Academia
creative wordsTalent gap in our industry is a reality.
Our internship programme
We welcome students from all over Europe both for short-term internships (<200 hours) as part of their university degree programme and longer internship periods (post-graduation).
Creative Words has ongoing relationships and agreements with different universities in Italy and across Europe. Moreover, we organise paid internships that are not part of our agreement with universities but are in line with Italian regulations.
Our internships cover various roles, including those in translation, project management and marketing, and are aimed at bridging the gap between academia and the language industry by immerging the student in a real work scenario and providing guidance, mentorship and support during the whole period.
How we do it
Before starting their internship, each student is tested (based on the desired role) and interviewed.
Students selected for short internships get hands-on experience from day one through ad hoc practice where one of our in-house team members will buddy up with them to provide ongoing support and feedback.
Students selected for longer internships usually complete a two-week induction programme with a focus on technology and communication.
Depending on the role, they will learn more about budgeting and communication to become great project managers or practise on a variety of CAT tools and texts to master the translator’s profession.
Both during and after the induction period, the whole team offers support while a dedicated tutor investigates any doubts or questions and gives feedback in day-to-day communication and regular one-to-one meetings.
We are proud our internships have mostly led to either a long-term role at Creative Words or a stable freelance cooperation, based on the career path chosen by our students.
If you are a student and are interested in doing an internship with us visit our careers portal!
Speaking at universities
Creative Words works closely with various universities and private institutions in Italy and Europe, providing talks, webinars and classes to students in different translation and language courses. These include generic talks on the language industry, as well as more specialised classes on topics such as machine translation post-editing, quality assurance and Natural Language Processing.
We pride ourselves on being part of the steering committee of the Orientation Committee in the University of Genoa and the University of Naples (Faculty of Languages).
Since 2024, Marta Castello is an active member of the Advisory Committee for the Ph.D. program in Digital Humanities: Digital Technologies, Arts, Languages, Cultures, and Communication at the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures at the Università degli Studi di Genova, where she collaborates on research projects focusing on the intersection of artificial intelligence and language, working closely with Ph.D. students to push the boundaries of what’s possible in this exciting field.
