with Downs Syndrome in a non-profit setting Requirements: Vocational experience, experience with desired group or association, good language skills & computer skills, marketing, desire to assist and advocate for others

  Kindergarten and Pre-Schools: Attention and teaching to young children Requirements: Field of study, license would help, past experience and patience

  Teach English to Kids / Languages: Candidates interested in international internships in the world of languages can participate in internships collaborating in language classes for children, creating instructive lessons / new ideas for learning, designing materials, developing new activities that will be used during classes, both theoretical and practical. In summer there are opportunities to intern as a language assistant with university students taking intensive summer English courses. Under this sector, we also offer translation internships, where candidates can assist translation agencies. There is also a good opportunity to serve as “host” or “hostess” at Conventions, Fairs and Expos for participating firms; event planning and other Interchange companies also seek this type of candidate for internships in Chile.

• Other Fields

  With international internships in Chile, the sky is the limit in terms of field placements! There are too many for us to list them all out but such placements in Political Science, Archaeology, Auto Industry, Zoo, Photography, Veterinary, Surf, Hospitality, Culinary, and others do exist (even something like Poultry Sciences!)… if you don’t see your desired field on the list, it doesn’t mean that we can’t place you!