Venture Internship (Southeast Asia and China)

The role
This internship runs on a 3+2 structure. Three days a week go to ThinkX work in one of five tracks. The other two days go to something you own. That can be your own venture, which stays yours, or a ThinkX project you run from start to finish. Either way you get weekly mentoring on it.
Five days is what we would like. It is not a condition. If you can only give three days a week, or one, tell us and we will work something out.
Choose one track:
• Marketing. Plan and run campaigns, manage social channels and the email list, and track leads through to conversion.
• Content Creation & Graphic Design. Write and produce content, design campaign graphics and event collateral, and run the content calendar. You need writing or design, not both.
• Video Content. Come up with your own ideas for short-form video, then script, shoot and edit them. Cut founder interviews and event footage into publishable pieces.
• Business Development & Sponsorship. Build target lists, write outreach, secure meetings, and manage sponsors through to delivery.
• Operations. Coordinate logistics for workshops and events, keep trackers and shared folders current, and compile post-programme reports.
What we are looking for
• Currently studying, on an academic attachment, or recently graduated
• A good command of English, written and spoken
• Able to work on your own and keep to deadlines
• Comfortable speaking directly to customers, sponsors, partners and programme participants
• Your own laptop, and a reliable internet connection if you work remotely
• Contactable during the working week, and able to join meetings when they are scheduled
Previous startup experience is not needed. If you are applying for Marketing or Business Development, you should be comfortable selling.
What this internship provides
• Weekly mentoring on your venture or project from people who have built and run businesses
• Time set aside in your schedule for your own venture or project
• If it is your own venture, you keep everything you build
• ThinkX work that gets published or delivered, with your name on it
• Access to our founder, client and partner network across Singapore, Brunei, Bangkok, Jakarta, Vietnam and China• A written reference at the end, and a portfolio of work
Internship Location
Choice of: Onsite in Singapore or Chongqing
Remote from Southeast Asian countries
Important
This is an unpaid internship. There is no salary or allowance. In place of one you get mentoring, ownership of real work, and access to our network. Please consider that before applying. Anything you create for your own venture stays yours. Work you produce for ThinkX belongs to ThinkX.
How to apply
Email your CV to contact@thinkxglobal.com with the track name in the subject line.
Include one of the following:
• Marketing: a campaign you ran, and what the numbers did
• Content Creation & Graphic Design: three pieces you have made, written or designed
• Video Content: a showreel or links to two videos you are proud of, plus one idea for a short-form video you would make for ThinkX
• Business Development & Sponsorship: a first message you would send to a sponsor you think we should be talking to
• Operations: a short account of an event or project you organised, what went wrong, and how you dealt with it
2. Tell us what you want to work on: your own venture, or a ThinkX project. If you have a venture, describe it in two sentences and say who would pay for it.
3. Tell us how many days a week you can give. If it is fewer than five, say so and we will work around it.
Find out more and see the full job description: bit.ly/txvijd
About ThinkX Global
ThinkX Global is a venture-building and entrepreneurship education consultancy headquartered in Singapore, with team presence in Brunei, Bangkok, Jakarta, Vietnam and China. We design and run entrepreneurship programmes for schools, polytechnics and universities, and we build ventures ourselves. Our focus is commercialisation: getting a business to profitability before it chases investors.

Work arrangement
Yes