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We offer world-class training, professional development, and unlimited growth potential. Here, you won't just grow your resume; you'll develop invaluable skills to excel today and build a meaningful career for tomorrow. Our internship program allows you to get hands-on experience at a global, growing enterprise. While building your network, you will join global internship experience events, have opportunities to volunteer, hear from senior executives, and be mentored by leadership.
Job overview
Gartner conferences are uniquely designed live events that offer a combination of actionable, objective insights, expert guidance and consultation, peer networking, and solution provider assessment. These experiences help organizations and clients worldwide turn strategy into successful execution.
This internship would suit an ambitious student looking for an opportunity to grow into a leadership role and develop their corporate event management skills. Demonstrating superior poise and grace under pressure, the ideal candidate has excellent time management skills, is detail oriented, is comfortable in a fast paced, changing environment and maintains flexibility in their day to day workflow.
This role is for English speakers, aligned to the UK territory, to be based in Egham.
Please note: This is a 10-week internship running between June-August 2024. You must be available to work the full 10 weeks from the location on your contract.
What you will do
- Assist in the planning and delivery of live Gartner conferences
- Gain real-world experience in a fast paced event planning environment
- Collaborate with the conferences program and operations teams to drive superior customer service
- Interact with and receive coaching from leadership
What you will get
- Extensive support: work closely with and learn from colleagues, mentors, and managers.
- Make an impact: the ability to do meaningful real-life work and learn executives’ priorities and opportunities.
- Meet great people: collaborate with like-minded, goal-oriented peers and mentors who are always there to help.
- Be empowered: join an organization that allows associates to reach their full potential in an environment where everyone has equitable access to opportunities.
- Have fun: socialize with other interns around the globe.
- Fuel your future: develop your skill set as you look ahead to your future career.
What you will need
- Enrollment in a Bachelor’s degree program with an expected graduation date within a year of successfully completing the internship program.
- Exceptional customer service and problem-solving skills
- Leadership or work experience to supplement strong student achievement
- Experience in event management
Who you are
- Action Oriented - Deliver fast, get great results. We embrace the vision, roadmap to success, and the action it takes to make it happen
- Intellectually Curious - Seek to learn, love to teach. We’re humble and embrace respectful, radical candor with a mindset of ongoing professional and personal development
- Collaborative - One team, shared mission. We welcome feedback and understand the value of working together to accomplish more than what is possible individually
Who are we?
At Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT), we deliver actionable, objective insight that drives smarter decisions and stronger performance on an organization’s mission-critical priorities. We’ve grown exponentially since our founding in 1979 and we're proud to have over 19,500 associates globally that support over 15,000 client enterprises in more than 100 countries.
What makes Gartner a great place to work?
Our teams are composed of individuals from different geographies, cultures, religions, ethnicities, races, genders, sexual orientations, abilities and generations. We believe that a diversity of experiences makes us stronger—as individuals, as communities and as an organization. That’s why we're recognized worldwide as a great place to work year after year. We've been recognized by Fortune as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies, named a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality by the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index and a Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion by the Disability Equality Index. Looking for a place to turn your big ideas into reality? Join #LifeAtGartner
What we offer
Our people are our most valuable asset, so we invest in them from Day 1. When you join our team, you’ll have access to a vast array of benefits to help you live your life well. These resources are designed to support your physical, financial and emotional well-being. We encourage continued personal and professional growth through ongoing learning and development opportunities. Our employee resource groups, charity match and volunteer programs keep you connected to your internal Gartner community and causes that matter to you.
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