Product Management and French Light Translations Internship (Remote)

New York Habitat (https://www.nyhabitat.com) is a successful, international real estate and travel agency. We specialize in the furnished rental, bed and breakfast, and vacation rental markets in New York, Paris, London and the South of France.

We are looking for a highly motivated and positive individual to participate in our Product Management and French Light Translations Internship Program. This offers our interns a well-designed training program where they will learn the ins and outs of international real estate. We encourage our interns to contribute their ideas each week in order to develop new projects with the company.

 

Job Identification

• Position Title: Real Estate Assistant and French Translation Internship
• Department: Product Management and Translations Department
• Position Level: Entry-Level Internship
• Pay / Salary Range: Unpaid

Job Summary

The goal for his internship is to understand the structure of New York Habitat's Product Management department and Translations department. The intern will learn the services we provide, how the department interacts with clients and owners, the company’s positioning in the market for connecting local, out of state, and international travelers with accommodations, through understanding the New York Habitat inventory of furnished rentals. 

In the Translations department, the purpose of the internship is to give students an accurate overview of a translator’s job from a professional standpoint, rather than an academic one. We strive to offer interns a unique and rewarding experience, allowing them to hone their skills and acquire real work experience.

Please take note that the maximum hours per week for Translations will be 5 hours and the rest of the hours to fill for the week will be under the Product Management department.

Responsibilities and Duties

Product Management department

• Maintain and create listings
  • Constructively communicate with owners to maintain our listings, creating listings in New York, London, Paris, and the South of France, from start to finish, including photo selection, descriptions & floorplan creation
• Update listings
  • Learn how to ensure that all listing information is kept up to date and update the listings’ availability for Paris apartments
• Business and Financial Modeling
  • Be involved on the promotion of the new pricing strategy and acquire an in-depth knowledge about business and financial modeling in the field of Real Estate

Translations department

• Customer reviews include short comments left by tenants after their departure, as well as replies to these comments by the owners of these apartments
  • New York Habitat’s customer service department. These will be the first translations assigned to the interns since they are the least technical ones, even though certain keywords are included.
• Apartment descriptions are comprised of several well-defined paragraphs, which 
include terms specific to the real estate industry. These descriptions, which also include keywords, outline the location and layout, as well as the surrounding neighborhoods and local attractions for New York, London, Paris, or the South of France.

Performance Standards

• Based on New York Habitat’s quality standards for Product Management, student will be trained and taught by real estate instructors
  • Participate in classes with regards to the organization of the company and the current state of laws surrounding real estate marketing
  • Learn how to communicate with owners and clients on an international level
  • Have hands-on training and receive a manual and videos to understand the use of New York Habitat’s own database
  • Learn how to write daily and weekly reports for the assessment of his/her progress

Skills and Education (KSAOs)

• Mandatory
  • Currently a student taking up a bachelor’s degree in either Business, Real Estate, or related fields
  • Candidate must be a Native French speaker, with excellent English language skills
  • Must be dependable, punctual, and dedicated to doing the assigned work
  • Has exceptional communication and writing skills
  • Can attain Academic Credits for the internship
  • Can work remotely
    
     
• Desirable
  • Must be dependable, punctual, and dedicated to doing the assigned work
  • Must be detail-oriented

Working Conditions

• Location
  • Work from home (Remote)

Other Relevant Information

• Interests
  • Has shown interest in learning the ins and outs of both international real estate project management and translations
• Work Schedule
  • Depends on the University’s required hours or days to work
  • Duration: 2 months at 30-35h/week
  • Must be available between 9am-6pm NY time
  • Must be available on weekdays and at least one weekend 

If further information is required, please do not hesitate to contact us at hr@nyhabitat.com.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please submit your application through our job opportunities page: https://nyhabitat.bamboohr.com/careers/288

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