Placement opportunity for international students

Foviance – Placement Opportunity

Advanced technology and expert consultants Foviance are looking for a summer placement student to continue their excellent reputation in improving customer experience.

Foviance manages the Customer Experience for clients by researching, creating and measuring the experience customers receive across channels with a distinct focus on digital media. Currently, they conduct this work for 43 of the Top 100 FTSE.

The team is constantly immersed in the strategic and tactical challenges of helping major UK and international brands to improve the customer experiences they offer. Foviance help to create more effective, innovative and seamless customer experiences across varied audience groups, countries and channels.

For more information please see website http://www.foviance.com/

Placement Opportunity
Foviance are offering an exciting opportunity for a Postgraduate student to join the successful team for a summer placement. Foviance are a leading company with world wide contacts and clients such as Tesco, Barclays, Microsoft, Nokia and Camelot to name a few. The successful student will have the opportunity to work alongside expert consultants in their field and make valuable future contacts while utilising their marketing knowledge and expanding their personal skills.

The opportunity is for an unpaid summer placement of up to 20 hours a week. The successful candidate will be expected to travel (expensed) to London occasionally to present outcomes of projects to senior stakeholders.


Required Year of Study: You must be an International student (Non EEA excluding Romania and Bulgaria) studying and taught masters programme.

Required Degree Subject: Taught Postgraduate in a Business/Marketing related discipline.


Person Specification:
Candidates should have a genuine passion for user / customer experience, and the ability to communicate that passion in an informed and professional manner. In addition they will have an interest in learning about this industry.

Foviance are looking for candidates who can display the following desirable criteria:
· Passion for customer centricity
· Good knowledge of digital media
· Self motivation and the ability to work as a team member
· Ability to collect and analyse data
· Willingness to learn
· Ability to present data in a professional manner


To Apply:
If you are interested in applying for this placement with Foviance:
Please complete the attached application form and return with a CV to Frances.Rowan@admin.gla.ac.uk . There are also a set of guidance notes to help you with your application. Please read these carefully.
Please ensure that you indicate which placement you are interested in by marking Foviance at the top of your application.

The closing date for the receipt of applications is 12 noon on Monday 20th April 2009. Late applications will not be considered.