About the unit
Yara is opening up for summer internships in 2017 and is looking for new enthusiastic talents to join some of our exciting projects. One student will be given the opportunity to spend 4-6 weeks within our Open Innovation Team.
Are you an “outside the box thinker”, creative at heart, loves technology, and want to contribute to a better world? Yara Open Innovation is part of the Corporate Innovation function and responsible of positioning innovation in and outside of Yara. The purpose is to leverage on a broad knowledgebase, through partnerships, to generate ideas and translate them into long term value creations.
Responsibilities
The overall scope of the position is to identify the target audience and develop a go-live marketing plan for a global open innovation challenge that will be launched during fall.
Based on an open innovation challenge defined by Yara, develop a target audience/group (potential participants) including full list of relevant universities, research institutes, start-up hubs, tech centers etc. globally
Recommendation of price/remuneration set-up to attract target group
Recommendation of marketing content that should be developed and what marketing channels to use to attract attention
Recommendation of how the challenge should be launched (go live)
Profile
Student with 1-2 years left of their Master’s degree within business and/or engineering, preferably with influences from marketing strategy and digital marketing
Interest in innovation strategy and management
Preferably knowledge/interest in the field of user/consumer experience with high digital literacy
Fluency in English – both spoken and written – is a must, other languages an advantage
Proactive and with an ability to take initiative and work independently
Excellent communication skills (written and verbal), and comfortable with “cold calls” and interaction with new contacts
Structured, analytical and data driven
Our global business requires cultural awareness and understanding. Yara supports diversity in gender, cultural and ethnical background.
The position is based at our headquarters in Oslo.
When applying for this internship, please provide us your motivation in a cover letter, explaining why you believe Innovation and in particular Innovation marketing analysis is an important part of the business and how you will be able to contribute. Also for us to be able to evaluate your application, please enclose your transcripts so far. of the business. Please highlight your motivation for applying for this role and let us know how you will be able to contribute.
Yara’s knowledge, products and solutions grow farmers’, distributors’ and industrial customers’ businesses profitably and responsibly, while protecting the earth’s resources, food and environment.
Our fertilizers, crop nutrition programs and technologies increase yields, improve product quality and reduce the environmental impact of agricultural practices. Our industrial and environmental solutions improve air quality by reducing emissions from industry and transportation, and serve as key ingredients in the production of a wide range of goods. We foster a culture that promotes the safety of our employees, contractors and societies.
Founded in 1905 to solve emerging famine in Europe, today Yara has a worldwide presence, with more than 17,000 employees and sales to more than 160 countries. www.yara.com
