Nico Marsh & Hanna Nylund, Growth Trainees at Naava
Nico Marsh, Growth Trainee, International Business
Market analysis, customer listing, management assisting, and reports became familiar to Nico Marsh during his internship at Naturvention. Almost graduated as a BBA from the Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences International Business programme, he continued his to work at Naturvention also after his internship and is now responsible for recruiting our new Growth Trainees.
Nico found Naturvention especially interesting for his internship since the company is going global and has values which Nico could identify in himself.
“During my internship I learned to know Naturvention as a company and also our Naava product very well.” remembers Nico.
Nico and our Brand Manager Eeva represented Naturvention and the Naavas in the UK this July.
“In smaller companies every employee carries significant amounts of responsibility. I also got my own projects during my internship. The responsibility felt empowering and I can really say I learned a lot in three months period,” tells Nico. The tasks during the internship period offered Nico enough challenge and a great chance to learn from both the subject and also self-management skills.
After his internship Nico continued to work at Naturvention as an International Business Analyst. Nico is also in charge of Naturvention’s internal employee development project, Naava Growth Academy. NGA consists of supporting the growth of NV’s staff and also recruiting new team members.
“There are three main objectives to focus on: well-being at work, professional growth and developing operative management. The Naava Growth Academy aims to form the best possible professional path and choose the right tasks for the right employees. Including trainees” tells Nico.
Hanna Nylund, Growth Marketing Trainee
Hanna Nylund is a master’s level marketing student from Hanken. After having already done one internship, Hanna wasn’t actually looking for another. But when she heard about a chance to work in one of the fastest-growing startup’s in Finland she couldn’t resist to apply.
For Hanna, Naturvention was a familiar company since we are one of Hanken’s Premium Partners. Hanken has enjoyed fresh air for a while and Hanna wanted to work in a company that provided an environment of higher quality for her university. Hanna met one of our team members at Hanken’s networking dinner and heard more about the company behind the Naava product.
“I really felt the effect of Naava, so it’s wonderful to work for a company whose product and benefit I have experienced myself. After all I heard, I knew this was a company I wanted to work at”.
The internship has really given me a lot. It has supported my studies well since I’ve had a chance to see how the strategic decisions are driven into practice and I’ve also learned a lot about digital marketing operations.
Our marketing team is compact, so the trainees are key members of the team.
“I personally enjoy working in a smaller company. It offers a chance to see the functions of the whole company and the meaning of your own work.” says Hanna.
“I have also noticed how important it is to understand different areas of marketing even in small bits, for example coding. I may not be able to code a website myself but now I’m more conscious about the logic of code language.”
During the six month internship Hanna has taken part in many things in our marketing: organizing events, creating content, taking an active part in our social media and website work and also contacting our Stockholm team.
“The internship has really given me a lot. It has supported my studies well since I’ve had a chance to see how the strategic decisions are driven into practice and I’ve also learned a lot about digital marketing operations,” mentions Hanna.
“I’ve noticed I’ve got a lot of self-confidence professionally and also trust on my own skills. It has been instructive to have more and more responsibility and grow to work more independently.”
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